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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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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,061 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,061 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 332 m 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 area to the runway, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna 208B, then departed from runway 26R at KSDM Brown Field Municipal Airport in San Diego, California. The takeoff distance was 449 meters, which accounted for 19% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 93 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 21°C temperature and a wind speed of 11 knots from 270°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 11 knots. The enroute climb started overhead the airport and continued for 6 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,257 feet above sea level to 10,131 feet, an increase of 8,874 feet. The climb covered a distance of 13 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise phase began overhead ZC07 San Diego Static Carrier - CVN76, and lasted for 134 minutes, covering a distance of 378 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 5 miles south of Half Moon Bay, California, and descended from 10,195 feet to 1,372 feet above sea level, a decrease of 8,823 feet, in 11 minutes. The descent covered a distance of 14 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 12 at KHAF Half Moon Bay Airport was made from the northwest, with a heading of 138.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,310 feet above ground level. The landing was made on the runway, which had a length of 1,061 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 87 knots. The touchdown point was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway, and the touchdown speed was too fast at 82 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -270 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.5 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 15°C temperature and a wind speed of 8 knots from 300°. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the tailwind component was 8 knots. The total landing distance was 1,266 meters, which was 119% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 19.9 meters from the centreline.
The total flight distance was 413 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 157 minutes. The aircraft used 514 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna 208B aircraft successfully landed at KHAF Half Moon Bay Airport, but the landing was not without its issues. The pilot scored 75.5% on the landing, indicating that there were some areas for improvement. The final approach to runway 12 was initiated from the north-west, heading 138.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,310 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the pilot encountered some difficulties. The threshold speed was excessively high at 87 knots, which is above the recommended speed for a safe landing. This resulted in a touchdown point that was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed of 82 knots was also too fast, and the touchdown rate of -270 feet per minute was only fair.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were moderate, with a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from 300°. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 8 knots, which may have contributed to the difficulties experienced during the landing. The runway length at KHAF Half Moon Bay Airport is 1,061 meters, which is relatively short, and the pilot's inability to control the aircraft's speed and direction may have been exacerbated by the wind conditions.
The total landing distance was 1,266 meters, which is 119% of the available runway. This indicates that the pilot had some difficulty in bringing the aircraft to a stop within the available runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 19.9 meters from the centreline, which suggests that the pilot may have had some difficulty in controlling the aircraft's direction during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the pilot was able to successfully land the aircraft, there were some significant issues with the landing, including excessive speed, a long touchdown point, and a misaligned rollout. These issues may have been exacerbated by the wind conditions and the relatively short runway length at KHAF Half Moon Bay Airport.
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