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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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: speed above the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above 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 5,961 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,291 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna CJ4 Citation, then departed from runway 02R at KBNA Nashville International Airport. The takeoff distance was 2,621 feet, which was 33% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 134 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 60°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 270°. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the tailwind component was 1 knot. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile northeast of KBNA Nashville International Airport, rising from an altitude of 1,488 feet above sea level to 9,896 feet above sea level in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile south of Shackle Island, Tennessee, and lasted for 12 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 61 nautical miles. The descent from the cruise altitude began 2 miles south of Caneyville, Kentucky, and took 8 minutes to complete, covering a distance of 28 nautical miles. The aircraft descended from an altitude of 9,971 feet above sea level to 2,030 feet above sea level.
The final approach to runway 05 at KEKX Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport was made from the southwest, with the aircraft heading 47.0° at an altitude of 1,267 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing on runway 05 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 1,295 feet, which was good. However, the touchdown speed of 110 knots was too fast, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 28 feet from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 270°. The crosswind component was 1 knot, while the tailwind component was 1 knot. The total landing distance was 2,812 feet, which was 47% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 28 feet from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 108 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 32 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 2,913 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna CJ4 Citation successfully landed at KEKX Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport, achieving a score of 91.9%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 47.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,267 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a good final approach, touching down on runway 05, which has a length of 5,961 feet.
However, there were some areas for improvement during the landing. The threshold speed was too high at 119 knots, indicating that the pilot may have been able to slow down more efficiently before touchdown. Additionally, the touchdown speed of 110 knots was also too fast, suggesting that the pilot could have maintained a more controlled descent. On the positive side, the touchdown distance was good at 1,295 feet, and the touchdown rate of -181 feet per minute (fpm) was also satisfactory.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from 270°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind and tailwind, making the landing conditions relatively straightforward. Despite the favorable weather, the pilot experienced some difficulties with runway alignment, as the touchdown position was misaligned by 28 feet from the centreline. This misalignment was also evident during the runway rollout, where the aircraft was slightly off-centre by the same amount.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement in terms of speed control and runway alignment. With some adjustments to the pilot's technique, it is likely that the score could be improved in future landings.
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