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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 1.2° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 11° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
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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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 seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 500 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 11,537 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,026 ft 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 CJ4 Citation, then departed from runway 36 at KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport, with a takeoff distance of 196 feet, which was 3% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 114 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 36°F and winds of 11 knots at 80°. The crosswind was 10 knots, while the headwind was 4 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport, and climbed from 7,252 feet above sea level to 34,250 feet above sea level, an increase of 26,998 feet, in 9 minutes and covering a distance of 46 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 6 miles northwest of Alta, California, and lasted for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 44 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 5 miles north of Robbins, California, and descended from 34,211 feet above sea level to 3,189 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,022 feet, in 17 minutes and covering a distance of 86 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 1 mile northeast of Foster City, California, and lasted for 8 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 2 miles east of Redwood Shores, California, and descended from 2,920 feet above sea level to 1,294 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,627 feet, in 3 minutes and covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 28R at KSFO San Francisco International Airport was made from the southeast, heading 298.0°, at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 28R, which had a length of 11,537 feet. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 96 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 1,019 feet, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 89 knots. The touchdown rate was hard at -490 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 25 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 59°F.
The total landing distance was 2,178 feet, which was 19% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 8 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 192 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 60 minutes, with no fuel consumption.
The Cessna CJ4 Citation successfully landed at San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) on runway 28R, achieving a score of 93.6%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southeast, heading 298.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level (agl).
The final approach was executed with good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was properly configured for landing. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 96 kt, which may have been due to the aircraft's descent rate or the pilot's decision to maintain a higher speed for a smoother touchdown.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's distance was good at 1,019 feet, but the touchdown speed of 89 kt was a little fast. This may have resulted in a harder touchdown rate of -490 feet per minute (fpm), which could have put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear and potentially affected the overall safety of the landing.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 25 feet from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's approach path or a miscalculation of the runway alignment. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 59°F, which was likely a factor in the aircraft's performance during the approach and landing phases. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the ideal performance that could be addressed through further training or adjustments to the aircraft's configuration.
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