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Keep the approach speed on target
See Arrival Landing
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 66 kt with 5.0° 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 takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 365 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 684 m of runway left; then climbing at 660 fpm on average to 365 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.
Plan view the roll down the 1,279 m runway.
Rolled from 172 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 4.4 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.7 m right. Airborne 33 % 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 final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
High from 1.2 nm, where the final began, to 0.6 nm (up to 400 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
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 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 664 m right of the centreline at 1.2 nm, then 19 m left of it from 0.4 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.
Fast from 1.2 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +42 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
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 183° at 6 kt · 5 kt head · 1 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 64 ft, 14 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 469 m in, 165 m past 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 400 fpm at 64 ft to 200 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.4° 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 1,720 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 5.5 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 0.6 m right by the end of 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 469 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.40 G arrival bounced 4 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with taxiing from the parking area to the runway at KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, which took approximately 9 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna C182, then departed from runway 15R, with a takeoff distance of 270 meters, which was 21% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 66 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 23°C temperature and a 3-knot headwind at 150°. The enroute climb started overhead KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, where the aircraft climbed from 412 feet above sea level to 2,080 feet, an increase of 1,668 feet in 3 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then began, lasting 3 minutes and covering 8 nautical miles. The aircraft continued to climb, starting 1 mile southwest of Carpinteria, where it climbed from 2,825 feet to 3,993 feet, an increase of 1,168 feet in 2 minutes, covering 3 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 2 miles southeast of Carpinteria, lasting 2 minutes and covering 4 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent, starting 5 miles southwest of Oak View, where it descended from 3,869 feet to 2,797 feet, a decrease of 1,072 feet in 2 minutes, covering 4 nautical miles. The enroute climb started 1 mile south of Oak View, where the aircraft climbed from 2,748 feet to 3,731 feet, an increase of 983 feet in 2 minutes, covering 3 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then began, lasting 9 minutes and covering 18 nautical miles. The aircraft continued to descend, starting overhead Moorpark, where it descended from 3,397 feet to 2,793 feet, a decrease of 604 feet in 2 minutes, covering 3 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 2 miles west of Simi Valley, lasting 2 minutes and covering 3 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final climb, starting overhead Simi Valley, where it climbed from 2,442 feet to 3,299 feet, an increase of 857 feet in 2 minutes, covering 3 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 1 mile southeast of Santa Susana, where the aircraft descended from 3,385 feet to 1,770 feet, a decrease of 1,614 feet in 3 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 15 at KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport began from the northwest, with a heading of 127.0° at 1 nautical mile and 604 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 15, which was 1,720 meters long. The threshold height was above target, and the threshold speed was excessively high at 92 knots.
The touchdown point was 329 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 79 knots, which was excessively fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -200 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.5 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 28°C temperature and a 6-knot headwind at 183°.
The total landing distance was 874 meters, which was 51% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. Taxiing to the parking area from the runway took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 74 nautical miles, taking 43 minutes, and the aircraft used 21 kilograms of fuel.
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