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Departure
Ease back pressure in smoothly as you approach 48 kt, holding a steady rotation rate rather than snatching the controls.
What happened: On the takeoff roll the aircraft bounced before becoming fully airborne.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: a smooth, continuous pitch-up through liftoff with no secondary bounce.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Be established on the glideslope before the gate, with small corrections made early rather than a large one late.
What happened: The approach was off the glideslope at the stabilisation gate.
Watch for: Glideslope indication at the gate
See Arrival Approach
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 49 kt with 4.2° of pitch. Climb 3 averaged 73 kt, 14 kt under its 87 kt target.
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 910 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 7,512 ft of runway left; then climbing at 770 fpm on average to 910 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 8,810 ft runway.
Rolled from 380 ft in, drifted 14 ft right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 7 % 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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven 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. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: glideslope more than 2° off the runway's 3°.
When the approach was stable
Every check met from 0.2 nm, about 120 ft above the runway, to the threshold, after the 300 ft gate.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
High from 1.3 nm, where the final began, to 0.8 nm (up to 290 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
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. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
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 1,400 ft right of the centreline at 1.3 nm, then drifted 120 ft left between 0.8 and 0.2 nm, then inside the band from 0.2 nm to the threshold.
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 24 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 14 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 1.3 nm, where the final began, to 0.2 nm (up to +24 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.
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.
wheel landing
Over the threshold
Touchdown
The flare tracked the target profile exactly. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 5.9° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 357 ft past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 228° at 2 kt · 2 kt head · 1 kt across
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.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Began the flare at 19 ft, 47 ft before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 14 ft, 36 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 357 ft in, 643 ft short of 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 510 fpm at the flare to 150 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 5.9° 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 5,206 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 6 ft left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 13 ft left at the widest.
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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 357 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.23 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
Departing from SBEG Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, the aircraft began its taxiing process from the parking area to the runway, taking approximately 8 minutes to cover a distance of 2 nautical miles. Upon reaching runway 29, the departure roll commenced, and the aircraft accelerated down the 5,207-foot runway, achieving liftoff at a speed of 50 knots. The takeoff distance of 783 feet accounted for only 9% of the available runway length.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it transitioned into an enroute climb phase, ascending from 1,215 feet above sea level to 2,348 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The climb was initiated overhead the airport, and the aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, maintaining an altitude of 2,348 feet for 111 minutes as it covered a distance of 193 nautical miles. The cruise phase concluded 2 miles west of the airport, and the aircraft began its descent for the final approach to runway 28 at SWKO Coari Airport.
The final approach was conducted from the east, with the aircraft aligning with the runway at a height of 459 feet above ground level and a distance of 1 nautical mile from the threshold. The landing was executed at a speed of 51 knots, slightly below the target threshold speed. The touchdown distance of 350 feet was within acceptable limits, and the touchdown speed of 43 knots and rate of -183 feet per minute were also satisfactory. The aircraft touched down 13 feet off the centerline, but the runway rollout alignment was perfect. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking approximately 2 minutes to cover a short distance. The total flight distance of 199 nautical miles was achieved in 120 minutes, with the aircraft consuming 34 pounds of fuel.
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