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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 239 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 845 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,568 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,568 m of the 3,595 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 769 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Citation CJ3+ with the registration N60US, then departed from runway 17 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan. The takeoff distance was 378 meters, which is 12% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 114 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 23°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 170°. The crosswind component was minimal, at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 8 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb shortly after departure, ascending from an initial altitude of 1,008 feet above sea level to 40,000 feet, a total increase of 38,992 feet, in 14 minutes and covering a distance of 68 nautical miles.
The enroute climb phase was followed by a level cruise, which started 42 miles east of Neftcala, Azerbaijan, and lasted for 11 minutes, covering a distance of 75 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb phase, this time from 40,721 feet to 42,880 feet, an increase of 2,159 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 11 nautical miles. The level cruise phase that followed lasted for 55 minutes, covering a distance of 689 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent phase, starting 10 miles southeast of OIBV Lavan Airport in Iran, and descending from 42,901 feet to 11,789 feet, a decrease of 31,112 feet, in 19 minutes and covering 105 nautical miles. The level cruise phase that followed lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent phase, starting 16 miles north of SB18 Dubai The World in the United Arab Emirates, and descending from 11,427 feet to 10,697 feet, a decrease of 730 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 8 nautical miles.
The level cruise phase that followed lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent phase, starting 1 mile southwest of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, and descending from 10,685 feet to 2,563 feet, a decrease of 8,122 feet, in 5 minutes and covering 23 nautical miles. The level cruise phase that followed lasted for 8 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final descent phase, starting overhead OMSH Sharjah Airport, and descending from 2,131 feet to 1,355 feet, a decrease of 776 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 5 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 30L at OMDB Dubai International Airport was made from the southeast, with a heading of 301.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,317 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 30L was characterized by a touchdown point that was 557 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 96 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was heavy, at -666 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.1 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 33°C, with a wind speed of 7 knots from a direction of 190°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the tailwind component was 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,687 meters, which is 47% of the
The Citation CJ3+ aircraft, registered as N60US, successfully landed at Dubai International Airport (OMDB) on runway 30L. The final approach was initiated from the southeast, heading 301.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,317 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's performance during the landing was evaluated, and the results showed a score of 68.8%.
The approach and landing speeds were within acceptable limits, with a threshold speed of 108 knots being considered good. However, the touchdown point was located 557 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot. The touchdown speed of 96 knots was also deemed good, but the touchdown rate of -666 feet per minute (fpm) was classified as heavy, suggesting a steeper-than-desired descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 33°C and a wind speed of 7 knots from a direction of 190°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the tailwind component was 3 knots. These conditions did not appear to significantly impact the aircraft's performance during the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,687 meters was 47% of the available runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. However, the runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 36.5 meters from the centerline, indicating a potential issue with the aircraft's directional control during the landing roll.
Overall, while the Citation CJ3+ aircraft demonstrated some areas of good performance during the landing, there were also some notable issues that need to be addressed, including the heavy touchdown rate and the misaligned runway rollout. These findings suggest that the pilots may need to review their landing techniques and procedures to improve the aircraft's performance and safety during future landings.
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