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Work on the flare
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Trim is the hidden variable. In trim, the flare is a small refinement to an aircraft already in equilibrium, a couple of millimetres of stick. Out of trim, you're holding a constant force all the way down final, and the flare becomes a large, badly judged movement stacked on top of a load you're already carrying. A striking proportion of "I can't judge the flare" complaints are trim complaints wearing a disguise. If you're holding pressure at 500 feet, fix that before you practise anything else.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 79 kt with 4.9° 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 965 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 2,755 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,000 fpm on average to 965 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 3,298 m runway.
Rolled from 68 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 14 m at the widest, and lifted off 7.8 m left, in 5 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 11 % 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 2° band in green.
On the glideslope from 4 nm to 0.6 nm, then high to the threshold (up to 170 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 4× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 0.4 nm, then 17 m left of it from 0.4 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 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +5 kt and +41 kt on the approach speed of 80 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
5 kt across from the left, which takes about 4° of crab to hold the centreline at 68 kt. Touched down with 4° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 210° at 6 kt · 2 kt tail · 5 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 69 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 32 s, an average deceleration of 0.07 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 1,539 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 77 ft, 27 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 665 m in, 360 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 1,539 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.
The sink went from 1,010 fpm at 76 ft to 50 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 7.0° 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 first 1,539 m of the 2,096 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 9 m left of the centreline and drifted to 16 m left on the rollout, back to 6.6 m left by the end.
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 665 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.11 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was conducted in a SR22 aircraft, departing from runway 33 at UB10 Lenkoran. Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 30 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The departure roll began at UB10 Lenkoran, with a takeoff distance of 315 meters, which was 10% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 80 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of -1°C, with a wind speed of 11 knots at 10°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the headwind component was 8 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb overhead UBBL Lankaran International Airport, ascending from 943 feet above sea level to 5,696 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,753 feet in just 4 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 4 miles north-east of Lankaran, lasting 2 minutes and covering 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time from 5,994 feet above sea level to 10,696 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,702 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise that followed lasted 18 minutes, covering 46 nautical miles.
The flight continued with several enroute climbs and level cruises, with notable ascents from 10,708 feet above sea level to 14,245 feet above sea level, and from 14,522 feet above sea level to 22,168 feet above sea level. The latter climb was particularly steep, with an increase of 7,646 feet in just 7 minutes, covering a distance of 22 nautical miles.
As the flight progressed, the aircraft began its enroute descent, initially from 22,604 feet above sea level to 15,650 feet above sea level, a decrease of 6,954 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 33 nautical miles. The flight then continued with several more enroute level cruises and descents, with notable descents from 14,400 feet above sea level to 5,029 feet above sea level, and from 4,918 feet above sea level to 1,318 feet above sea level.
The final approach to runway 31 at OIAM Mahshahr Airport was conducted from the south-east, with a heading of 318.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,227 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with a touchdown point 221 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 68 knots, which was good, and the touchdown rate was excellent at -54 feet per minute.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 12°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots at 210°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the tailwind component was 2 knots. The total landing distance was 1,430 meters, which was 68% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 16.4 meters from the centreline.
Taxiing to the parking from the runway took just 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 541 nautical miles, taking 118 minutes, and the aircraft used 175 kilograms of fuel.
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