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Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 109 kt with 3.8° 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. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 297 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,570 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 1,130 m runway.
Rolled from 66 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 10 m at the widest, and lifted off 8 m left. Airborne 46 % 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 1.0 nm, then high to the threshold (up to 260 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 5× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 1.3 nm, then drifted 77 m right between 1.3 and 0.3 nm, then inside the band from 0.3 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 from 4 nm to 2.6 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +70 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
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 270° at 6 kt · 6 kt tail · 0 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 87 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 21 s, an average deceleration of 0.15 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 1,119 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 48 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 724 m in, 419 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 1,119 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 45 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 120 fpm before coming down at 80 fpm to touch. The nose came up 6.3° 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 1,119 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 4 m left of the centreline and drifted to 8.8 m left on 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.
Touched down 724 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, a Beechcraft Baron G58, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at YPJT Perth Jandakot Airport. This process took approximately 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 06L, with the aircraft taking off after covering 43% of the runway's length. The takeoff distance was 488 meters, and the liftoff speed was 110 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 6 knots blowing from 270 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 5 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northeast of YPJT Perth Jandakot Airport. The climb took place from an altitude of 1,110 feet above sea level to 3,007 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,897 feet, in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile south of Champion Lakes and lasted for 14 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 1 mile northwest of Harrisdale. The descent took place from an altitude of 2,802 feet above sea level to 841 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,961 feet, in 3 minutes and covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another enroute climb, starting overhead Queens Park. The climb took place from an altitude of 830 feet above sea level to 2,993 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,163 feet, in 5 minutes and covering a distance of 11 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then started 1 mile southwest of City Beach and lasted for 18 minutes, covering a distance of 22 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final enroute descent, starting 11 miles west of Rottnest Island. The descent took place from an altitude of 2,983 feet above sea level to 1,564 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,419 feet, in 3 minutes and covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 09 at YRTI Rottnest Island Airport was made from the west, with the aircraft heading 90 degrees at an altitude of 1,537 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing took place on runway 09, which had a length of 1,119 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 106 knots. The touchdown point was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was good at 77 knots, and the touchdown rate was excellent at -83 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 6 knots blowing from 269 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 0 knots and a tailwind of 6 knots. The total landing distance was 1,240 meters, which was 111% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The total flight distance was 61 nautical miles, and the flight took 50 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 49 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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