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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.
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 above 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 6,077 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 905 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna CJ4 Citation, then departed from runway 19 at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport in Kansas City, Missouri. The takeoff distance was 1,042 feet, which accounted for 17% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 117 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 49°F and a wind speed of 16 knots from a direction of 180°. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 16 knots. After departing from the airport, the enroute climb started overhead the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,770 feet above sea level to 34,893 feet above sea level. This climb covered a distance of 33 nautical miles and took 14 minutes.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 3 miles northwest of the Paola Airport in Kansas. This phase lasted for 14 minutes and covered a distance of 73 nautical miles. The enroute descent then started 10 miles south of the Dexter Field in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, with the aircraft descending from 34,924 feet above sea level to 2,677 feet above sea level. This descent covered a distance of 43 nautical miles and took 11 minutes.
The final approach to runway 18 at the Colonel James Jabara Airport was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 184.0° at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,270 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 18 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 903 feet. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 92 knots, and the touchdown rate was heavy at -644 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 53 feet from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 54°F and a wind speed of 22 knots from a direction of 179°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 22 knots. The total landing distance was 1,801 feet, which accounted for 30% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 44 feet from the centreline. After landing, the aircraft taxiing to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 157 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 52 minutes. Notably, the aircraft used 0 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna CJ4 Citation aircraft successfully landed at Colonel James Jabara Airport, but with some notable areas for improvement. The final approach was conducted from the north, heading 184.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,270 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 18, which has a length of 6,077 feet.
The threshold height at 70 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft was slightly higher than desired at the point of touchdown. However, the threshold speed was well above the target at 100 knots, suggesting that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to reduce the touchdown speed. The touchdown distance of 903 feet was considered good, but the touchdown speed of 92 knots was a little fast, which may have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate of -644 feet per minute (fpm).
One of the most notable issues with this landing was the significant misalignment of the runway touchdown position, which was 53 feet off the centreline. This may have been due to a combination of factors, including crosswind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing included a temperature of 54°F and a wind of 22 knots at 179°, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 22 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,801 feet was 30% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 44 feet from the centreline, which may have been a result of the initial touchdown position being off-centre. Overall, while the landing was successful, there are areas for improvement in terms of touchdown speed, touchdown rate, and runway alignment.
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