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Departure
Use smooth aileron to roll the wings level in the first climb segment, holding bank angle near wings-level instead of letting it build to 1.5°.
What happened: The wings held 1.5° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 0.8° by the second - this early wing-level drift usually carries through into a larger bank excursion later in the climb.
Watch for: Watch the attitude indicator's bank pointer and keep it at wings level throughout the climb.
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 300 ft gate: off the centreline and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,562 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 108 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 21 at KSEZ Sedona Airport, a Cessna C172 aircraft taking to the skies. The takeoff distance was 468 meters, which accounted for 30% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 60 knots, a relatively smooth and controlled departure.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 6 degrees Celsius and a gentle headwind of 1 knot from a direction of 209 degrees. The climb started approximately 1 mile southwest of the airport, with the aircraft ascending from an initial altitude of 5,356 feet above sea level to 5,160 feet, a gain of 196 feet over a period of 3 minutes and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 21 was initiated from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 241.0 degrees at an altitude of 418 feet above ground level and a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway threshold. The landing was made on the runway, which had a length of 1,562 meters.
However, the landing was not entirely smooth, with the threshold speed being too high at 76 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 107 meters, but the touchdown speed was slightly too fast at 74 knots. The touchdown rate was also heavy, at -641 feet per minute. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 723 meters, accounting for 46% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned, by 8.3 meters from the centerline. Despite some minor issues, the flight was able to complete its journey, covering a total distance of 4 nautical miles and using 3 kilograms of fuel over a period of 5 minutes.
The Cessna C172 aircraft successfully landed at KSEZ Sedona Airport, but there were some areas for improvement. The final approach was initiated from the north east, heading 241.0° at 1 nm and 418 ft above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 21, which has a length of 1,562 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was too high at 76 kt. This indicates that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to reduce the touchdown speed. The touchdown distance was good at 107 meters, but the touchdown speed was too fast at 74 kt. This could have been due to the pilot not fully utilizing the aircraft's descent capabilities.
The touchdown rate was heavy at -641 fpm, which suggests that the pilot may have been too aggressive with the descent. This could have put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear and potentially caused a bumpy ride for the passengers. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.0 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the approach.
The local weather conditions were relatively calm, with a temperature of 6°C and a wind speed of 1 kt at 209°. The crosswind was negligible, and the headwind was minimal at 1 kt. These conditions would have made the landing relatively straightforward.
The total landing distance was 723 meters, which is 46% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, but it could have been improved with a more precise approach and touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the rollout.
Overall, the landing was satisfactory, but there were some areas for improvement. With more practice and attention to detail, the pilot could have achieved a more precise and controlled landing.
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