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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Use small, coordinated rudder and aileron inputs to hold your assigned climb heading as soon as drift begins.
What happened: During the second climb segment, you let the aircraft drift off the assigned heading.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the assigned climb heading
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 40 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 40 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 40 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,373 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 537 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft, a PC-12, then departed from runway 03 at PHLI Lihue Airport. The takeoff distance was 771 meters, which accounted for 40% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 100 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 11 knots at an angle of 85 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 8 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile east of Hanama'ulu, Hawaii, and ascended from an altitude of 974 feet above sea level to 23,021 feet above sea level, an increase of 22,047 feet, in 12 minutes and covering a distance of 34 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 9 miles northwest of PHBK Barking Sands Airport Kekaha, Hawaii, and lasted for 216 minutes, covering a distance of 952 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 75 miles east of PMDY Henderson Field Sand Island, Midway Atoll, and descended from 22,991 feet above sea level to 1,325 feet above sea level, a decrease of 21,666 feet, in 19 minutes and covering a distance of 72 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 24 at PMDY Henderson Field was made from the east, with a heading of 248.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,296 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 24, which had a length of 2,373 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 88 knots. The touchdown point was 106 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 82 knots. However, the touchdown rate was excellent at -98 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 21 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 3 knots at an angle of 100 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 3 knots. The total landing distance was 862 meters, which accounted for 36% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 1,069 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 258 minutes. The aircraft used 754 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft in question is a PC-12, which successfully landed at PMDY Henderson Field. The final approach to runway 24 was executed from the east, with a heading of 248.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,296 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's performance during the landing was impressive, with a score of 99.1%.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 106 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is slightly beyond the ideal spot. However, the touchdown speed of 82 knots was a bit faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown rate of -98 feet per minute (fpm) was excellent, demonstrating the pilot's skill in controlling the aircraft's descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 21°C and a gentle wind of 3 knots from a direction of 100°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the tailwind component was 3 knots. These conditions contributed to a smooth and stable approach.
The total landing distance of 862 meters was 36% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and brought it to a stop in a safe and controlled manner.
Overall, the landing was a success, with the pilot demonstrating excellent skills and control of the aircraft. The minor deviations from the ideal touchdown point and speed were not significant enough to impact the overall safety of the landing.
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