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Departure
Make small rudder corrections to track the centreline, aiming at a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: You drifted off the runway centreline during the takeoff roll.
Watch for: Runway centreline position, nosewheel on centreline.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Shallow the descent on final to re-intercept the glideslope and cross the threshold at 50 ft.
What happened: The aircraft was off the glideslope during the approach, tracking low against the required path.
Watch for: Watch the glideslope indicator and threshold height, targeting 50 ft at the threshold.
See Arrival Approach
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope 4.1° against the runway's 3°.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,775 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,775 m of the 4,500 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 467 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Douglas DC-6 taxied from the parking area to runway 09 at MMQT Querétaro Intercontinental Airport, a movement that required 16 minutes and covered 8 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 09, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,005 m, representing 29 % of the runway, and lifted off at 100 kt. Ambient conditions were 22 °C with a wind of 16 kt from 060°, including a 10 kt cross-wind component and a 12 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 2 mi east of MMQT, where the DC-6 rose from 7,509 ft asl to 12,915 ft asl, gaining 5,406 ft in 5 minutes while traversing 15 nm.
The first level cruise began 6 mi north of San Juan del Rio and lasted 9 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 34 nm at a steady altitude.
Descent started 6 mi north of Soyaniquilpan, with the aircraft descending from 12,999 ft asl to 9,175 ft asl, a loss of 3,824 ft in 5 minutes while traveling 20 nm.
A second level cruise was initiated 4 mi south-west of Apaxco de Ocampo, lasting 8 minutes and covering 24 nm before the final approach.
For the final approach to runway 04 at MMSM Aeropuerto Internacional General Felipe Ángeles, the aircraft approached from the south-west on a heading of 50.0° at 4 nm and 1,080 ft agl.
Touchdown occurred before the runway threshold at a speed of 106 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 214 fpm; the touchdown point was misaligned by 200.4 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 16 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 070°, including a 2 kt cross-wind and a 5 kt head-wind. The total landing distance measured 1,185 m, equivalent to 34 % of the runway.
During rollout the aircraft remained excessively misaligned, deviating 202.9 m from the runway centreline before exiting the paved surface.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 110 nm, required 41 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 536 kg of fuel.
The aircraft, a Douglas DC-6, established the final approach to runway 04 at MMSM Aeropuerto Internacional General Felipe Ángeles from the south-west on a heading of 50.0° at 4 NM and 1 080 ft agl. Local conditions were 16 °C, wind 5 kt from 070° with a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 5 kt head-wind component.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft touched down before the runway threshold. Touchdown speed was 106 kt, noted as a little fast, and the vertical rate was minus 214 fpm, described as fair.
At touchdown the aircraft’s ground-track was excessively misaligned, being 200.4 m off the centreline. The total landing distance used was 1 185 m, representing 34 % of the runway length.
Rollout alignment remained excessively off centreline, with a deviation of 202.9 m from the centreline.
The coaching focus should be on achieving a more accurate lateral alignment both at touchdown and during rollout, and on ensuring the aircraft reaches the intended aim point approximately 300 m (1 000 ft) down the runway. Reducing speed to the appropriate VREF will also help place the touchdown within the runway and improve alignment consistency.
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