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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 0.8° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 22° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 346 fpm.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch the VSI in the flare and keep arrested sink from returning before touchdown at 2 fpm.
See Arrival Landing
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 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
The approach that landed joined below the 300 ft gate, after a go-around. The gate assessed on the earlier approach is not shown - it was not the landing's.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 5,000 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 5,195 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 04R at Logan International Airport, KBOS. The aircraft, a Seastar, took off with a takeoff distance of 259 feet, which was 3% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 84 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 328 degrees. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb overhead Winthrop, Massachusetts, and ascended from an altitude of 628 feet above sea level to 5,580 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,953 feet in just 4 minutes. This climb covered a distance of 13 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise began 5 miles northeast of Cohasset, Massachusetts, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 9 miles northeast of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, Massachusetts, and descended from 5,568 feet above sea level to 3 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,565 feet in 8 minutes. This descent covered a distance of 16 nautical miles. The aircraft then encountered a go-around situation 1 mile south of Provincetown, Massachusetts, at an altitude of 3 feet above ground level.
The final approach to landing began 1 mile south of Provincetown, Massachusetts, and lasted from 1 nautical mile to 1 nautical mile at an altitude of 197 feet above ground level. As the aircraft approached touchdown, it descended from 62 feet above ground level to 0 feet above ground level in just 38 seconds. The touchdown speed was 72 knots, which was considered good, and the touchdown rate was perfect at -3 feet per minute.
The touchdown point was excessively long, using more than 75% of the available runway. The landing rollout 1 mile south of Provincetown, Massachusetts, covered a distance of 469 feet. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, taking 1 minute and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 43 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 20 minutes. The aircraft used 217 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Seastar aircraft successfully completed its landing at Provincetown, Massachusetts, with a score of 50.7%. The final approach to landing was initiated from a distance of 1 nautical mile, with the aircraft descending from an altitude of 197 feet above ground level (agl) to 0 ft agl. The descent was completed in 38 seconds, with a decrease in altitude of 62 ft.
As the aircraft approached touchdown, it was 1 mile south of Provincetown, and the touchdown speed was recorded at 72 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate was also perfect, with a rate of -3 feet per minute (fpm). However, the touchdown point was excessively long, utilizing more than 75% of the available runway.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 75°F and a wind speed of 5 knots at 328°. The crosswind component was 5 kt, while the headwind component was 3 kt. These conditions did not appear to significantly impact the landing.
Following touchdown, the aircraft began its landing rollout, which was completed at an altitude of 0 ft above sea level (asl). The distance covered during the rollout was 469 ft, indicating a relatively long distance to come to a stop. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown point and rollout distance.
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