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Work on the flare
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 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,878 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,016 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, which took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Vision Jet, then departed from runway 29 at MMES Aeropuerto Internacional de Ensenada, with a takeoff distance of 1,973 feet, which was 40% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 97 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 63°F and winds of 5 knots at 201°. The crosswind was 5 knots, while the tailwind was 1 knot. After departing from Ensenada, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northwest of the airport and climbing from an altitude of 1,014 feet above sea level to 29,118 feet above sea level, an increase of 28,104 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 78 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Heber, California, and lasted for 70 minutes, covering a distance of 409 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 5 miles east of NM09 First Aero Squadron Airpark Columbus, New Mexico, and descending from 29,434 feet above sea level to 5,364 feet above sea level, a decrease of 24,070 feet in 17 minutes, covering a distance of 60 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 21 at MMCS Abraham González International Airport was made from the northeast, heading 223.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,473 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 21 was characterized by a touchdown point that was 1,429 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 77 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was smooth at -103 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 30 feet from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 73°F and winds of 17 knots at 220°. The crosswind was 0 knots, while the headwind was 17 knots. The total landing distance was 3,394 feet, which was 38% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 30 feet from the centreline. Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 554 nautical miles, taking 119 minutes, and the aircraft used 863 pounds of fuel.
The Vision Jet aircraft has successfully landed at MMCS Abraham González International Airport, but the landing was not without its challenges. The final approach to runway 21 was initiated from the north east, heading 223.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,473 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 1,429 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the target. The touchdown speed of 77 knots was slightly higher than the recommended speed, indicating that the pilot may have been unable to fully arrest the aircraft's descent before touchdown. However, the touchdown rate was smooth at -103 feet per minute (fpm), which suggests that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing.
The threshold height at 81 feet agl was significantly above the target, and the threshold speed was excessively high at 100 knots. This may indicate that the pilot was not able to properly configure the aircraft for landing, or that the aircraft's performance was not optimal for the given conditions.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 73°F and a wind speed of 17 knots from 220°. The crosswind component was negligible, but the headwind component was 17 knots, which may have contributed to the aircraft's high touchdown speed.
The total landing distance of 3,394 feet was 38% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 30 feet from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 30 feet from the centreline. This may indicate that the pilot was not able to properly align the aircraft with the runway during the landing.
Overall, while the Vision Jet aircraft was able to land safely, the landing was not without its challenges, and the pilot may have benefited from additional training or experience to improve their performance in similar conditions.
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