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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,002 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 353 ft touchdown sits inside 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 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna CJ4 Citation, then departed from runway 34 at KHPN Westchester County Airport, with a takeoff distance of 2,031 feet, which accounted for 31% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 134 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 61°F and a wind speed of 2 knots at 269°. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 1 knot. After departing from KHPN, the enroute climb started 1 mile northwest of the airport, with the aircraft climbing from an altitude of 1,370 feet above sea level to 12,509 feet above sea level, an increase of 11,139 feet in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 23 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began overhead Secaucus, New Jersey, and lasted for 35 minutes, covering a distance of 201 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 5 miles east of 85VA Land's End Seaplane Base in Reedville, Virginia, descending from 12,452 feet above sea level to 1,992 feet above sea level, a decrease of 10,460 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 26 nautical miles.
Following the descent, the aircraft entered another enroute level cruise 2 miles east of Nassawadox, Virginia, which lasted for 6 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 03 at KMFV Accomack County Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading at 23.0° at an altitude of 1,233 feet above ground level, 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 03 at KMFV Accomack County Airport was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 99 knots and a touchdown distance of 352 feet. The touchdown rate was smooth at -115 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 11 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 2 knots at 270°, with a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 1,550 feet, which accounted for 31% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft taxied to the parking from the runway in less than 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 265 nautical miles, taking 65 minutes, and the aircraft used 1,457 pounds of fuel.
The Cessna CJ4 Citation successfully landed at KMFV Accomack County Airport, achieving a score of 98.7%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, heading 23.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,233 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a smooth final approach, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed that was well above the target at 102 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's touchdown distance was good at 352 feet, but the touchdown speed was slightly fast at 99 knots. However, the touchdown rate was smooth at -115 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a controlled descent. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 11 feet from the centreline, but this did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from 270°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind and a slight tailwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 1,550 feet, which is 31% of the runway length of 5,002 feet. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, with the pilot demonstrating good control and precision throughout the approach and touchdown phases. The slight misalignment of the touchdown position and the fast touchdown speed were the only minor issues, but these did not appear to have a significant impact on the overall performance of the landing.
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