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Work on the flare
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,090 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 320 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 208B taxied from the parking area to runway 13 at CYTF Alma Airport in 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 13, the aircraft used 489 m of runway, representing 32 % of the available length, and lifted off at 79 kt; ambient conditions were 14 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 176°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile southeast of CYTF, with the airplane ascending from 1,544 ft asl to 11,231 ft asl-a gain of 9,687 ft-over 9 minutes while covering 22 nm.
Level cruise began about 15 miles south of Jonquière and continued for 185 minutes, during which 502 nm were flown.
Descent started roughly 2 miles northeast of Kutztown, Pennsylvania, with the aircraft descending from 11,483 ft asl to 1,679 ft asl, a loss of 9,804 ft, in 17 minutes and over a distance of 35 nm.
The final approach to runway 26 at KLNS Lancaster Airport was executed from the northeast on a heading of 248.0° at 4 nm and 1,276 ft agl; the aircraft then descended from 1,332 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 208 seconds and scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 26, which is 2,090 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 56 ft agl and a threshold speed of 69 kt, both slightly above target; touchdown was achieved 307 m down the runway at 66 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 363 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment, while local weather was 15 °C with a 2 kt wind from 176°, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 506 m, representing 24 % of the runway, and runway-rollout alignment remained perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minutes, traveling less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 569 nm, required 217 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 511 kg of fuel.
The Cessna 208B entered the final approach to runway 26 at KLNS Lancaster Airport from the north-east on a heading of 248.0° at 4 nm and 1,276 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. Descent continued from 1,332 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 208 seconds.
At threshold the aircraft was slightly above the target height, with the threshold height measured at 56 ft agl. The threshold speed was slightly above target at 69 kt.
Touchdown occurred 307 m down the runway, a distance described as good. Touchdown speed was 66 kt, noted as a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at minus 363 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance was 506 m, representing 24 % of the 2,090 m runway, and rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather was 15 °C with wind 2 kt from 176°, including a 2 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.
Refine the flare to achieve the target threshold height and speed, which will help reduce the slight excess in touchdown speed and the firm rate. Practising a slightly higher flare point can smooth the touchdown while keeping the aim point near the 300 m mark.
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