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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 2.6° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 14° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: gear still up, no landing flap set, sink rate above what the glideslope needed and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,272 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,272 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 173 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 to the runway, which took 16 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Vision Jet, then departed from runway 24L at LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain. The takeoff distance was 670 meters, which is 25% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 104 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 14°C, with a wind speed of 11 knots coming from a direction of 209°. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 9 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took it up to an altitude of 23,468 feet above sea level. This climb covered a distance of 34 nautical miles and took 12 minutes to complete.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 10 minutes and covered a distance of 43 nautical miles. This phase began 1 mile south of the town of Sant Marti Sarroca in Catalonia, Spain. The aircraft then started its enroute descent, which began 1 mile east of the town of Gualter in Catalonia, Spain. This descent took the aircraft down from an altitude of 23,462 feet to 4,108 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 23 nautical miles in the process.
The final approach to runway 03 at LESU Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel Airport was made from the southwest, with the aircraft heading in a direction of 31.0°. The approach was made at an altitude of 1,383 feet above ground level, 3 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 03, which has a length of 1,272 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was too high at 107 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 172 meters, but the touchdown speed was too fast at 100 knots. The touchdown rate was hard at -455 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 7.4 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 11°C, with a wind speed of 1 knot coming from a direction of 256°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 629 meters, which is 49% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 11.5 meters. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 109 nautical miles, and the flight took 37 minutes to complete. Notably, the aircraft used 0 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Vision Jet aircraft successfully landed at LESU Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel Airport, achieving an overall score of 88.2%. The final approach to runway 03 was initiated from the south-west, with a heading of 31.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,383 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 172 meters, which was considered good. However, the threshold speed was too high at 107 knots, indicating that the pilot may have been able to slow down more effectively before touchdown. Additionally, the touchdown speed of 100 knots was also considered too fast, suggesting that the pilot could have maintained a more controlled descent.
The touchdown rate was hard at -455 feet per minute, which may have put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.4 meters from the centreline, which could have affected the aircraft's stability during the landing roll.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 11°C and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 256°. The crosswind and tailwind components were both minimal, at 1 knot each, which suggests that the wind did not have a significant impact on the landing.
The total landing distance was 629 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft was able to stop relatively quickly after touchdown. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 11.5 meters from the centreline, which may have required the pilot to make some adjustments to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing roll.
Overall, while the Vision Jet aircraft landed safely at LESU Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel Airport, there were some areas for improvement, including reducing the threshold speed and touchdown speed, and maintaining a more controlled descent.
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