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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 1.3° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 4.2° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
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: seven 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,559 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,559 m of the 2,984 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 908 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 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna 208B, then departed from runway 34 at RJFK Kagoshima Airport. The takeoff distance was 449 meters, which accounted for 15% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 86 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 14 knots at 329 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile northwest of RJFK Kagoshima Airport. The climb took 10 minutes to reach an altitude of 10,206 feet above sea level, an increase of 8,428 feet from the initial altitude of 1,777 feet. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 20 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 4 miles northwest of Okuchi-shinohara. This phase lasted for 303 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 172 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent, which started 4 miles southwest of Takehara. The descent took 6 minutes to reduce the altitude from 10,409 feet to 4,633 feet, a decrease of 5,777 feet. The aircraft covered a distance of 16 nautical miles during this period.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which began 4 miles southeast of Mihara and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The final descent phase began 3 miles northeast of Mihara and took 5 minutes to reduce the altitude from 4,505 feet to 2,116 feet, a decrease of 2,389 feet. The aircraft covered a distance of 7 nautical miles during this period.
The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 28 at RJOA Hiroshima Airport, approaching from the east at a heading of 270.0 degrees. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 0 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 13 knots at 280 degrees.
The aircraft landed on runway 28, which had a length of 2,984 meters. The threshold height was significantly above the target, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 74 knots. The touchdown point was 532 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 56 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -266 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.4 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.8 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,518 meters, which accounted for 51% of the runway length.
The final taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 226 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 90 minutes. The aircraft used 29 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna 208B aircraft successfully landed at RJOA Hiroshima Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal approach and landing. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 270.0° at 3 nautical miles and 1,024 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 28, which has a length of 2,984 meters.
The threshold height at 84 feet agl was significantly above the target, indicating that the aircraft was higher than desired when reaching the runway threshold. However, the threshold speed of 74 knots was only slightly above the target, suggesting that the pilot maintained a relatively smooth approach. The touchdown speed of 56 knots was good, indicating that the pilot managed to slow down the aircraft effectively before touching down.
The touchdown point was 532 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the ideal landing spot. This may have been due to the pilot's decision to extend the landing or a slight miscalculation of the aircraft's position. The touchdown rate of -266 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, indicating that the pilot managed to control the descent of the aircraft but could have done better.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.4 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight drift or a miscalculation of the aircraft's position. The local weather conditions were not particularly challenging, with a temperature of 0°C and a wind of 13 knots at 280°. The crosswind was minimal at 2 knots, and the headwind was 13 knots, which may have helped to stabilize the aircraft during the approach.
The total landing distance of 1,518 meters was 51% of the runway length, which is a relatively short landing distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight drift or a miscalculation of the aircraft's position during the rollout.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some notable deviations from the ideal approach and landing. The pilot managed to maintain a smooth approach and slow down the aircraft effectively, but there were some issues with the touchdown point, touchdown rate, and runway alignment.
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