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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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 113 kt with 2.7° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 539 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 304 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,150 fpm on average to 539 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 1,165 m runway.
Rolled from 102 m in, drifted 6.7 m right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 53 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
High from 3.0 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to 920 ft over).
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 1,024 m right of the centreline at 3.0 nm, then inside the band from 1.2 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 3.0 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +64 kt).
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 020° at 10 kt · 10 kt head · 1 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 117 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 10 s, an average deceleration of 0.49 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 948 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 45 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 588 m in, 283 m past the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 948 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
From 43 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 120 fpm before coming down at 250 fpm to touch. The nose came up 2.7° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 948 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 1.4 m of it down the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Touched down 588 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 04 at MGLL La Libertad Airport, a Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft taking to the skies. The takeoff distance was 538 meters, which accounted for 46% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 114 knots, a smooth and efficient start to the flight.
As the aircraft climbed out of La Libertad, it encountered local weather conditions of 35 degrees Celsius and a wind of 7 knots at 83 degrees. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile south of La Libertad and took the aircraft from 1,119 feet above sea level to 9,296 feet above sea level, an increase of 8,176 feet in just 6 minutes. This climb covered a distance of 19 nautical miles.
After reaching cruising altitude, the aircraft leveled off and began its enroute level cruise 5 miles southeast of Sayaxche. This phase of the flight lasted 13 minutes and covered a distance of 52 nautical miles. The descent from cruising altitude began 6 miles north of San Pedro Carcha, where the aircraft descended from 9,184 feet above sea level to 5,895 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,288 feet in just 4 minutes. This descent covered a distance of 11 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 03 at MGCB Coban Airport was made from the southwest, with the aircraft heading 16.0 degrees at 2 nautical miles and 1,542 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 03 was made with a runway length of 948 meters, and the threshold height was good. However, the threshold speed was too high at 126 knots, resulting in a touchdown point that was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed of 114 knots was also fast, but the touchdown rate was fair at -252 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions at Coban Airport were 26 degrees Celsius and a wind of 10 knots at 19 degrees.
The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 10 knots. The total landing distance was 811 meters, which accounted for 86% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating a smooth and controlled landing. The total flight distance was 84 nautical miles, taking 24 minutes to complete, and the aircraft used 143 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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