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Fly the descent profile
Enroute Descent scored 69.62 % — bank angle up to 75.2 ° at 30 %, g force -0.29 to 2.00 g at 77 % was the weak point. Fixed, this flight scores 98.36 %.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 100 kt with 5.0° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 654 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,577 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,350 fpm on average to 654 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 5,004 ft runway.
Rolled from 374 ft in, drifted 9 ft right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off, in 15 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 53 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.1 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 70 ft below the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 1,500 ft left of the centreline at 1.1 nm.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band from 1.1 nm, where the final began, to 0.5 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +21 kt).
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Calm: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 82 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 14 s, an average deceleration of 0.22 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 26 ft, 24 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,511 ft in, 511 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 480 fpm at 25 ft to 40 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.5° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,015 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 5 ft of it down the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.
The 1,511 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna 414A, then departed from runway 23 at KSFZ North Central State Airport. The takeoff distance was 2,349 feet, which accounted for 47% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 100 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 56°F and a wind speed of 17 knots from a direction of 300°. This resulted in a crosswind of 17 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The aircraft began its enroute climb after departing from KSFZ, with the climb starting overhead the airport. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,098 feet above sea level to 5,052 feet, an increase of 3,955 feet, in 4 minutes and covering a distance of 10 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile north of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. This phase lasted for 37 minutes and covered a distance of 32 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile southeast of Bourne, Massachusetts. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 4,934 feet above sea level to 153 feet, a decrease of 4,781 feet, in 6 minutes and covering a distance of 14 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 24 at KHYA Cape Cod Gateway Airport was made from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 232.0° at an altitude of 105 feet above ground level and a distance of 0 nautical miles from the runway. The landing on runway 24 was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 82 knots. The touchdown distance was 1,509 feet, which was good, but the touchdown speed was a little fast. The touchdown rate was perfect at -39 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 54°F. The total landing distance was 2,626 feet, which accounted for 52% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway in less than 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 59 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 23 minutes. The aircraft used 83 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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