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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 3,681 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 3,681 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 275 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Honda HA420 started with a quick taxi from the parking area to the runway, covering less than 1 nm in just 1 minute. The departure roll from runway 18 at KDRI Beauregard Rgnl was smooth, with a takeoff distance of 2,150 ft, which accounted for 39% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 130 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was pleasant, with a temperature of 60 °F and a light wind of 1 kn coming from 270 °, resulting in negligible crosswind.
The enroute climb started over KDRI Beauregard Rgnl De Ridder, with the aircraft ascending from 1,226 ft asl to 8,508 ft asl, gaining 7,282 ft in altitude in just 4 minutes while covering a distance of 15 nm. The enroute level cruise commenced 6 miles southwest of Merryville and lasted for 18 minutes, covering 65 nm.
The descent phase of the flight began 3 miles southeast of TE38 Loghouse /Stol/ Goodrich, with the aircraft descending from 8,495 ft asl to 1,980 ft asl, a total decrease of 6,515 ft over a 7-minute period covering 6 nm.
The landing took place on runway 30 at 00R Livingston Muni, with the runway measuring 3,681 ft in length. The aircraft approached the threshold at a height of 10 ft agl and a speed of 101 kn. The touchdown point was 273 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 99 kn and a descent rate of -347 ft/m. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to when the flight departed, with a temperature of 61 °F and a light wind of 1 kn coming from 270 °, resulting in a minor crosswind and headwind.
The total landing distance of the aircraft was 1,950 ft, which accounted for 53% of the runway length. The entire flight covered a distance of 93 nm, lasting 51 minutes, and consumed 0 lbs of fuel, showcasing the efficiency of the Honda HA420 aircraft.
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