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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.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 13 stages, 13 scored
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: gear still up.
At the 500 ft gate: gear still up and sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,585 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 180 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.84 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 787-10 taxied to runway 29 at KRDM Roberts Field and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft used a takeoff distance of 1,527 m, representing 71 % of the available runway, and lifted off at 137 kt. Ambient temperature was 7 °C with a wind from 150° at 4 kt, a 2 kt crosswind component and a 4 kt tailwind component.
During the initial climb the aircraft passed overhead Redmond, Oregon, climbing from 4,026 ft asl to 6,489 ft asl. The altitude gain of 2,463 ft was achieved in 1 minute while covering 3 nm.
A subsequent climb segment began 1 mile north-west of 3OR8 Cline Falls Air Park, Redmond. The airplane rose from 4,467 ft asl to 4,821 ft asl, an increase of 354 ft accomplished over 3 minutes and a distance of 10 nm.
The descent phase started 2 miles south of Terrebonne, Oregon. The aircraft descended from 6,481 ft asl to 4,498 ft asl, a loss of 1,983 ft in 2 minutes while traversing 5 nm.
For the final approach the airplane was aligned with runway 16 at KBDN Bend Municipal Airport, approaching from the north on a heading of 182.0°. At 4 nm from the threshold the aircraft was at 1,387 ft agl.
Landing was executed on runway 16, whose length is 1,585 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 179 kt, while touchdown occurred at 176 kt. Touchdown distance measured 184 m, the vertical speed was minus 693 fpm, and the touchdown point was offset 6.8 m from the centreline. Local conditions were 9 °C, wind from 209° at 4 kt, a 2 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt headwind component.
Overall, the flight covered 24 nm, required 7 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 1,000 kg of fuel.
The Cessna 750 Citation X on final approach to runway 08 at KABQ Albuquerque International Sunport was aligned on a heading of 90.0° from the west at 4 nm and 1,286 ft agl, with temperature 59 °F, wind 2 kt from 270°, no cross-wind and a 2 kt tailwind. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable because the sink rate was too high.
Threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was a little below target at 109 kt as the aircraft entered the flare.
Touchdown occurred 115 ft down the runway, a distance described as good, with a touchdown speed of 108 kt also judged good. The vertical speed at touchdown was fair at minus 275 fpm and the touchdown point was misaligned by 26 ft from the centreline. The total landing distance measured 1,794 ft, representing 14 % of the runway length.
During rollout the aircraft remained slightly misaligned, deviating 37 ft from the centreline.
Maintain a fully stabilized approach to keep sink rate within limits and refine lateral control to achieve centreline alignment at touchdown and through rollout. Small adjustments to the final-approach path will reduce the observed misalignment without altering the aim point.
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