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Hold the approach speed
See Arrival Final 1
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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 91 kt with 7.4° 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 192 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 184 ft of runway left; then climbing at 50 fpm on average to 192 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 7,773 ft runway.
Rolled from 277 ft in, drifted 14 ft right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 59 % 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 final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3.7° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
On the glideslope from 4 nm to 0.3 nm, then low to the threshold (up to 110 ft under).
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3.7° here, which is about 390 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 60 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 35× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 0.2 nm, then 30 ft left of it from 0.2 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 −5 kt and +35 kt on the approach speed of 90 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 1° left of the track, 3° of bank.
Wind 035° at 4 kt · 2 kt head · 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 89 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 15 s, an average deceleration of 0.22 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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 3 ft, 47 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 141 ft in, 859 ft short of the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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 grew from 50 fpm at 1 ft to 110 fpm at touchdown. The nose went down 1.2° 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 5,000 ft of the 6,552 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 24 ft left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 31 ft left at the widest.
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 141 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna 310R, then departed from runway 09 at SVBM Barquisimeto International Airport. The takeoff distance was 4,574 feet, which accounted for 59% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 92 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 86°F, a wind speed of 2 knots at 69°, with no crosswind and a headwind of 2 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it began its enroute climb from 2,255 feet above sea level to 7,231 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,977 feet in just 4 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. This climb started 4 miles southwest of Yaritagua, Estado Yaracuy, Venezuela. Following this, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 16 minutes and covered a distance of 40 nautical miles. This cruise phase started 3 miles southeast of Yaritagua.
The aircraft then began another enroute climb from 7,454 feet above sea level to 8,213 feet above sea level, an increase of 759 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. This climb started 7 miles northwest of Tinaquillo, Estado Cojedes, Venezuela. After this climb, the aircraft entered another level cruise phase, which lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 6 nautical miles. This cruise phase started 5 miles north of Tinaquillo.
As the aircraft continued its journey, it began its enroute descent from 8,330 feet above sea level to 7,501 feet above sea level, a decrease of 829 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. This descent started 6 miles southwest of SVQO Tocuyito Airport, Tocuyito, Estado Carabobo, Venezuela. Following this, the aircraft entered another level cruise phase, which lasted for 29 minutes and covered a distance of 67 nautical miles. This cruise phase started 4 miles south of SVQO Tocuyito Airport.
The aircraft then began its final descent from 6,813 feet above sea level to 3,761 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,052 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles. This descent started 2 miles southeast of Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 10 at SVCS Oscar Machado Zuluaga Airport from the west, heading 94.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,618 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 10 at SVCS Oscar Machado Zuluaga Airport was successful, with a touchdown distance of 138 feet and a touchdown speed of 85 knots, which was slightly below the target speed. The touchdown rate was smooth at -110 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 26 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions during the landing were characterized by a temperature of 81°F, a wind speed of 4 knots at 35°, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking from the runway, which took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 154 nautical miles, and the total flight time was 78 minutes. The aircraft used 199 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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