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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,249 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,249 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 185 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the OV-10 Bronco taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Offutt Air Force Base, taking 8 minutes and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 12, with a takeoff distance of 1,286 meters, which was 44% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 102 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Offutt Air Force Base, it began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile southeast of the base and reaching an altitude of 2,814 feet above sea level. The climb was steep, with an increase of 935 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 1 mile southeast of IA35 Ruckl Airport in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and descending from 2,816 feet to 1,686 feet in 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles.
The flight continued with a series of enroute climbs and descents, with the aircraft climbing from 1,699 feet to 2,965 feet in 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles, and then descending from 3,243 feet to 2,380 feet in 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles. The aircraft also experienced several periods of level cruise, including a 2-minute cruise at 3 miles west of Crescent, Iowa, and a 5-minute cruise at 3 miles northwest of Decatur, Nebraska.
As the flight progressed, the aircraft continued to climb and descend, with a notable climb from 2,400 feet to 4,220 feet in 2 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 30 at KVMR Harold Davidson Field, flying from the southeast and heading 311.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 686 feet above ground level.
The landing was made on runway 30, with a touchdown distance of 186 meters and a touchdown speed of 106 knots, which was slightly fast. The touchdown rate was very hard at -563 feet per minute, but the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions were cold, with a temperature of -2 degrees Celsius and a wind of 3 knots at 245 degrees.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 2 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 117 nautical miles, taking 35 minutes, and the aircraft used 254 kilograms of fuel.
The OV-10 Bronco aircraft successfully landed at KVMR Harold Davidson Field, with a final approach from the southeast at a heading of 311.0°. The aircraft was at an altitude of 686 feet above ground level (agl) and 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was executed on runway 30, which has a length of 1,249 meters.
The threshold height was reported as good, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct height as it approached the runway threshold. However, the threshold speed was too high at 107 knots, suggesting that the pilot may have been able to reduce the speed further before touchdown. The touchdown distance was good at 186 meters, indicating that the aircraft was able to touch down within a reasonable distance from the runway threshold.
Despite the good touchdown distance, the touchdown speed was reported as fast at 106 knots. This may have contributed to the very hard touchdown rate of -563 feet per minute (fpm), which is a significant deceleration. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline at touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were reported as a temperature of -2°C and a wind speed of 3 knots from 245°. The crosswind component was 3 knots, while the headwind component was 2 knots. These conditions may have contributed to the fast touchdown speed and hard touchdown rate.
The total landing distance was 443 meters, which is 35% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop quickly after touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also reported as very good, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement, such as reducing the threshold speed and touchdown speed. The pilot's ability to maintain a good runway touchdown alignment and short landing distance was commendable, despite the challenging weather conditions.
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