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Shorten the long landing
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 2.0° 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 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 593 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 472 m of runway left; then climbing at 920 fpm on average to 593 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 1,402 m runway.
Rolled from 529 m in, never more than 0.9 m off the centreline. Airborne 55 % 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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 3° left of the track, wings level.
Wind 238° at 3 kt · 1 kt head · 2 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 50 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 364 m in, 60 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 580 fpm at 49 ft to 40 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 5.6° 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 full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 37 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 7.6 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 364 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.10 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took approximately 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Icon A5, then departed from runway 36 at the Rolim Adolfo Amaro–Jundiaí State Airport, also known as SBJD Comte. The takeoff distance was 254 meters, which accounted for 18% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 63 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 5 knots at a direction of 4 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 4 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead the Rolim Adolfo Amaro–Jundiaí State Airport. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 3,050 feet above sea level to 7,136 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,087 feet in just 5 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 30 minutes and covered a distance of 33 nautical miles. This phase began 1 mile north of Varzea Paulista. The aircraft then started its enroute descent, which began 7 miles north of Santa Isabel. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 7,447 feet above sea level to 3,008 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,439 feet in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The final approach to landing took place 9 miles northwest of Jacarei, and the aircraft descended from an altitude of 949 feet above ground level to 0 feet above ground level. The descent took 12 seconds, and the aircraft touched down at a speed of 47 knots, with a touchdown rate of -36 feet per minute and a touchdown distance of 362 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 3 knots at a direction of 238 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.
After touchdown, the aircraft began its landing rollout, which took place 9 miles northwest of Jacarei. The aircraft rolled out for a distance of 109 meters, and its altitude was 2,047 feet above sea level. The aircraft then taxied to the parking from the runway, which took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 50 nautical miles, took 48 minutes, and used 7 kilograms of fuel.
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