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Monitor your taxi speed
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: 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 3,049 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 367 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, a Citation CJ3+ with the registration N60US, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at KMOT Minot International Airport. This process took approximately 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 08, with a takeoff distance of 565 meters, which accounted for 31% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 127 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 8 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 16 knots coming from a direction of 110 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 15 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead KMOT Minot International Airport and continued to an altitude of 39,417 feet above sea level. This climb, which covered a distance of 83 nautical miles, took 15 minutes and involved an increase in altitude of 36,710 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 3 miles northwest of the 82ND Jaeger Farm Strip Hebron. This phase of the flight lasted for 74 minutes and covered a distance of 454 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent, which began 9 miles southeast of the 5CO8 Pleasant Valley Airport Oak Creek. This descent, which covered a distance of 119 nautical miles, took 27 minutes and involved a decrease in altitude of 32,027 feet.
The final approach to runway 35 at KMTJ Montrose Regional Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 354.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,510 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 35 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 369 meters and a touchdown speed of 96 knots. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -290 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.5 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 23 knots coming from a direction of 260 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 23 knots and a tailwind of 4 knots. The total landing distance was 632 meters, which accounted for 21% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.7 meters from the centreline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, which took approximately 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 660 nautical miles and took 123 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 1,036 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Citation CJ3+ aircraft, registered as N60US, successfully landed at Montrose Regional Airport (KMTJ) with a score of 95.0%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, heading 354.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,510 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a smooth final approach, achieving a good threshold height and speed of 115 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft performed well, with a touchdown distance of 369 meters and a speed of 96 knots. However, the touchdown rate was slightly below average at -290 feet per minute (fpm), which could be considered fair. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned from the centerline by 9.5 meters, which may have contributed to the slightly uneven rollout.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were moderate, with a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 23 knots from 260°. This resulted in a crosswind of 23 knots and a tailwind of 4 knots. Despite these conditions, the pilot managed to maintain control of the aircraft and execute a safe landing.
The total landing distance was 632 meters, which is approximately 21% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centerline by 9.7 meters, which may indicate some deviation from the desired path. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the pilot demonstrating good control and navigation skills despite the challenging weather conditions.
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