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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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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 904 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 904 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 697 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, a Beechcraft King Air 350, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Khartoum International Airport, taking 7 minutes and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 18, with the aircraft lifting off after a takeoff distance of 874 meters, which was 29% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 125 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 349 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 13 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 5 miles south of Khartoum and ascending from an altitude of 1,875 feet above sea level to 7,107 feet above sea level, an increase of 5,232 feet in just 4 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 18 miles southeast of Khartoum and lasted for 34 minutes, covering a distance of 142 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 14 miles northwest of Al Hawatah Airport, where the aircraft descended from an altitude of 6,813 feet above sea level to 2,144 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,669 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 36 at Al Hawatah Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 336.0 degrees at an altitude of 686 feet above ground level and a distance of 2 nautical miles from the runway. The landing took place on a runway with a length of 904 meters, and the threshold height was significantly above the target, while the threshold speed was also well above the target at 111 knots.
The touchdown point was excessively long, using more than 75% of the available runway, and the touchdown speed of 94 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -316 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.2 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 31 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 11 knots from a direction of 342 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 10 knots.
The total landing distance was 938 meters, which was 104% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The total flight distance was 183 nautical miles, taking 53 minutes, and the aircraft used 299 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft has successfully landed at HSEU Al Hawatah Airport, but the landing was not without its challenges. The final approach to runway 36 from the south was initiated at a height of 686 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 2 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft was heading 336.0° at the time of the approach.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down at a speed of 94 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown point was excessively long, using more than 75% of the available runway. This indicates that the aircraft may have been slightly too far back from the optimal touchdown position. The runway length at HSEU Al Hawatah Airport is 904 meters, and the total landing distance was 938 meters, which is 104% of the runway length.
The threshold height at 87 feet agl was significantly above the target, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 111 knots. This suggests that the aircraft may have been slightly too high and too fast at the threshold. The touchdown rate was firm at -316 feet per minute (fpm), which is within a normal range.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.2 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's alignment during the approach. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were a temperature of 31°C and a wind of 11 knots at 342°. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 10 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly misaligned touchdown.
Despite the challenges, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was not perfect, but it was still a safe and successful operation. The pilot's score for the landing was 68.8%, indicating that there is room for improvement in terms of precision and control.
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