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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,641 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,654 ft 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna CJ4 Citation, then departed from runway 14L at KOMA Eppley Airfield, with a takeoff distance of 84 feet, which was 1% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 145 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 72°F and a wind speed of 24 knots from a direction of 270°. This resulted in a crosswind of 20 knots and a tailwind of 14 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northwest of Council Bluffs, Iowa. The climb took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 64 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,984 feet above sea level to 34,874 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles west of Menlo, Iowa. This phase lasted for 106 minutes and covered a distance of 959 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles south of Wilmington, Vermont. The descent took 24 minutes and covered a distance of 87 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 35,243 feet to 1,033 feet.
The final approach to runway 22L at KBOS Logan International Airport was made from the north, with a heading of 198.0° at an altitude of 1,009 feet above ground level and a distance of 3 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on a runway with a length of 7,641 feet, and the threshold height was good. The threshold speed was also good at 95 knots.
The touchdown point was 291 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 87 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -220 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 42 feet from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 42 feet from the centreline.
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 1,118 nautical miles, and the total flight time was 153 minutes. Notably, the aircraft used 0 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna CJ4 Citation aircraft successfully landed at KBOS Logan International Airport, achieving a score of 91.7%. The final approach to runway 22L was initiated from the north, with the aircraft heading 198.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,009 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway with a threshold speed of 95 kt, which was considered good. The touchdown point was located 291 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed of 87 kt was also deemed good. However, the touchdown rate of -220 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, indicating that the aircraft could have potentially touched down more smoothly.
The landing distance of 2,276 feet was 30% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 42 feet from the centreline, which could have contributed to the slightly misaligned runway rollout alignment. Despite this, the aircraft was able to come to a stop within a reasonable distance.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 72°F and a wind speed of 24 kt from 270°. This resulted in a crosswind of 23 kt and a headwind of 8 kt, which may have affected the aircraft's alignment and touchdown position. Overall, the landing was considered successful, but there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown rate and runway alignment.
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