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Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 90 kt with 5.1° 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 takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 262 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 406 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,030 fpm on average to 262 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.
Plan view the roll down the 5,887 ft runway.
Rolled from 4,504 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 8 ft at the widest, and lifted off 8 ft left, in 14 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 83 % of the way down the runway, past 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 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 180 ft above 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 610 ft right of the centreline, then inside the band from 3.8 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 +10 kt and +80 kt on the approach speed of 84 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 89 kt. Touched down with 2° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 350° at 18 kt · 18 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.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 30 ft, 20 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 606 ft in, 394 ft short of 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 750 fpm at 28 ft to 200 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.8° 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 5,691 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 4 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.
The 606 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.24 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 22 at Walden-Jackson County, with a takeoff speed of 90 kt. The aircraft, a Cessna 414A, accelerated to 33V and lifted off the ground after a takeoff distance of 399 ft, which accounted for 7% of the runway. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 38 °F and a wind speed of 17 kt from 350 °, resulting in a crosswind of 14 kt and a tailwind of 10 kt.
As the aircraft climbed away from Walden, it began its enroute climb, ascending from 8,438 ft to 9,160 ft in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 2 nm. This initial climb phase was followed by a brief level cruise, lasting 2 minutes and covering 5 nm, before the aircraft began another climb phase, this time from 9,477 ft to 10,325 ft in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nm.
The enroute descent phase began 12 miles north west of Walden, with the aircraft descending from 10,323 ft to 8,984 ft in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 11 nm. Following the descent, the aircraft began its final approach to runway 33 at WY11 A Bar A Ranch Airstrip, approaching from the south at a heading of 336.0 ° and an altitude of 1,097 ft above ground level.
The landing was executed with a threshold speed that was well above the target speed, at 94 kt. The touchdown point was 675 ft beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 89 kt, which was slightly fast. However, the touchdown rate was good at -197 fpm, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 39 °F and a wind speed of 18 kt from 350 °, resulting in a crosswind of 3 kt and a headwind of 18 kt.
The total landing distance was 2,701 ft, accounting for 47% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating a smooth and controlled landing. The total flight distance was 28 nm, and the flight duration was 10 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 44 lbs.
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