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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 90 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 110 kt, 20 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 90 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Apply less back pressure in the flare, easing it in more slowly instead of arresting the sink sharply at 15 ft.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 15 ft, ballooning the aircraft before 232 fpm of sink rate returned as it settled back toward the runway.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: hold a steady, continuous descent through the normal flare band.
See Arrival Landing
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 500 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 12,362 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,485 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with taxiing from the parking to the runway at PADQ Kodiak Airport, which took 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Vision Jet, then departed from runway 08, with a takeoff distance of 1,788 feet, which was 28% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 110 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 61°F and a wind speed of 6 knots at 100°. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the headwind was 6 knots. The aircraft then took off and began its enroute climb, which started overhead PADQ Kodiak Airport. The climb took 17 minutes and covered 56 nautical miles, with the aircraft rising from 1,084 feet above sea level to 29,284 feet.
After the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which started 13 miles northeast of KPR Port Williams Seaplane Base. This cruise lasted 16 minutes and covered 75 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 2 miles south of Happy Valley. The descent took 21 minutes and covered 86 nautical miles, with the aircraft dropping from 29,629 feet to 1,571 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, which started 5 miles west of 6AK5 Fire Island Airport. This cruise lasted only 3 minutes and covered 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 07R at PANC Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, which was from the west and at a heading of 90.0°. The aircraft was at 4 nautical miles and 1,279 feet above ground level at this point.
The landing on runway 07R was not ideal, with the threshold height being significantly above the target and the threshold speed being too high at 91 knots. The touchdown point was 1,061 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 81 knots, which was fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -224 feet per minute. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 63 feet from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 64°F and a wind speed of 4 knots at 273°. The crosswind was 0 knots, and the tailwind was 4 knots. The total landing distance was 3,228 feet, which was 26% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 73 feet from the centreline.
After landing, the aircraft took 10 minutes to taxi to the parking from the runway, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 229 nautical miles, and the flight took 75 minutes. The aircraft used 481 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Vision Jet aircraft has successfully landed at PANC Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, but the landing was not without its issues. The final approach to runway 07R was initiated from the west, heading 90.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,279 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 1,061 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation. The touchdown speed of 81 knots was also higher than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been unable to slow the aircraft down sufficiently before touchdown. The touchdown rate of -224 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the pilot was able to control the descent to some extent.
One of the major concerns with this landing was the threshold height, which was significantly above the target height at 93 feet agl. This could have made it more challenging for the pilot to judge the distance to the runway and potentially contributed to the touchdown point being beyond the designated zone. Additionally, the threshold speed was too high at 91 knots, which may have indicated that the pilot was not able to slow the aircraft down sufficiently before touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was also significantly misaligned by 63 feet from the centreline, which could have made it more difficult for the pilot to control the aircraft during the rollout phase. Furthermore, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 73 feet from the centreline, which is a concern for safety.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 64°F and a wind speed of 4 knots from 273°. There was no crosswind, but a tailwind of 4 knots, which may have contributed to the difficulties experienced during the landing.
Overall, while the Vision Jet aircraft was able to land safely, the landing was not without its issues, and the pilot may have benefited from additional training or practice to improve their skills in challenging weather conditions.
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