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Maintain the centreline
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A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 82 kt with 9.6° 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 651 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft 249 ft past the runway end; then climbing at 840 fpm on average to 651 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 5,181 ft runway.
Rolled from 4,145 ft in, drifted right of the centreline, 11 ft at the widest, and lifted off 8 ft right. Airborne 88 % of the way down the runway, past 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 620 ft below the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft 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.
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.
Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 3.3 nm, then drifted 520 ft left between 3.3 and 1.2 nm, then inside the band from 1.2 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 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +5 kt and +57 kt on the approach speed of 90 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
4 kt across from the right, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 84 kt. Touched down with 3° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 294° at 9 kt · 8 kt head · 4 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 94 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 12 s, an average deceleration of 0.29 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 3,890 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 51 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,403 ft in, 403 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 3,890 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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 930 fpm at 49 ft to 10 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.6° 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 full 3,890 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 26 ft left on 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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 1,403 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 12 at 3V5 Ft Collins Downtown Airport. The Baron 58P aircraft accelerated down the 383-foot runway, reaching a liftoff speed of 82 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind of 9 knots from a direction of 293 degrees, resulting in a 2-knot crosswind and a 9-knot tailwind.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 2 miles southeast of 3V5 Ft Collins Downtown Airport. The climb started from an altitude of 5,597 feet above sea level and continued to an altitude of 8,678 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,080 feet in just 4 minutes. During this time, the aircraft covered a distance of 9 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 2 miles west of Laporte, Colorado. This phase of the flight lasted for 7 minutes and covered a distance of 21 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its final approach to runway 25 at 25CO Crystal Lakes Airport. The approach was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 256.0 degrees at an altitude of 691 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 25 was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 84 knots and a touchdown distance of 1,408 feet. The touchdown rate was perfect at 13 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was also perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at departure, with a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind of 9 knots from a direction of 293 degrees, resulting in a 5-knot crosswind and an 8-knot headwind.
The total landing distance was 2,509 feet, which accounted for 64% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The total flight distance was 36 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 17 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 49 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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