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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Be established on the glideslope by the gate, and take the power back earlier on final so the height and the speed come back together. Do not push down for the height: that only adds speed.
What happened: The approach was off the glideslope at the gate, and the aircraft then crossed the threshold at 101 ft agl, 51 ft agl above the 50 ft agl target, and at 101 kt, 13 kt over the 88 kt threshold speed. High and fast together is energy the runway has to absorb, and this touchdown came 475 ft beyond the aim point.
Watch for: Glideslope indication at the gate, then airspeed: 88 kt on short final
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate 3,660 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 10.7° against the runway's 3°, centreline 7.4° off, against a 1° limit and speed 76 kt FAST on the reference speed of 88 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,576 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,576 ft of the 7,580 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,975 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 03 at KSEZ Sedona Airport in 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 03, the aircraft accelerated to a takeoff distance of 3,833 ft, representing 75 % of the runway, and rotated at 88 kt. Local weather at the time was temperature 64 °F, wind 6 kt from 140°, cross-wind 6 kt and head-wind 0 kt.
Climb commenced overhead KSEZ, with the airplane climbing from 5,255 ft asl to 30,007 ft asl, an increase of 24,752 ft achieved in 20 minutes while covering 65 nm.
Level cruise began 2 mi south of KBAE Bagdad Airport and continued for 47 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 215 nm.
Descent started 4 mi north-east of Descanso, California, with a descent from 30,005 ft asl to 2,031 ft asl, a loss of 27,973 ft in 9 minutes over a distance of 36 nm.
The final approach to runway 27 at KSAN San Diego International Airport involved a descent from 2,018 ft agl to 84 ft agl in 40 seconds, and the aircraft was scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 27 was performed on a runway 7,580 ft long; the threshold height at 101 ft agl was excessively over target and the threshold speed was 102 kt. Touchdown occurred 1,203 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 86 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 295 fpm and a lateral deviation of 50 ft from the centreline. Local weather reported temperature 68 °F, wind 20 kt from 50°, cross-wind 17 kt and tail-wind 11 kt.
Rollout distance measured 5,753 ft, representing 76 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 79 ft from the centreline.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 321 nm, took 86, and used 552 lbs of fuel.
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