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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.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 11 stages, 10 scored
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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 1,744 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,744 m of the 1,876 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,015 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche began with a departure roll on runway 01 at KFRG Republic Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,055 ft, which accounted for 22% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 64 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 62 °F, with a 12 knot wind coming from 119°. There was a crosswind of 10 knots and a tailwind of 6 knots during takeoff.
The enroute climb began overhead East Farmingdale, New York, where the aircraft climbed from 127 ft above sea level to 1,629 ft above sea level, covering an increase of 1,502 ft in just 1 minute and less than 1 nautical mile. The enroute level cruise started overhead East Farmingdale and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The landing phase occurred on runway 32 at KFRG Republic Airport, which has a runway length of 6,155 ft. The height at threshold was 90 ft above ground level, and the speed at threshold was 98 knots. The touchdown point was 2,251 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 76 knots and a Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) reading of -97 ft per minute. The local weather at the time of landing was 62 °F, with a 12 knot wind coming from 120°. There was a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 12 knots during the landing.
The total landing distance was 4,335 ft, which accounted for 70% of the runway length. The total flight distance covered was 6 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 20 minutes. The aircraft used 6 lbs of fuel during the flight.
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