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Keep increasing back pressure smoothly after the sink arrests at 7.7 ft, holding that attitude firmly all the way to touchdown.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 7.7 ft, but 192 fpm of sink came back before touchdown, and sink returning like this usually carries through into a bounce at touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: steady, continuously decreasing sink held through the flare and into touchdown.
Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,988 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 616 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna Citation CJ4 taxied from the parking area to the departure runway, a movement that required 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Departure roll was conducted on runway 28 at BIKF Keflavik International Airport; the aircraft used 596 m of runway, representing 20 % of the available length, and lifted off at 116 kt. Local weather at the time was Temperature 11 °C, Wind 11 kt at 320 °, with a cross-wind component of 9 kt and a head-wind component of 7 kt.
Climb commenced 1 mile west of BIKF, with the jet accelerating from 1,181 ft asl to 41,010 ft asl, an altitude gain of 39,829 ft achieved in 10 minutes while covering 139 nm.
The first cruise segment began 19 miles south-east of BIAL Álftaver Airport Álftaver (Sudurland, Iceland) and persisted for 40 minutes, during which 1,094 nm were flown.
Descent started 3 miles south-east of Seedorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany); altitude fell from 40,979 ft asl to 6,004 ft asl, a loss of 34,975 ft in 10 minutes while traversing 130 nm.
A second cruise phase was initiated 3 miles south-east of Golzow (Brandenburg, Germany), lasting 5 minutes and covering 18 nm.
The subsequent descent began 3 miles east of Beelitz (Brandenburg, Germany), with the aircraft descending from 5,448 ft asl to 1,108 ft asl, a reduction of 4,340 ft in 5 minutes over 13 nm.
Final approach to runway 06R at EDDB Berlin Brandenburg Airport was executed from the south-west, on a heading of 67.0°, at 4 nm and 956 ft agl.
Landing on runway 06R, which measures 3,990 m, occurred with a threshold speed of 101 kt. Touchdown was recorded 415 m beyond the touchdown zone at 84 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 112 fpm and excellent runway-alignment. Weather at the airport was Temperature 25 °C, Wind 9 kt at 90 °, cross-wind 3 kt and head-wind 8 kt.
The rollout distance measured 1,478 m, representing 37 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was very good.
Taxi-in to the parking area from the runway took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,400 nm, required 78 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 1,839 kg of fuel.
The Cessna Citation CJ4 established a final approach to runway 06R at Berlin Brandenburg Airport from the south-west on a heading of 67.0° at 4 nm and 956 ft agl. Local conditions were 25 °C with a wind of 9 kt from 090°, giving a 3 kt cross-wind component and an 8 kt head-wind component. The aircraft maintained the approach path and the overall score for the landing was 94.7 %.
At threshold the height was good and the aircraft crossed the runway threshold at 101 kt, a speed noted as well above the target. The flare commenced from this altitude and speed, preparing for touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 415 m beyond the designated touchdown zone. The aircraft’s speed at touchdown was 84 kt, described as good, and the vertical rate was a smooth -112 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The rollout covered a total distance of 1,478 m, representing 37 % of the 3,990 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
Reduce the threshold crossing speed to meet the target value and adjust the flare timing to achieve a touchdown point nearer the aim point, approximately 300 m down the runway. Maintaining a stabilized approach will help keep the touchdown location within the optimal zone while preserving the high overall score.
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