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Below 10,000 ft you are typically limited to 250 kt indicated (a US rule that much of the world mirrors in some form, though not universally). This forces a deceleration around 10,000 ft whether the profile wants one or not, so plan for it rather than discovering it.
Start to finish · 11 stages, 8 in the score
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 57 kt with 8.2° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 208 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,050 m of runway left; then climbing at 250 fpm on average to 208 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.
Plan view the roll down the 1,786 m runway.
Rolled from 88 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 4.5 m at the widest, and lifted off 3.1 m left. Airborne 28 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: centreline more than 1° off.
When the approach was stable
Every check met from 0.9 nm, about 360 ft above the runway, to the threshold, after the 300 ft gate. The last to settle was the centreline.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.4 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 60 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 621 m left of the centreline at 1.4 nm, then inside the band from 0.9 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 30 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −5 kt and +3 kt on the approach speed of 60 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
The flare wandered off the target profile. The flare took the sink out 2 ft agl above the runway and the aircraft flew down from there. Touchdown was 133 m past the threshold. Let it come lower before checking the descent - holding off high uses runway and leaves the touchdown to chance.
From 50 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 12 s, an average deceleration of 0.08 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Began the flare at 20 ft, 7 m before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 14 ft, 36 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 133 m in, 171 m short of the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 330 fpm at the flare to 230 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 5.2° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,800 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 1.6 m of it down the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.
The 133 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.02 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
Departing from Cotswold Airport, the DHC-2 Beaver began its takeoff roll on runway 26, accelerating to a liftoff speed of 58 kt within 542 meters, which accounted for 33% of the available runway length. The aircraft lifted off into a calm local environment, with a temperature of 15 °C and a gentle headwind of 1 kt from a direction of 270°. The crosswind component was negligible, and the aircraft's performance was unaffected by any significant wind shear.
Following a brief enroute level cruise phase, which lasted 5 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nm, the aircraft began its approach to runway 08 at Cotswold Airport. A go-around was initiated at a height of 0 ft agl, and the aircraft subsequently re-established its approach from the west, aligning itself with the runway at a heading of 80.0° and a height of 308 ft agl. The final approach was characterized by a good threshold height, and the aircraft touched down at a speed of 50 kt, with a touchdown distance of 112 m. The touchdown rate of -233 fpm was fair, but the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The aircraft's performance during the landing phase was satisfactory, with a total landing distance of 365 m, which accounted for 23% of the available runway length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the aircraft's fuel consumption was moderate, with a total fuel usage of 9 kg. The total flight distance was 12 nm, and the flight duration was 13 minutes. Overall, the flight was characterized by a smooth and controlled progression through all phases, with the aircraft performing as expected in the given environmental conditions.
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