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Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 75 kt with 7.1° 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 655 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,662 ft of runway left; then climbing at 980 fpm on average to 655 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 5,015 ft runway.
Rolled from 515 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 27 ft at the widest, and lifted off 21 ft left. Airborne 46 % 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 1° band in green.
High from 1.0 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to 260 ft over).
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft 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 820 ft left of the centreline at 1.0 nm.
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 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +8 kt and +25 kt on the approach speed of 65 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
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° right of the track, wings level.
Wind 270° at 3 kt · 3 kt head · 0 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 64 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 16 s, an average deceleration of 0.11 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 2,708 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 16 ft, 34 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 874 ft in, close to the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 2,708 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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 440 fpm at 16 ft to 70 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.4° 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 full 2,708 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 5 ft of it down 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 874 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.04 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 23 at CYVV Wiarton Airport. The aircraft, a Douglas DC-3, accelerated down the runway, covering a distance of 1,839 feet, which was 37% of the runway's length. The liftoff speed was achieved at 76 knots, marking the start of the takeoff phase.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 270 degrees. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the headwind component was also 2 knots. The enroute climb started approximately 1 mile southwest of the airport, where the aircraft began its ascent from an altitude of 1,413 feet above sea level to 3,500 feet above sea level. This climb phase covered a distance of 7 nautical miles and took 4 minutes to complete, with the aircraft increasing its altitude by 2,087 feet.
After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles south of CYOL White Cloud Island Owen Sound. The descent phase saw the aircraft decrease its altitude from 3,386 feet above sea level to 973 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,412 feet, over a distance of 5 nautical miles and a duration of 3 minutes.
The final approach to runway 28 at CYOK Griffith Island was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 272.0 degrees at an altitude of 329 feet above ground level and a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway threshold. The landing was executed with a threshold speed that was well above the target speed, at 73 knots. The touchdown distance was good, covering 871 feet of the runway, and the touchdown speed was 64 knots, which was a little fast. However, the touchdown rate was excellent, at -70 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were the same as during the takeoff phase, with a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 270 degrees. The crosswind component was 0 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots. The total landing distance was 2,159 feet, which was 80% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating a smooth and controlled landing.
The total flight distance was 13 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 9 minutes. The aircraft used 71 pounds of fuel during the flight. Overall, the flight was executed smoothly, with good control and adherence to the desired flight path.
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