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Departure
Rotate sooner, bringing the nose up at 90 kt rather than letting speed build further.
What happened: You lifted off at 105 kt against a rotation target of 90 kt, rotating late in the ground roll.
Watch for: Watch airspeed and rotate at the target of 90 kt.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the speed to bleed before raising the nose, starting the flare within the normal band instead of 50 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 50 ft, 5.1 ft earlier than the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: start the flare within the normal flare band
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: 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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,623 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 298 m 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 approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a PC-12, then departed from runway 04R at EBLG Liège Airport. The takeoff distance was 708 meters, which accounted for 23% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 105 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 22°C and a wind speed of 10 knots at 39°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 10 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb overhead Hollogne-aux-Pierres in Wallonia, Belgium, and ascended from 1,603 feet above sea level to 13,090 feet above sea level, an increase of 11,488 feet in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile west of Seraing in Wallonia, Belgium, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 85 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 1 mile north of Marienheide in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, and descended from 13,097 feet above sea level to 5,951 feet above sea level, a decrease of 7,146 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 35 nautical miles.
The enroute climb started again overhead Westernohe in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, and the aircraft ascended from 5,949 feet above sea level to 8,252 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,303 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 2 miles south of Waldbrunn in Hessen, Germany, and the aircraft descended from 8,492 feet above sea level to 2,013 feet above sea level, a decrease of 6,479 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles.
The flight concluded with a landing on runway 13 at EDGS Siegerland Airport, which had a length of 1,623 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 94 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 148 meters, and the touchdown speed was 78 knots, which was also good. However, the touchdown rate was very heavy at -989 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, but the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.7 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 23°C and a wind speed of 9 knots at 340°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the tailwind component was 8 knots. The total landing distance was 348 meters, which accounted for 21% of the runway. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 146 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 21 minutes, with no fuel consumption reported.
The PC-12 aircraft successfully landed on runway 13 at EDGS Siegerland Airport, achieving an overall score of 84.2%. The landing was executed on a runway with a length of 1,623 meters, which provided sufficient space for the aircraft to touch down safely.
The threshold height was reported as good, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a safe distance from the runway threshold during the approach. However, the threshold speed was above the target speed, coming in at 94 kt, which may have been a result of the aircraft's approach configuration or the pilot's decision to maintain a higher speed.
The touchdown distance of 148 meters was considered good, indicating that the aircraft was able to touch down within a reasonable distance from the threshold. The touchdown speed of 78 kt was also within acceptable limits, suggesting that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's descent and maintain a safe speed during the landing.
However, the touchdown rate of -989 fpm was reported as very heavy, indicating that the aircraft was touching down at a relatively steep angle. This may have been a result of the pilot's decision to maintain a higher speed or the aircraft's configuration during the approach.
The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the centerline of the runway during the touchdown. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 23 °C and a wind speed of 9 kt at 340 °.
The crosswind component was relatively light at 5 kt, while the tailwind component was moderate at 8 kt. The total landing distance of 348 meters was 21% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits.
The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.7 meters from the centerline, indicating that the aircraft may have drifted slightly off course during the rollout. However, this deviation was relatively minor and did not appear to have any significant impact on the safety of the landing. Overall, the landing was considered safe and successful, with the aircraft coming to a stop within a reasonable distance from the threshold.
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