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Departure
Correct the drift with small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway, holding the centreline through the roll.
What happened: The takeoff roll drifted 32 ft off the centreline, and the aircraft held a bank angle of 9.8° through the first climb segment; drifting off centreline on the roll usually carries into a wandering heading through the second climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: runway heading held steady through the climb.
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 105 fpm.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch the VSI in the flare and keep arrested sink from returning before touchdown at 181 fpm.
See Arrival Landing
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.
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: off the centreline and wings not level.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,506 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,601 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Vision Jet taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. Once on the runway, the aircraft departed from runway 10R at the Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, with a takeoff distance of 2,225 feet, which accounted for 23% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 93 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 55°F and a wind speed of 7 knots at 190°. The crosswind was 7 knots, while the headwind was 2 knots. The enroute climb began overhead the Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, with the aircraft ascending from 3,821 feet above sea level to 28,888 feet above sea level, a total increase of 25,067 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 73 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 3 miles southwest of the Gooding Municipal Airport. This phase of the flight lasted for 77 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 359 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 3 miles east of Beaver Dam, Arizona, with the aircraft descending from 29,408 feet above sea level to 2,367 feet above sea level, a total decrease of 27,041 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 76 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its final approach to runway 26L at the Harry Reid International Airport, coming in from the east at a heading of 280.0°, 3 nautical miles from the runway and at an altitude of 250 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 26L took place on a runway with a length of 10,506 feet, with the threshold height being excessively high at 108 feet above ground level and the threshold speed being excessively high at 105 knots.
The touchdown point was 1,094 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 80 knots, which was fast. However, the touchdown rate was good at -156 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 43 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 70°F and a wind speed of 7 knots at 210°, with a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 4,035 feet, accounting for 38% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 41 feet from the centreline. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 516 nautical miles, with the flight lasting 130 minutes and using 894 pounds of fuel.
The Vision Jet aircraft has successfully landed at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport, but the landing was not without its issues. The final approach to runway 26L was initiated from the east, heading 280.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 250 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 1,094 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the target. The touchdown speed of 80 knots was also excessively high, indicating that the pilot may have been unable to slow the aircraft down sufficiently before touchdown. However, the touchdown rate of -156 feet per minute (fpm) was good, suggesting that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the descent.
The threshold height at 108 feet agl was excessively over target, and the threshold speed of 105 knots was also excessively high. These issues may have contributed to the aircraft's inability to touch down within the designated touchdown zone. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 43 feet from the centreline, which could have made the landing more challenging for the pilot.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 70°F and a wind speed of 7 knots from 210°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots. These conditions were not particularly challenging, and the pilot should have been able to handle them with ease.
The total landing distance of 4,035 feet was 38% of the runway length, which is a relatively long distance. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 41 feet from the centreline, which may have been a result of the pilot's difficulty in controlling the aircraft during the landing.
Overall, while the Vision Jet aircraft was able to land safely, the landing was not without its issues. The pilot may have benefited from additional training or practice to improve their skills and reduce the risk of future incidents.
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