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Speed on the fast side
Speed at this height is usually bought with gradient. It's rarely dangerous and it's often just an early acceleration, but with flaps still out you may be heading towards the flap limit and a flat fast climb puts you at the acceleration altitude with the cleaning-up still to do.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,506 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 900 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 28L at KPDX Portland International Airport in 6 minutes, covering approximately 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 28L, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 2,324 ft, representing 21 % of the runway, and lifted off at 96 kt. Ambient conditions were 68 °F with a wind of 6 kt from 357°, a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead KPDX, with the airplane ascending from 403 ft asl to 28,613 ft asl, a gain of 28,209 ft achieved in 22 minutes while covering 79 nm.
The first cruise segment began 20 mi east of Gates, Oregon, and persisted for 117 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 612 nm at level flight.
Descent started 4 mi southeast of 9CA0 Psk Ranch Airport, Tehachapi, California, with a reduction from 28,998 ft asl to 16,242 ft asl, a loss of 12,756 ft in 15 minutes and a distance of 81 nm.
A brief cruise followed, initiating 1 mi northeast of Crestline, California, lasting 3 minutes and covering 16 nm.
The second descent began 4 mi north of Oak Glen, California, descending from 15,956 ft asl to 1,772 ft asl, a decrease of 14,185 ft over 13 minutes and a ground track of 55 nm.
On final approach to runway 31L at KPSP Palm Springs International Airport, the aircraft approached from the southeast on a heading of 321.0° at 4 nm and 1,303 ft agl, then descended from 1,433 ft agl to -30 ft agl in 168 seconds, meeting the stabilization criteria.
Landing was executed on runway 31L, whose length is 8,506 ft. The threshold speed was recorded at 75 kt, touchdown occurred 891 ft down the runway at 61 kt, and the vertical speed at touchdown was minus 85 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 29 ft from the centreline. Weather at the time was 90 °F with a wind of 10 kt from 310°, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 10 kt head-wind component. Total landing distance measured 1,908 ft, equivalent to 22 % of the runway.
During rollout, the aircraft’s alignment deviated slightly, being 28 ft off the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 854 nm, required 182 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 1,256 lb of fuel.
The final approach to runway 31L at KPSP was flown from the south-east on a heading of 321.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,303 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. Descent continued from 1,433 ft agl to -30 ft agl in 168 seconds.
Threshold speed was recorded at 75 kt, a little below target, and the threshold height was good. Touchdown distance was good at 891 ft, touchdown speed at 61 kt was good, and touchdown rate was excellent at -85 fpm.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft misaligned by 29 ft from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 1,908 ft, representing 22 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 28 ft from the centreline.
Improving centreline tracking during the final seconds of flare and maintaining precise alignment through rollout will reduce the 29-ft and 28-ft deviations. Fine-tuning the approach path to keep the aircraft on the centreline will enhance overall landing accuracy.
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