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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 7.5 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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: 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. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate 2,561 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 5.5° against the runway's 3°, centreline 1.5° off, against a 1° limit and speed 21 kt FAST on the reference speed of 146 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,211 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,211 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 106 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft departed KTYS McGhee Tyson Airport on runway 23L, using 2,487 m of runway (95 % of available length) and lifting off at 133 kt. Ambient temperature was 33 °C with a wind of 19 kt from 210°, including a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 19 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 2 nm south-east of Louisville, Tennessee, where the flight rose from 1,675 ft asl to 28,168 ft asl, gaining 26,493 ft in 11 minutes while covering 57 nm.
Descent began 5 nm south-east of TN41 Aker Wood Airport, Spring City, Tennessee, descending from 28,180 ft asl to 24,616 ft asl, a loss of 3,563 ft over 3 minutes and 22 nm.
A second climb segment started 6 nm west of Wartburg, Tennessee, with altitude increasing from 24,471 ft asl to 28,051 ft asl, an ascent of 3,579 ft in 3 minutes across 22 nm.
The aircraft entered a level cruise 8 nm east of Jamestown, Tennessee, maintaining altitude for 2 minutes and covering 12 nm.
Descent resumed 9 nm south-east of Monticello, Kentucky, dropping from 28,184 ft asl to 21,049 ft asl, a reduction of 7,135 ft in 5 minutes while traveling 35 nm.
Climb was re-initiated 4 nm south-east of Liberty, Kentucky, gaining 11,153 ft from 20,921 ft asl to 32,074 ft asl in 5 minutes over 31 nm.
A final descent started 3 nm north-east of KEKQ Wayne County Airport, Monticello, Kentucky, falling from 32,070 ft asl to 2,726 ft asl, a loss of 29,344 ft in 4 minutes and covering 28 nm.
The aircraft established final approach to runway 21 at KEKQ Wayne County Airport from the north-east, flying a heading of 212.0° at 2 nm and 1,719 ft agl.
Landing on runway 21 was executed with a runway length of 1,211 m; the threshold speed was 140 kt, touchdown occurred 109 m down the runway at 138 kt, and the vertical speed was minus 862 fpm. Touchdown was offset 5.6 m from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 32 °C, wind 11 kt from 309°, a cross-wind component of 11 kt and a tail-wind component of 1 kt. Total landing distance was 997 m (82 % of runway), and rollout alignment was offset 14.2 m from the centreline.
In summary, the flight covered 213 nm, required 35 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed -3,760 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 21 at KEKQ Wayne County Airport was conducted from the north-east on a heading of 212.0° at 2 nm and 1,719 ft agl, with a threshold speed of 140 kt. Local conditions were 32 °C, wind 11 kt from 309°, including an 11 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt tailwind.
The aircraft crossed the threshold at a good height and began the flare, touching down 109 m from the runway threshold. Touchdown speed was recorded at 138 kt and the touchdown rate was very heavy at minus 862 fpm, with the wheel track slightly off centreline by 5.6 m.
The total landing distance used was 997 m, representing 83 % of the 1,207 m runway, and the aircraft remained slightly misaligned on the rollout, deviating 14.2 m from the centreline.
Overall the landing earned a score of 80.9 %. Reducing the vertical speed at flare will help moderate the heavy touchdown rate, and refining the final alignment technique will decrease the centreline deviation observed on touchdown and rollout.
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