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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Take the power back earlier on final, so the aircraft settles onto the path and the speed comes back to 117 kt together. Do not push down for the height: that only adds speed.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 71 ft agl, 21 ft agl above the 50 ft agl target, and at 150 kt, 33 kt over the 117 kt threshold speed. High and fast together is energy the runway has to absorb, and this touchdown came 118 m beyond the aim point.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 117 kt on short final, then 50 ft agl over the threshold
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,385 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 575 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 750 Citation X taxied from the parking area to runway 18 at King Salmon Airport (PAKN) in 9 minutes, covering approximately 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 18, the aircraft used 739 m of runway, representing 57 % of the available length, and lifted off at 151 kt. Ambient conditions were 12 °C with a wind from 229° at 8 kt, including a 4 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind component.
The initial climb began overhead King Salmon Airport, climbing from 1,028 ft asl to 25,823 ft asl, an altitude gain of 24,794 ft in 13 minutes while covering 67 nm.
A level cruise segment started 4 mi south of Big Mountain Airport (PABM) and lasted 2 minutes, during which the aircraft traveled 13 nm.
A second climb commenced 2 mi west of Kokhanok Airport (PFKK), rising from 25,966 ft asl to 28,782 ft asl, a gain of 2,815 ft in 2 minutes and covering 13 nm.
The first descent began 11 mi north-east of Kokhanok Airport, descending from 28,813 ft asl to 26,464 ft asl, a loss of 2,349 ft in 2 minutes while traversing 15 nm.
A subsequent cruise segment started 5 mi south of Skelton Airport (AK04) and lasted 3 minutes, during which 26 nm were flown.
The next descent started 10 mi north-west of Camp Point Airport (AK18), dropping from 26,027 ft asl to 5,983 ft asl, a decrease of 20,044 ft in 10 minutes and covering 64 nm.
A further cruise phase began 8 mi west of Salamatof and lasted 5 minutes, with 20 nm flown.
The final descent started 6 mi north of Niesen Airstrip (06AN), descending from 5,375 ft asl to 1,409 ft asl, a loss of 3,966 ft in 6 minutes and covering 16 nm.
On final approach to runway 20R at Kenai Municipal Airport (PAEN), the aircraft approached from the north-east on a heading of 211.0°, entering the approach at 4 nm and 1,320 ft agl, then descending from 1,282 ft agl to 191 ft agl in 112 seconds and meeting the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 20R, which is 2,385 m long, the aircraft touched down with a threshold height of 71 ft agl that was above target and a threshold speed of 150 kt. The touchdown point was 158 m beyond the touchdown zone, the speed at touchdown was 140 kt, and the vertical speed was minus 71 fpm. Alignment on touchdown was perfect, and local weather reported 12 °C with a wind from 198° at 7 kt, including a 2 kt cross-wind and a 7 kt head-wind. The total landing roll measured 1,008 m, representing 42 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good as the aircraft decelerated and exited the runway.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 246 nm, lasted 56 minutes, and consumed 370 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 34L at KSEA was flown from the south on a heading of 2.0° at 4 nm and 1,264 ft agl, descending from 1,312 ft agl to 36 ft agl in 111 seconds. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 131 kt. The flare produced a touchdown distance that was good at 344 m and a touchdown speed of 129 kt, noted as a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at minus 375 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft aligned very well to the centreline, touching down 344 m down the runway at 129 kt and a firm rate of minus 375 fpm. The speed was slightly above the optimal value and the rate of descent was higher than ideal.
Rollout alignment was very good and the total landing distance was 1,400 m, representing 54 % of the 2,588 m runway. Local weather was 18 °C with wind 9 kt from 340°, including a 3 kt crosswind and an 8 kt headwind.
Reduce the touchdown speed slightly to bring it closer to the good threshold speed of 131 kt and work on flare timing to achieve a softer rate of descent, which will improve overall landing quality.
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