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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Work on the flare
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,996 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 904 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna C172 began with a taxi from the parking area to the runway at KCDW Essex County Airport, which took 18 minutes to cover less than 1 nm. The departure roll was from runway 04, with a takeoff distance of 339 m (27 % of the runway) and a liftoff speed of 60 kn. The local weather at departure was 1 °C with a wind of 5 kn coming from 278°, resulting in a crosswind of 4 kn and a tailwind of 2 kn.
The enroute climb started over KCDW Essex County Airport Caldwell in New Jersey, climbing from 1,041 ft asl to 3,560 ft asl, covering 4 nm and taking 3 minutes. The enroute level cruise began over Paterson, New Jersey, lasting 9 minutes and covering 19 nm.
The enroute descent started over Scarsdale, New York, descending from 2,966 ft asl to 1,225 ft asl, covering 5 nm and taking 3 minutes. The final approach to runway 34 at KHPN Westchester County Airport was from the southeast, heading 330.0° at 3 nm and 782 ft agl.
The landing on runway 34 at KHPN Westchester County Airport had a runway length of 1,996 m, with the threshold height at 61 ft agl being above the target. The threshold speed was slightly below target at 60 kn. The touchdown point was 486 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 43 kn and a smooth touchdown rate of -132 ft/m. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.3 m from the centerline. The local weather at landing was 1 °C with a wind of 10 kn coming from 280°, resulting in a crosswind of 7 kn and a headwind of 6 kn. The total landing distance was 992 m, which was 50% of the runway, with the runway rollout alignment being perfect.
Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 6 minutes to cover less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 33 nm, taking 29 minutes and using 11 kg of fuel.
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