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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,022 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 464 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna Longitude, then departed from runway 08 at KDEN Denver International Airport. The takeoff distance was 908 meters, which is 25% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 130 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 17 knots from a direction of 120 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 14 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb 2 miles east of KDEN Denver International Airport, rising from an altitude of 6,336 feet above sea level to 44,396 feet above sea level, an increase of 38,060 feet, in 16 minutes and covering a distance of 94 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 12 miles north of Olney Springs, Colorado. This phase lasted for 85 minutes and covered a distance of 628 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 4 miles northeast of 60TX P-K Ranch Airport in Bellville, Texas, descending from 44,548 feet above sea level to 2,476 feet above sea level, a decrease of 42,071 feet, in 22 minutes and covering a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 3 miles west of 4TA4 Pea Patch Airport in Hempstead, Texas. This phase lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 16 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent 2 miles northwest of Simonton, Texas, descending from 1,909 feet above sea level to 616 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,292 feet, in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 36 at KTME Houston Executive Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 0.0 degrees at an altitude of 441 feet above ground level and a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway. The landing was made on runway 36, which has a length of 2,022 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was above the target speed at 122 knots.
The touchdown point was 270 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 108 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -271 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 3.7 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 27 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots from a direction of 300 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,171 meters, which is 58% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned from the centerline by 19.1 meters. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 759 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 142 minutes. The aircraft used 1,774 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna Longitude aircraft successfully landed at KTME Houston Executive Airport, achieving a score of 90.2%. The final approach to runway 36 was initiated from the south, with the aircraft flying at a heading of 0.0° at 1 nautical mile and 441 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach to the runway was well-executed, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed that was well above the target at 122 knots.
However, there were a few areas for improvement during the landing. The touchdown point was 270 meters beyond the touchdown zone, indicating that the aircraft touched down slightly further down the runway than intended. Additionally, the touchdown speed of 108 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate of -271 feet per minute was only fair. This suggests that the aircraft may have been experiencing some drag or other factors that affected its descent rate.
The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 3.7 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the aircraft's rollout alignment being off by 19.1 meters from the centerline. This misalignment could have been caused by a variety of factors, including crosswind or headwind conditions.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 27°C and winds of 9 knots at 300°. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. These conditions were likely to have had a minimal impact on the aircraft's landing performance.
Overall, while the Cessna Longitude aircraft landed safely at KTME Houston Executive Airport, there were a few areas for improvement in terms of touchdown speed, touchdown rate, and rollout alignment. With some adjustments to the aircraft's approach and landing technique, the pilot may be able to achieve an even higher score on future landings.
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