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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 19 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 38 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
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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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 1,000 ft gate: no landing flap set.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate 1,048 fpm, more than the glideslope needed and speed 10 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 90 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,283 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 420 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Beechcraft Duke taxied from the parking area to runway 04R at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 04R, the aircraft used 674 m of runway, representing 37 % of the available length, and lifted off at 94 kt; ambient conditions were 23 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 179°, a 4 kt crosswind component and a 4 kt tailwind component.
Climb commenced over West Elsdon, Illinois, with the airplane ascending from 1,517 ft asl to 9,373 ft asl, a gain of 7,857 ft achieved in 4 minutes while covering 10 nm.
Cruise began approximately 5 miles north-east of Winnetka, Illinois, and persisted for 21 minutes, during which 44 nm were flown.
Descent started over Lincoln Square, Illinois, with the aircraft descending from 9,374 ft asl to 2,378 ft asl, a loss of 6,996 ft in 5 minutes while covering 12 nm.
The final approach to runway 22R at KORD Chicago O’Hare International Airport was executed from the north-east on a heading of 219.0° at 3 nm and 975 ft agl.
Landing on runway 22R, which is 2,283 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 82 kt, a touchdown distance of 420 m, a touchdown speed of 67 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 158 fpm; the touchdown point was offset 21.7 m from the centreline.
Rollout continued for a total landing distance of 547 m, representing 24 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s alignment on the runway remained offset by 37.6 m from the centreline.
In total, the flight covered 72 nm, required 33 minutes, and consumed 203 kg of fuel.
The Beechcraft Duke entered the final approach to runway 22R at KORD from the north-east on a heading of 219.0° at 3 nm and 975 ft agl, with temperature 26 °C, wind 6 kt from 180°, a 4 kt crosswind and a 4 kt headwind; the approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate because flaps were not set.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and achieved a threshold speed slightly below target at 82 kt.
Touchdown occurred 420 m down the runway at a speed of 67 kt and a vertical rate of minus 158 fpm, with the touchdown point significantly misaligned by 21.7 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 547 m, representing 24 % of the 2,283 m runway, and the rollout remained significantly misaligned by 37.6 m from the centreline.
To refine performance, ensure flap deployment to obtain a stabilized approach and focus on precise centreline tracking during flare and rollout to reduce lateral deviation.
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