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Maintain the centreline
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Lower the nose and add power to accelerate back to climb speed.
What happened: Climb speed was slower than the target during the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against climb speed target.
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Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, rather than letting it stop or relax.
What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it at 109 fpm, and the touchdown followed long at 688 m against a 457 m target. Sink returning late in the flare usually carries the touchdown long.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,637 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,637 m of the 2,018 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 688 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 22L at KORD Chicago O’Hare International Airport, a movement that took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 22L, the Cessna Citation Longitude accelerated over a takeoff distance of 871 m, representing 35 % of the runway, and lifted off at 124 kt. Local weather at the time was 16 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
Climb commenced 1 mile west of Schiller Park, Illinois, where the aircraft rose from 1,623 ft asl to 42,009 ft asl, an increase of 40,386 ft achieved in 18 minutes while covering 112 nm.
The first cruise segment began 5 miles north of IL27 Landis Plastics Heliport, Alsip, Illinois, and lasted 77 minutes, during which 602 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent started 8 miles south of Poynor, Texas, with the aircraft descending from 42,008 ft asl to 2,959 ft asl, a loss of 39,049 ft in 25 minutes while covering 152 nm.
A brief cruise followed 1 mile south of 1XA7 Gloster Aerodrome, Sealy, Texas, lasting 2 minutes and spanning 7 nm.
The next descent began 1 mile west of Orchard, Texas, where altitude fell from 2,969 ft asl to 2,207 ft asl, a decrease of 762 ft in 2 minutes over 5 nm.
A short cruise segment then proceeded overhead 03TT Brazos Polo Airport, Orchard, Texas, lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
Final approach to runway 36 at KTME Houston Executive Airport was conducted from the south, on a heading of 359.0° at 4 nm and 1,364 ft agl. Local weather reported 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, a cross-wind of 1 kt and no head-wind component.
Landing on runway 36, which is 2,018 m long, occurred with a threshold speed slightly above target at 122 kt. Touchdown was recorded 259 m beyond the touchdown zone, at a speed of 105 kt and a descent rate of minus 64 fpm; the touchdown point was offset 3.5 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,543 m, representing 76 % of the runway, and alignment during the roll was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, traversing 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 889 nm, required 135 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 2,014 kg of fuel.
The Cessna Citation Longitude on a final approach to runway 36 at KTME Houston Executive Airport was positioned 4 nm south of the field on a heading of 359.0° at 1,364 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft enjoyed good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 122 kt, while the touchdown point was 259 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed was 105 kt and the touchdown rate was excellent at minus 64 fpm.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft positioned 3.5 m off the centreline.
Rollout used a total landing distance of 1,543 m, representing 76 % of the 2,018 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
Reduce the threshold speed to meet the target value and refine the final alignment to keep the touchdown point within a few metres of the centreline; these adjustments will bring the already high score even closer to optimal performance.
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