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Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 71 kt with 4.9° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 428 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft at the runway end; then climbing at 680 fpm on average to 428 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.
Plan view the roll down the 700 m runway.
Rolled from 70 m in, drifted 6.3 m right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 78 % of the way down the runway, past the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
High from 1.8 nm, where the final began, to 1.2 nm (up to 730 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 200 m right of the centreline at 1.8 nm, then inside the band from 0.8 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 270° at 2 kt · 0 kt tail · 1 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 64 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 9 s, an average deceleration of 0.20 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 700 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 16 ft, 34 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 67 m in, 238 m short of the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 700 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 650 fpm at 15 ft to 380 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.0° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 700 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2.6 m left of the centreline, and stayed within 2.8 m of it down the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 67 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight was conducted in a Pilatus PC-6 aircraft, departing from runway 18 at LDPV Vrsar Crljenka Airfield. Taxiing from the parking area to the runway took approximately 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then began its departure roll, taking off from the runway with a takeoff distance of 475 meters, which accounted for 68% of the runway's length. The liftoff speed was 72 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 16°C, with a wind speed of 2 knots blowing from a direction of 270°. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 0 knots. After taking off, the aircraft entered a left-hand pattern, circling the airfield. The distance covered during this maneuver was less than 1 nautical mile, and it took approximately 43 seconds to complete.
Following the left-hand pattern, the aircraft then entered a left-hand pattern crosswind, which was completed in 35 seconds and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 36, which was located at the airfield. The approach was made from the south, with a heading of 5.0° and an altitude of 1,204 feet above ground level (agl). The distance to the runway was 2 nautical miles.
The landing on runway 36 was successful, with a threshold height that was considered good. The threshold speed was slightly below the target speed, at 55 knots. The touchdown distance was also good, at 64 meters, and the touchdown speed was 52 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate was firm, at -376 feet per minute (fpm). The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 2 knots blowing from a direction of 269°. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 0 knots. The total landing distance was 271 meters, which accounted for 39% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating a smooth and controlled rollout.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking approximately 1 minute to cover a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 4 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 4 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 12 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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