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Monitor your taxi speed
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.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,528 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 371 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 32 at LSZW Thun Airfield, where the aircraft, a Piper PA-24-250 Comanche, took off after covering 91% of the 782-meter runway. The liftoff speed was 62 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time were characterized by a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 22 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from Thun Airfield, it began its enroute climb overhead Thierachern in the Canton de Berne, Switzerland. The climb started at an altitude of 2,107 feet above sea level and reached 3,568 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,461 feet in just 1 minute. During this climb, the aircraft covered a distance of 3 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Uttigen in the Canton de Berne, Switzerland. This phase lasted for 4 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The landing phase of the flight took place at LSZB Bern Airport, where the aircraft touched down on runway 32, a 1,528-meter runway. The threshold height was initially excessively high, but the final approach was adjusted to achieve a good threshold height. The threshold speed was a little below the target speed of 91 knots, coming in at 56 knots.
The touchdown distance was good, at 369 meters, and the touchdown speed was also within acceptable limits, at 49 knots. The touchdown rate was smooth, at -137 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned from the centreline, by 15.6 meters.
The total landing distance was 699 meters, which accounted for 46% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centreline, by 11.7 meters. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 11 minutes to cover a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 15 nautical miles and used 11 kilograms of fuel. The flight duration was 25 minutes.
The Piper PA-24-250 Comanche aircraft successfully landed on runway 32 at LSZB Bern Airport, but with some notable deviations from the target parameters. The final approach was initiated from the south east, heading 329.0° at 2 nautical miles and 718 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the threshold height was excessively over target, indicating that the aircraft descended more than necessary before touchdown.
Upon landing, the threshold speed was also found to be excessively high at 91 kt, which is above the target speed. However, the second landing attempt showed a significant improvement, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed that was a little below target at 56 kt. This suggests that the pilot was able to adjust their approach and landing technique to achieve a more optimal touchdown.
The touchdown distance of 369 meters was considered good, and the touchdown speed of 49 kt was also within the acceptable range. The touchdown rate was smooth at -137 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a controlled descent. However, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 15.6 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment or a crosswind effect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 6°C and a wind speed of 14 kt at 50°. The crosswind component was 14 kt, while the headwind component was 0 kt. The total landing distance of 699 meters was 46% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the runway length of 1,528 meters.
During the rollout, the aircraft was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 11.7 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment or a residual effect of the crosswind. Overall, the landing was considered successful, but with some areas for improvement in terms of alignment and speed control.
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