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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Reduce power to hold the correct climb speed from the start of the climb.
What happened: During the initial climb, the aircraft was flown faster than the target climb speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: the normal climb speed band during the climb
Arrival
Make one smooth continuous pitch input through the flare rather than chasing the runway with the elevator.
What happened: The flare was pumped, with pitch reversing direction several times on the way down instead of one smooth input.
Watch for: Watch the pitch attitude trend through the flare, aiming for a single steady rise through 4.5° with no reversals.
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: no landing flap set and sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set and sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,984 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 615 m 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 area to the runway, which took 7 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna 208B, then departed from runway 34 at RJFK Kagoshima Airport. The takeoff distance was 261 meters, which accounted for 9% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 46 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 7 knots from a direction of 220 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 7 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northwest of RJFK Kagoshima Airport. The climb took 11 minutes and covered 34 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,894 feet above sea level to 10,706 feet above sea level, an increase of 8,812 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 13 miles northeast of Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, Japan. This phase lasted 9 minutes and covered 134 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 4 miles southwest of Kure, Hiroshima-ken, Japan. The descent took 5 minutes and covered 14 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 11,537 feet above sea level to 5,274 feet above sea level, a decrease of 6,263 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 10 miles northeast of Kure, Hiroshima-ken, Japan. This phase lasted 2 minutes and covered 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 9 miles west of RJOA Hiroshima Airport. The descent took 2 minutes and covered 6 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 4,996 feet above sea level to 2,450 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,545 feet.
The final approach to runway 10 at RJOA Hiroshima Airport was made from the west, with a heading of 89.0 degrees at 3 nautical miles and 1,339 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 10, which had a length of 2,984 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 88 knots. The touchdown point was 184 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 71 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was smooth at -135 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 7.7 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 16.7 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 31 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 200 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 5 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots. The total landing distance was 998 meters, which accounted for 33% of the runway.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 197 nautical miles, and the flight took 40 minutes. The aircraft used 281 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna 208B aircraft successfully landed at RJOA Hiroshima Airport, but there were some areas for improvement. The final approach was conducted from the west, heading 89.0° at 3 nautical miles and 1,339 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 10, which has a length of 2,984 meters.
The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 88 knots. This indicates that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to reduce the touchdown speed. The touchdown point was 184 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which suggests that the pilot may have been able to make a more precise approach.
The touchdown speed of 71 knots was a little fast, but the touchdown rate was smooth at -135 feet per minute (fpm). This indicates that the pilot was able to control the descent of the aircraft effectively. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 7.7 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach.
The local weather conditions were relatively calm, with a temperature of 31°C and a wind speed of 5 knots at 200°. The crosswind was 5 knots, and the tailwind was 2 knots. These conditions were not particularly challenging, but they may have affected the pilot's ability to make a precise approach.
The total landing distance was 998 meters, which is 33% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, but it may have been possible to achieve an even shorter distance with a more precise approach. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 16.7 meters from the centerline, which suggests that the pilot may have been able to maintain a more consistent alignment during the rollout.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement. With a more precise approach and a better flare, the pilot may have been able to achieve a shorter landing distance and a more accurate touchdown position.
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