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Work on the flare
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 4,034 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 4,034 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 440 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the PA28 Arrow III began with a 6-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KSPK Spanish Fork-Springville-Woodhouse Field Airport. The departure roll took place on runway 30, with a takeoff distance of 1,028 ft, covering 16% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 80 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 38°F with no significant wind conditions.
The enroute climb started overhead KSPK Spanish Fork-Springville-Woodhouse Field Airport, climbing from 5,560 ft asl to 7,582 ft asl, an increase of 2,021 ft in 1 minute and covering less than 1 nm. The level cruise portion of the flight started at the same location and lasted 7 minutes, covering 18 nm.
The enroute descent began 2 miles south of Rocky Ridge, with a descent from 8,076 ft asl to 6,767 ft asl, a decrease of 1,309 ft in 3 minutes and covering 8 nm. A go-around was executed on runway 21 at 43U Mt Pleasant at 0 ft agl.
The landing was conducted on runway 21 at 43U Mt Pleasant, with a runway length of 4,034 ft. The height at threshold was 5 ft agl, with a speed at threshold of 74 knots. The touchdown occurred 359 ft from the threshold at a speed of 68 knots, with a VSI of -141 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing was 33°F with a 5-knot wind at 257°, resulting in a 3-knot crosswind and 4-knot headwind.
The total landing distance was 1,190 ft, covering 29% of the runway length. The total flight distance was 53 nm, taking 83 minutes and used -32 lbs of fuel.
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