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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 117 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 102 kt against a target of 117 kt, running 15 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 117 kt.
Arrival
Add power sooner on final to hold 86 kt by the stabilisation gate, not just at the threshold.
What happened: The approach was slow at the stabilisation gate, and the aircraft carried that deficit all the way to the threshold, still 12 kt below VREF; arriving that slow usually leaves little energy to cushion the flare, as it did here with a touchdown rate of 174 fpm.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 86 kt at the threshold
Start to finish · 17 stages, 15 scored
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 8 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 86 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 11,060 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 888 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cirrus Vision SF50 taxied from the parking area to runway 07L at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in 10 minutes, covering 3 nm.
Takeoff roll on runway 07L was completed with a distance of 2,708 ft, representing 26 % of the runway, and liftoff was achieved at 94 kt; ambient temperature was 107 °F with a wind of 3 kt from 204°, a 2 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind.
Climb began 1 mile east of KPHX, ascending from 2,180 ft asl to 30,011 ft asl, a gain of 27,831 ft in 25 minutes while covering 83 nm.
The first cruise segment started 7 nm northwest of the 99AZ ADC Airport in Tonopah and continued for 92 minutes, during which 442 nm were flown.
Descent commenced 13 nm southwest of Greenfield, descending from 30,004 ft asl to 6,000 ft asl, a loss of 24,005 ft in 17 minutes over a distance of 84 nm.
A brief cruise over Palo Alto lasted 2 minutes and covered 4 nm.
The second descent began 2 nm northeast of North Fair Oaks, dropping from 5,989 ft asl to 1,523 ft asl, a decrease of 4,466 ft in 4 minutes while traveling 8 nm.
Final approach to runway 28L at San Francisco International Airport was executed from the southeast on a heading of 294.0°, at 4 nm and 1,505 ft agl.
Landing on runway 28L, which is 11,060 ft long, was made with a threshold speed of 74 kt; touchdown occurred at 62 kt, 884 ft down the runway, with a vertical speed of minus 111 fpm and perfect alignment, while local weather reported a temperature of 70 °F, wind 16 kt from 280°, a 5 kt crosswind and a 15 kt headwind.
The total landing roll measured 1,940 ft, equivalent to 18 % of the runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect.
Taxi-in from the runway to the parking area required 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 630 nm, lasted 153 minutes, and consumed 1,000 lb of fuel.
The Cirrus Vision SF50 entered the final approach to runway 28L at KSFO from the south-east on a heading of 294.0° at 4 nm and 1,505 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and the threshold speed was a little below target at 74 kt. The flare was executed in line with the approach parameters.
Touchdown occurred 884 ft down the runway at a speed of 62 kt, with a smooth touchdown rate of -111 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,940 ft, representing 18 % of the 11,060 ft runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather was 70 °F with wind 16 kt at 280°, including a 5 kt crosswind component and a 15 kt headwind.
Maintain the target threshold speed more closely to eliminate the slight undershoot; fine-tuning speed control in the final 1,000 ft will help keep the touchdown point consistently within the optimal zone while preserving the high overall score.
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