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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 22 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink only for 311 fpm of it to come back as the aircraft ballooned before touchdown; this pattern usually carries the touchdown further down the runway, and here it touched down 2,338 ft past the target point.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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: gear still up and centreline 1.8° off, against a 1° limit.
At the 500 ft gate: gear still up and centreline 1.6° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,152 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,152 ft of the 10,994 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,838 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cirrus Vision SF50 taxied from the parking area to runway 25R at KLAX, a movement that required 12 minutes and covered 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 25R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 96 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,045 ft, which represented 9 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 73 °F with a wind of 8 kt from 250°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and an 8 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead KLAX, with the airplane ascending from 1,080 ft asl to 30,747 ft asl, an altitude gain of 29,667 ft achieved in 24 minutes while covering 81 nm.
Level cruise began 5 miles south of CA42 McConville Airstrip near Lake Elsinore and continued for 53 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 266 nm.
Descent was initiated 6 miles southwest of 0AZ4 Flying Bucket Ranch Airport near Maricopa, descending from 30,992 ft asl to 4,138 ft asl, a loss of 26,853 ft in 20 minutes and traversing 89 nm.
The final approach to runway 11L at KTUS was conducted from the northwest, on a heading of 130.0° at 4 nm distance and 1,481 ft agl.
Landing on runway 11L, which is 10,984 ft long, occurred with a threshold height of 56 ft agl and a threshold speed of 89 kt; the touchdown point was 2,417 ft beyond the touchdown zone, the aircraft touched down at 74 kt with a vertical rate of 1 fpm, and the touchdown location was offset 45 ft from the centreline. Local temperature was 84 °F and the total landing distance measured 4,831 ft, representing 44 % of the runway.
Rollout after touchdown showed a runway alignment deviation of 44 ft from the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 446 nm, took 112 (units as provided), and consumed 737 lb of fuel.
The Cirrus Vision SF50, with a final score of 82.5%, flew the final approach to runway 11L at KTUS from the north-west on a heading of 130.0° at 4 nm and 1,481 ft AGL. The approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate because the gear was not down and the sink rate was too high.
At the threshold the height was 56 ft AGL, slightly above target, and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 89 kt.
Touchdown occurred 2,417 ft beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 74 kt, which was good, and a touchdown rate of 1 fpm, which was perfect. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 45 ft from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 4,831 ft, representing 44 % of the 10,984 ft runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 44 ft from the centreline.
Ensure the gear is extended and the sink rate reduced before reaching the 1,000 ft gate to achieve a stable approach, and aim to keep touchdown and rollout alignment within a few feet of the centreline for tighter lateral control.
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