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Slow down before tight turns
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: five 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.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,470 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,179 ft 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 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna CJ4 Citation, then departed from runway 32R at KOMA Eppley Airfield. The takeoff distance was 1,779 feet, which accounted for 21% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 143 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 35°F and a wind speed of 7 knots from a direction of 319°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 7 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile north of Carter Lake, Iowa, and ascended from an altitude of 2,008 feet above sea level to 17,552 feet above sea level, an increase of 15,544 feet, in 6 minutes and covering 23 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 4 miles north of Oakland, Iowa, and lasted for 40 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 266 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase began 4 miles south of 54IS Zea Mays Field in Ohio, and the aircraft descended from 17,866 feet above sea level to 2,420 feet above sea level, a decrease of 15,447 feet, in 12 minutes and covering 50 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 2 miles southwest of LL51 Riley's Field in Plainfield, Illinois, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles. The final descent phase began 1 mile southwest of Oswego, Illinois, and the aircraft descended from 2,416 feet above sea level to 1,826 feet above sea level, a decrease of 591 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 4 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 33 at KARR Aurora Municipal Airport was made from the southeast, with a heading of 327.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,100 feet above ground level. The landing was made on a runway with a length of 5,470 feet, and the threshold height was good. The threshold speed was well above the target at 108 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 1,179 feet, and the touchdown speed was 99 knots, which was fast. The touchdown rate was smooth at -139 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 36°F and a wind speed of 16 knots from a direction of 340°, resulting in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 16 knots.
The total landing distance was 2,064 feet, which accounted for 38% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 33 feet from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 355 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 68 minutes. Notably, the aircraft used 0 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna CJ4 Citation successfully landed at KARR Aurora Municipal Airport, achieving a score of 95.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southeast, heading 327.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,100 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a smooth final approach, taking into account the local weather conditions, which included a temperature of 36°F and a wind speed of 16 knots from 340°.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 33, which has a length of 5,470 feet. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target speed of 108 knots. The touchdown distance was also satisfactory at 1,179 feet. However, the touchdown speed of 99 knots was slightly faster than expected, and the touchdown rate of -139 feet per minute (fpm) was smooth.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained a stable and controlled approach. The local weather conditions, with a headwind of 16 knots and a crosswind of 4 knots, did not significantly impact the landing. The total landing distance of 2,064 feet was 38% of the runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 33 feet. This minor deviation may be attributed to the pilot's efforts to maintain control and stability during the landing. Overall, the Cessna CJ4 Citation's landing at KARR Aurora Municipal Airport was successful, with a high score and minimal deviations from the expected parameters.
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