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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Rotate sooner, bringing the nose up at 130 kt rather than letting speed build further.
What happened: You lifted off at 146 kt against a rotation target of 130 kt, rotating late in the ground roll.
Watch for: Watch airspeed and rotate at the target of 130 kt.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Make one smooth continuous pitch input through the flare rather than chasing the runway with the elevator.
What happened: The flare was pumped, with pitch reversing direction several times on the way down instead of one smooth input.
Watch for: Watch the pitch attitude trend through the flare, aiming for a single steady rise through 2.5° with no reversals.
See Arrival Landing
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 13,436 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,470 ft 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 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna CJ4 Citation, then departed from runway 21 at KFOE Topeka Regional Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,957 feet, which accounted for 28% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 146 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 64°F and a wind speed of 2 knots at 270°.
As the aircraft climbed, it started to ascend from 2,086 feet above sea level to 14,996 feet above sea level, an increase of 12,909 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 19 nautical miles. The enroute climb began 1 mile southwest of KFOE Topeka Regional Airport and continued until 1 mile southwest of Osage City, Kansas. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 49 minutes and covered a distance of 294 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 4 miles east of Thackerville, Oklahoma, and lasted for 11 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 14,999 feet above sea level to 1,886 feet above sea level, a decrease of 13,114 feet. The descent covered a distance of 50 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 18R at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport was made from the north, heading 180.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,309 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 18R at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport was characterized by a runway length of 13,436 feet. The threshold height at 55 feet above ground level was slightly above the target, and the threshold speed was excessively high at 123 knots. The touchdown point was 1,079 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 102 knots, which was fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -256 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 31 feet from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 3,737 feet, which accounted for 28% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 37 feet from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 370 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 73 minutes. Notably, the aircraft used 0 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna CJ4 Citation aircraft successfully landed at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, but the landing was not without some issues. The final approach to runway 18R was initiated from the north, heading 180.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,309 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 1,079 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating that the pilot may have slightly over-extended the landing.
The touchdown speed of 102 knots was also higher than the recommended speed, which could have contributed to the extended landing distance. The touchdown rate of -256 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the pilot managed to control the descent effectively. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 31 feet from the centreline, which could have been due to a slight deviation in the approach or a miscalculation of the aircraft's position.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from 270°. This meant that there was a negligible crosswind component, and the aircraft was essentially landing into a headwind of 0 knots. The total landing distance of 3,737 feet was 28% of the available runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned by 37 feet from the centreline, which could have been due to a slight deviation in the landing or a miscalculation of the aircraft's position. Overall, while the landing was not perfect, the pilot managed to bring the aircraft safely to the ground, and the issues encountered were relatively minor.
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