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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 188 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 151 kt against a target of 188 kt, running 37 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 188 kt.
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 328 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 331 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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 46 kt FAST on the reference speed of 114 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 30 kt FAST on the reference speed of 114 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,530 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 308 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna Citation Longitude taxied from the parking area to runway 04L at KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport in 26 minutes, covering 6 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 04L, the aircraft used 85 m (3 % of runway) and lifted off at 117 kt; ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind and no head-wind.
The initial climb began overhead KEWR, ascending from 953 ft asl to 43,006 ft asl-a gain of 42,053 ft-in 19 minutes while traversing 117 nm.
The first cruise segment commenced 3 mi north-west of Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, and lasted 27 minutes, during which 213 nm were covered.
A brief descent started 13 mi south-east of Port Stanley, Ontario, dropping from 43,006 ft asl to 42,246 ft asl (-760 ft) in 2 minutes over 11 nm.
A subsequent climb began 8 mi south of Port Stanley, raising the aircraft from 42,325 ft asl to 42,970 ft asl (+645 ft) in 2 minutes while covering another 11 nm.
The second cruise phase originated 3 mi east of CPU3 Rodney (New Glasgow) Airport, Ontario, lasting 27 minutes and encompassing 213 nm.
Descent segment two started 5 mi west of Douglas, Michigan, descending from 43,088 ft asl to 6,529 ft asl (-36,560 ft) in 18 minutes and covering 121 nm.
A short cruise followed 1 mi west of Darien, Illinois, lasting 3 minutes and spanning 15 nm.
The third descent began overhead Oak Forest, Illinois, dropping from 5,664 ft asl to 2,997 ft asl (-2,667 ft) in 3 minutes across 15 nm.
The final cruise segment started 1 mi north of Kenwood, Illinois, lasting 5 minutes and covering 16 nm.
For the final approach to runway 27C at KORD Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the aircraft approached from the east on a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,254 ft agl.
Landing on runway 27C, which is 3,530 m long, the aircraft recorded a threshold speed of 120 kt, touched down after 310 m at 109 kt, and experienced a hard touchdown rate of minus 453 fpm; alignment at touchdown was perfect and local weather was 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, a 0 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind.
The rollout after touchdown covered a total landing distance of 1,280 m (36 % of runway) and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, traveling less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 743nm, required 130 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 1,782 kg of fuel.
The Cessna Citation Longitude approached runway 27C at KORD from the east on a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,254 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as stabilised, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft encountered a good threshold height. The threshold speed was well above target at 120 kt, and the aircraft touched down 310 m from the threshold, which is considered good. Touchdown speed was 109 kt, noted as a little fast, and the touchdown rate was hard at minus 453 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather was 15 °C with wind 1 kt from 270°, crosswind 0 kt and headwind 1 kt.
The aircraft completed the touchdown with a speed of 109 kt and a hard rate of minus 453 fpm, maintaining perfect alignment. Total landing distance was 1,280 m, representing 36 % of the 3,530 m runway length.
Rollout alignment was very good, keeping the aircraft centered on the runway centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
Reduce the threshold speed toward the target value and refine flare timing to soften the hard touchdown rate, which will further improve the landing quality while preserving the excellent alignment already demonstrated.
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