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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 103 kt with 5.0° of pitch.
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 722 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 649 ft of runway left; then climbing at 940 fpm on average to 722 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 5,572 ft runway.
Rolled from 3,192 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 7 ft at the widest, and lifted off 6 ft left. Airborne 63 % 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.
Inside the glideslope band from 2.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 240 ft below the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft 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 1,760 ft left of the centreline at 2.8 nm, then inside the band from 2.3 nm to the threshold.
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 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +1 kt and +9 kt on the approach speed of 90 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
3 kt across from the right, which takes about 2° of crab to hold the centreline at 81 kt. Touched down with 2° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 220° at 6 kt · 5 kt head · 3 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.
From 81 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 13 s, an average deceleration of 0.21 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 26 ft, 24 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 2,199 ft in, 1,199 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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 290 fpm at 25 ft to 40 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.0° 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 first 5,000 ft of the 6,016 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 5 ft left of the centreline, and stayed within 6 ft of it down the rollout.
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.
Touched down 2,199 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 27 at KUOX University Oxford Airport. The aircraft, a Baron 58P, accelerated down the runway and lifted off at a speed of 104 kt, covering a distance of 463 ft, which was 8% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 50 °F and a wind speed of 6 kt from a direction of 220 °, resulting in a crosswind of 5 kt and a headwind of 4 kt.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 1 mile west of KUOX University Oxford Airport, Oxford, Mississippi. The climb was from an altitude of 1,171 ft above sea level to 2,491 ft, an increase of 1,320 ft, in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nm. This marked the end of the initial climb phase.
The enroute level cruise phase began 7 miles west of Abbeville, Mississippi, and lasted for 7 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 22 nm. This was followed by a descent phase, which started 3 miles northwest of Byhalia, Mississippi, and took the aircraft from an altitude of 2,434 ft to 1,469 ft, a decrease of 964 ft, in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nm.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, this time overhead 01TN Colonial Air Park Collierville, Tennessee, and lasted for 2 minutes, during which it covered a distance of 2 nm. The final approach to runway 18 at KOLV Olive Branch Airport was made from the north, heading 181.0 °, at an altitude of 478 ft above ground level and 2 nm from the runway.
The landing was made on runway 18, which had a length of 6,016 ft. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were the same as at the time of takeoff, with a temperature of 50 °F and a wind speed of 6 kt from a direction of 220 °, resulting in a crosswind of 4 kt and a headwind of 5 kt. The touchdown point was 785 ft beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 81 kt, which was good. The touchdown rate was perfect at -44 fpm, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance was 3,340 ft, which was 56% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway in just 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 44 nm, and the flight duration was 18 minutes, during which the aircraft used 59 lbs of fuel.
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