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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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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,010 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,338 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 14 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna Longitude, then departed from runway 26R at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. The takeoff distance was 2,197 feet, which is 20% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 118 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 69°F and a wind of 20 knots at 179°. The crosswind component was 20 knots, while the headwind component was 0 knots. The enroute climb started overhead the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 3,222 feet above sea level to 16,025 feet above sea level, an increase of 12,803 feet in just 6 minutes and covering a distance of 25 nautical miles.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 4 miles north of Sandy Valley, Nevada, and lasted for 45 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 257 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase began 6 miles south of M45 Alpine County Markleeville, California, where the aircraft descended from 16,066 feet above sea level to 7,175 feet above sea level, a decrease of 8,890 feet in just 5 minutes and covering a distance of 23 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile east of Genoa, Nevada, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase began 1 mile northeast of Indian Hills, Nevada, where the aircraft descended from 7,364 feet above sea level to 6,793 feet above sea level, a decrease of 571 feet in just 2 minutes and covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile north of Carson City, Nevada, and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 35R at KRNO Reno Tahoe International Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 0.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,431 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 35R was made with a threshold height of 71 feet above ground level, which was well above the target. The threshold speed was too high at 129 knots. The touchdown point was 950 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 104 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -367 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 32 feet from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 3,587 feet, which is 40% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 31 feet from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 336 nautical miles, taking a total of 76 minutes, and the aircraft used 3,554 pounds of fuel.
The Cessna Longitude aircraft successfully landed at KRNO Reno Tahoe International Airport, but the landing was not without its challenges. The final approach to runway 35R was initiated from the south, with the aircraft at an altitude of 1,431 feet above ground level (agl) and 4 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft was heading directly towards the runway, with a bearing of 0.0°.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 950 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the target. The touchdown speed of 104 knots was also slightly higher than desired, indicating that the pilot may have been unable to fully arrest the aircraft's descent. The touchdown rate of -367 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the pilot had to apply significant braking to bring the aircraft to a stop.
One of the most notable issues with this landing was the misalignment of the runway touchdown position. The aircraft was 32 feet off-centerline, which could have made it more difficult for the pilot to maintain control during the landing. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned, by 31 feet from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 55°F and a wind speed of 8 knots from 280°. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 1 knot, which may have contributed to the challenges faced by the pilot during the landing.
Overall, while the Cessna Longitude aircraft was able to land safely at KRNO Reno Tahoe International Airport, the landing was not without its issues. The pilot will need to work on improving their approach and landing skills to achieve a more precise touchdown and better alignment with the runway centerline.
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