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Work on the flare
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 1,504 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,504 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,027 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 15 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna Longitude, then departed from runway 09 at KFXE Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. The takeoff distance was 689 meters, which accounted for 38% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 119 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 16°C and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 269°. The crosswind component was negligible, while the tailwind component was 1 knot. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead North Andrews Gardens, Florida. During this phase, the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,054 feet above sea level to 36,044 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,990 feet, in 13 minutes and covering a distance of 50 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise phase started 4 miles south east of Florida City, Florida, and lasted for 7 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, starting 5 miles south east of Florida City, and climbed from 36,404 feet above sea level to 41,281 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,878 feet, in 6 minutes and covering 35 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise phase that followed started 7 miles south of Islamorada, Florida, and lasted for 26 minutes, covering a distance of 838 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent, starting 76 miles north of Isla Grande, Panama. During this phase, the aircraft descended from 40,879 feet above sea level to 1,292 feet above sea level, a decrease of 39,587 feet, in 29 minutes and covering a distance of 119 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 01 at MPMG Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport was made from the south, with a heading of 4.0° and at an altitude of 1,254 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 01 was characterized by a touchdown point that was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was 110 knots, which was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was hard at -459 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 7.7 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270°.
The total landing distance was 1,395 meters, which accounted for 93% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.1 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,052 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 82 minutes. The aircraft used 2,447 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna Longitude aircraft has successfully landed at MPMG Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport, but the landing was not without its issues. The final approach to runway 01 from the south was initiated at a height of 1,254 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft was heading 4.0 degrees at the time of the approach.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down at a speed of 110 knots, which was slightly faster than ideal. The touchdown point was also excessively far down the runway, using more than 50% of the available runway length. This indicates that the aircraft may have been over-extended or that the pilot may have been unable to slow the aircraft down sufficiently before touchdown.
The threshold height at 132 feet agl was also excessively high, indicating that the aircraft may have been too high at the point of touchdown. Furthermore, the threshold speed was too high at 126 knots, suggesting that the pilot may have been unable to slow the aircraft down sufficiently before reaching the threshold.
The landing distance of 1,395 meters was 93% of the available runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop safely but with a significant amount of runway remaining. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 7.7 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 9.1 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270 degrees. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, and there was no headwind component.
Overall, while the Cessna Longitude aircraft was able to land safely, the landing was not without its issues, and the pilot may need to work on improving their approach and landing technique to achieve a more ideal touchdown point and speed.
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