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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.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,558 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 748 m past the threshold — beyond 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 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna Longitude, then departed from runway 18 at KTME Houston Executive Airport. The takeoff distance was 697 meters, which accounted for 34% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 135 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and wind speeds of 22 knots at 220 degrees. The crosswind was 14 knots, and the headwind was 16 knots. The aircraft climbed from 1,178 feet above sea level to 43,861 feet above sea level, an increase of 42,682 feet, in 17 minutes and covering a distance of 77 nautical miles.
The enroute climb started overhead KTME Houston Executive Airport and continued until the aircraft reached its cruising altitude. The enroute level cruise started 1 mile west of Bastrop, Texas, and lasted for 121 minutes, covering a distance of 799 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 12 miles north of Parks, Arizona, and descending from 42,058 feet above sea level to 13,144 feet above sea level, a decrease of 28,914 feet, in 19 minutes and covering a distance of 123 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 6 miles northeast of White Hills, Arizona, and lasting for 15 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile. The enroute descent started 7 miles north of White Hills, Arizona, and the aircraft descended from 12,659 feet above sea level to 7,872 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,788 feet, in 5 minutes and covering a distance of 22 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 4 miles northeast of Boulder City, Nevada, and lasting for 9 minutes, covering a distance of 25 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 7 miles west of KHEN Henderson Airport, Henderson, Nevada, and the aircraft descended from 7,862 feet above sea level to 3,670 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,192 feet, in 5 minutes and covering a distance of 15 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 01L at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport was made from the south, heading 20.0 degrees at 2 nautical miles and 1,542 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 01L, which had a length of 2,558 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 116 knots.
The touchdown point was 382 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 91 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -202 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 17.2 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and wind speeds of 21 knots at 320 degrees, with a crosswind of 19 knots and a headwind of 9 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,431 meters, which accounted for 56% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 17.1 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,066 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 186 minutes. The aircraft used 2,513 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna Longitude aircraft successfully landed on runway 01L at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing performance. The final approach was initiated from the south, heading 20.0° at 2 nautical miles and 1,542 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 382 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight over-run.
The touchdown speed of 91 knots was within the acceptable range, suggesting that the pilot maintained control and managed the descent effectively. However, the touchdown rate of -202 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, indicating that the aircraft may have experienced a slightly higher-than-desired rate of descent during the final stages of the approach.
One of the most notable issues with this landing was the significant misalignment of the runway touchdown position, which was 17.2 meters off-centerline. This suggests that the pilot may have experienced difficulties with aligning the aircraft with the runway during the final approach, or that there were issues with the aircraft's directional control. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 17.1 meters from centerline, further highlighting the issue with directional control.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 21 knots from 320°. The crosswind component was 19 knots, while the headwind component was 9 knots. These conditions were not particularly challenging, and the pilot should have been able to maintain control of the aircraft despite the wind.
Overall, while the Cessna Longitude aircraft successfully landed on runway 01L, the landing performance was not ideal due to the significant misalignment of the touchdown and rollout positions. The pilot will need to work on improving directional control and alignment during the final approach to achieve a more precise and controlled landing.
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