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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 63 kt with 6.7° 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 987 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 2,276 m of runway left; then climbing at 950 fpm on average to 987 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 2,756 m runway.
Rolled from 229 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 7.5 m at the widest, and lifted off 7.6 m left, in 14 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 14 % of the way down the runway, before 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 110 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m 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 4× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 2.3 nm, then 85 m right of it from 2.3 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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
7 kt across from the left, which takes about 7° of crab to hold the centreline at 56 kt. Touched down with the nose 9° into wind, 3° of bank.
Wind 010° at 13 kt · 11 kt head · 7 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 44 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 11 s, an average deceleration of 0.06 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 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 31 ft, 19 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 342 m in, close to the ideal 305 m.
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 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m 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 280 fpm at 32 ft to 120 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.1° 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 first 1,524 m of the 2,959 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 8.6 m right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 9.2 m right at the widest.
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 342 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a quick taxiing process from the parking area to the runway, taking less than a minute and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Tecnam P2006T MKII, then departed from runway 10 at LIMJ Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport. The takeoff distance was 180 meters, which is 7% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 63 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 8°C, with a wind speed of 17 knots at 30°.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport. The climb took 14 minutes to reach an altitude of 12,296 feet above sea level, an increase of 11,275 feet from the initial altitude of 1,021 feet. The climb covered a distance of 15 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began 13 miles south east of Varazze, Italy, and lasted for 43 minutes, covering a distance of 60 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 3 miles south east of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. The descent took 18 minutes to reach an altitude of 4,103 feet above sea level, a decrease of 6,740 feet from the initial altitude of 10,843 feet. The descent covered a distance of 27 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began again 26 miles south of San Remo, Italy, and lasted for 18 minutes, covering a distance of 43 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final descent, which started 2 miles south east of Theoule-sur-Mer, France. The descent took 7 minutes to reach an altitude of 1,351 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,488 feet from the initial altitude of 3,839 feet. The descent covered a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04R at LFMN Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport was made from the south west, heading 44.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,334 feet above ground level. The landing was made on the runway, which had a length of 2,959 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 67 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 340 meters, and the touchdown speed was 56 knots, which was also good. The touchdown rate was smooth at -118 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 9.2 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 11°C, with a wind speed of 13 knots at 9°.
The total landing distance was 533 meters, which is 18% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 9.2 meters from the centreline. The total flight distance was 160 nautical miles, and the flight took 106 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 13 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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