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A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 96 kt with 4.4° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 921 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 639 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,540 fpm on average to 921 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 1,130 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted 5.9 m right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 17 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 4.5° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
On the glideslope from 4 nm to 3.3 nm, then low to 2.6 nm (up to 760 ft under), then back on it to 0.2 nm, then low to the threshold (up to 90 ft under).
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 4.5° here, which is about 470 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 80 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 212 m right of the centreline, then inside it from 3.7 to 1.5 nm, then drifted 53 m right between 1.5 and 1.1 nm, then inside the band from 1.1 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −4 kt and +77 kt on the approach speed of 80 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° left of the track, wings level.
Wind 011° at 10 kt · 10 kt tail · 2 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 86 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 62 s, an average deceleration of 0.05 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 7 ft, 43 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 160 m in, 145 m short of the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 160 fpm at 5 ft to 20 fpm at 4 ft, then back up to 140 fpm at touchdown. The nose went down 1.8° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,651 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 21 m left on the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 160 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Beechcraft Baron G58 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LFLP Annecy Haute-Savoie Mont Blanc Airport. This process took approximately 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 22, with a takeoff distance of 474 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 97 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 16°C and wind speeds of 10 knots at 11°. The crosswind was 5 knots, while the tailwind was 9 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Meythet, where the aircraft ascended from 2,475 feet above sea level to 4,074 feet, an increase of 1,599 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began overhead Marcellaz-Albanais and lasted for 2 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 7 nautical miles. The enroute descent started overhead Chindrieux, where the aircraft descended from 4,307 feet to 1,953 feet, a decrease of 2,353 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 18 at LFLB Chambéry Savoie Mont Blanc Airport was made from the north, with a heading of 171.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,165 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 18 was successful, with a runway length of 1,651 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was 76 knots. The touchdown distance was 160 meters, and the touchdown speed was 70 knots, both of which were considered good. The touchdown rate was smooth at -136 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 15°C and wind speeds of 10 knots at 11°. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the tailwind was 10 knots. The total landing distance was 1,426 meters, which accounted for 86% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The aircraft then taxiied to the parking area, which took approximately 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 23 nautical miles and took 12 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 10 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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