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Improve the touchdown
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 77 kt with 7.6° of pitch. Climb 3 averaged 107 kt, 7 kt under its 114 kt target.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 1,009 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 35 m of runway left; gear up at 21 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 940 fpm on average to 1,009 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 875 m runway.
Rolled from 206 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 4.2 m at the widest, and lifted off 3.1 m left. Airborne 74 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
High from 0.9 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to 1,440 ft over).
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 395 m left of the centreline at 0.9 nm.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 42 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 25 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 0.9 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +68 kt).
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Perfect landing flare
5 kt across from the left, which takes about 2° of crab to hold the centreline at 118 kt. Touched down with 2° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 345° at 6 kt · 3 kt head · 5 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 875 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 64 ft, 14 ft above the 50 ft target; began the flare at 22 ft. Touched down 145 m in, 160 m short of the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 875 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 1,710 fpm at the flare to 1,110 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.9° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 875 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3.1 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 3.6 m left at the widest.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 145 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.63 G arrival bounced 2 times.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LSPU Münster Airfield took approximately one minute, covering a distance of less than one nautical mile. The departure roll commenced on runway 04, with the aircraft taking off after a distance of 652 meters, which accounted for 74% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was achieved at 78 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 3 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 4 knots from a direction of 340 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it began its enroute climb phase, starting overhead LSMC Ulrichen Ulrichen in the Canton du Valais, Switzerland. The climb from 5,858 feet above sea level to 6,888 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,031 feet, was completed in two minutes and covered a distance of three nautical miles. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, lasting 12 minutes and covering a distance of six nautical miles, one mile south west of Oberwald in the Canton du Valais, Switzerland. The final approach to runway 04 at LSPU Münster Airfield was initiated from the south west, with the aircraft heading at 48.0 degrees at an altitude of 636 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 04 at LSPU Münster Airfield was characterized by a touchdown point that was very long, utilizing more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed of 118 knots was excessively fast, and the touchdown rate was very heavy at -1,375 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.5 meters from the centreline. The total landing distance was 657 meters, accounting for 75% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 9.9 meters from the centreline. The total flight distance was 12 nautical miles, taking approximately six minutes to complete, and the aircraft used 12 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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