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Departure
Rotate sooner, bringing the nose up at 125 kt rather than letting speed build further.
What happened: You lifted off at 151 kt against a rotation target of 125 kt, rotating late in the ground roll.
Watch for: Watch airspeed and rotate at the target of 125 kt.
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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 205 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 217 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.
One stabilised approach gate: six 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 runway's 3° glideslope, off the centreline and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,163 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,163 ft of the 9,809 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 4,380 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft in question took off from runway 28 at Hiroshima Airport, a departure roll that utilized only 32% of the runway's 3,111-foot takeoff distance. The plane's speed at liftoff was 151 knots, and it quickly reached an altitude of 35,307 feet.
As the crew began their enroute climb, they headed west of the airport, gradually increasing in height from 1,953 feet to 35,307 feet in just 11 minutes. The journey covered 68 nautical miles and set the stage for their upcoming flight. Following this ascent, the plane entered a 2-minute cruise phase at an altitude of 35,307 feet, covering 13 nautical miles southeast of Hofu, Japan.
Later, while en route, the aircraft initiated a descent from 35,307 feet to 4,099 feet over a distance of 86 nautical miles in 16 minutes. This phase was punctuated by several level cruise segments along the way. The first began 5 miles southeast of Yamaguchi Ube Airport and lasted 7 minutes, covering 21 nautical miles. The second was located 5 miles east of Isahaya, Japan, and lasted 7 minutes as well, while the third started 9 miles northwest of Nagasaki Airport and lasted for 2 minutes as the plane descended to a lower altitude.
As they approached their destination, the crew entered a short final approach to runway 14 at Nagasaki Airport, flying in from the northwest. However, their landing distance was higher than expected, with a touchdown point located 2,525 feet beyond the intended touchdown zone. Although their touchdown speed was slightly over target, the touchdown rate was still fair. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was 36 feet off centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by a larger margin of 75 feet from centerline.
The flight ultimately came to an end with the aircraft taxiing to the parking area, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in just 2 minutes. Over the course of the flight, the crew consumed 1,500 pounds of fuel, covering a total distance of 210 nautical miles that took approximately 50 minutes to complete.
The aircraft, C750, successfully landed at RJFU Nagasaki Airport with a final approach from the northwest, heading 146.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,782 feet above ground level. The aircraft made a smooth touchdown on runway 14, which has a total length of 9,809 feet.
Upon analysis, it is noticed that the threshold height at 135 feet above ground level was excessively above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have descended too late in its approach. Additionally, the threshold speed, at 127 knots, was slightly above the target speed, suggesting a possible need for adjustments in airspeed during the approach.
The actual touchdown point was 2,525 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, exceeding the target distance by a considerable margin. Furthermore, the touchdown speed of 109 knots was somewhat faster than the target speed, potentially indicating an under-optimally smooth landing. However, the touchdown rate of -247 feet per minute was relatively fair, indicating a moderate rate of descent that still maintained control.
The runway touchdown position was found to be misaligned by 36 feet from the centerline, which could pose minor safety concerns. Weather conditions did not significantly impact the landing, with temperatures at 87 °F and relatively calm winds at 2 knots. The crosswind and headwind were essentially negligible.
The total landing distance covered by the aircraft was 5,407 feet, accounting for 55% of the runway's length. This distance is significantly less than the full runway length, suggesting that the pilot executed the landing fairly effectively. Nonetheless, the runway rollout alignment was found to be misaligned by 75 feet from the centerline, which could indicate a minor error in navigation control during the final stages of the landing.
Overall, while there were several minor discrepancies in the execution of the landing, C750 successfully landed at RJFU Nagasaki Airport, demonstrating relatively good control and coordination throughout the process.
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