Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Retract gear by 400 feet
Make sure that you retract the landing gear once you have a positive rate of climb and there is no usable runway left to land back on.
Read more in Improve Your Take-OffsStart to finish · 13 stages, 11 scored
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
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.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate 1,753 fpm, more than the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,510 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,510 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 295 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at KTIX Space Coast Regional Airport took less than a minute, covering a short distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The DA42-VI then began its departure roll on runway 18, utilizing 27% of the 2,067-meter runway to achieve liftoff at a speed of 87 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 16°C, with a wind of 6 knots at 159°, resulting in a 2-knot crosswind and a 5-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed away from KTIX, it transitioned into an enroute climb phase, ascending from 577 feet above sea level to 6,496 feet in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles. This climb phase was followed by an 18-minute enroute level cruise, during which the aircraft maintained a steady altitude of 6,496 feet while covering a distance of 30 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase then commenced, with the aircraft descending from 6,494 feet to 1,508 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 21 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 04 at KLEE Leesburg International Airport was initiated from a position 2 miles southwest of the airport, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 33.0° at an altitude of 1,444 feet above ground level.
The DA42-VI touched down on runway 04 at KLEE, utilizing 35% of the 1,417-meter runway to come to a stop. The touchdown speed of 58 knots was within acceptable limits, while the touchdown rate of -294 feet per minute was slightly higher than desired. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 6.7 meters. The total landing distance of 490 meters was well within the available runway length, and the runway rollout alignment was excellent. The total flight distance of 68 nautical miles was completed in 28 minutes, with no fuel being consumed during the flight.
The aircraft touched down on runway 04 at KLEE Leesburg International Airport with a good threshold height, indicating a well-executed approach. However, the threshold speed of 77 kt was significantly above the target, suggesting a slightly high approach speed. Despite this, the touchdown distance of 292 m was good, and the touchdown speed of 58 kt was also within acceptable limits.
The touchdown rate of -294 fpm was fair, indicating a slight loss of control during the touchdown phase. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.7 m from the centreline, which may have been due to the crosswind of 8 kt and tailwind of 5 kt. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 15 °C and wind at 9 kt from 157 °, may have also contributed to the slight deviation from the centreline.
The aircraft's rollout was well-executed, with very good alignment on the runway. The total landing distance of 490 m, which accounted for 35% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. Overall, the landing was scored 96.6%, indicating a high level of proficiency and control throughout the approach, touchdown, and rollout phases.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values