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Work on the flare
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 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 300 ft gate: off the centreline.
Side view — the last 1,216 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,216 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 553 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with taxiing from the parking area to the runway at KUIL Quillayute Airport, which took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna C172, then departed from runway 04, with a takeoff distance of 554 meters, which was 43% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 72 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 5°C, with a wind speed of 7 knots at 215°. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 7 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 2 miles northeast of KUIL Quillayute Airport, and climbed from 1,446 feet above sea level to 2,896 feet, an increase of 1,449 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 3 miles northwest of Forks, Washington, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time starting 8 miles northeast of Forks, and climbed from 3,370 feet to 4,101 feet, an increase of 731 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then started 9 miles south of Clallam Bay, and lasted for 9 minutes, covering a distance of 22 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent, starting 3 miles south of Sooke, British Columbia, and descended from 4,105 feet to 1,616 feet, a decrease of 2,489 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 87 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a right-hand pattern, with a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 245 seconds.
The final approach to runway 25 at CYCW Chilliwack Airport was made from the east, with a heading of 258.0° at 0 nautical miles and 277 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 25, which had a length of 1,216 meters. The threshold height at 119 feet above ground level was excessively over target, and the threshold speed was well above target at 70 knots.
The touchdown point was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was good at 56 knots, but the touchdown rate was fair at -207 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was excessively misaligned by 47.5 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 4°C, with a wind speed of 7 knots at 188°, resulting in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 891 meters, which was 73% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 49.6 meters from the centreline. The total flight distance was 128 nautical miles, taking 25 minutes, and the aircraft used -5 kilograms of fuel.
The Cessna C172 aircraft has successfully landed at CYCW Chilliwack Airport, but the landing was not without its challenges. The pilot's final approach to runway 25 from the east, heading 258.0°, was executed at an altitude of 277 feet above ground level (agl) and 0 nautical miles from the runway. However, the threshold height at 119 ft agl was excessively over target, indicating that the pilot may have been too high on final approach.
Upon landing, the pilot's threshold speed was well above the target speed of 70 kt, which could have resulted in a longer landing roll and increased the risk of overrunning the runway. The touchdown point was also very long, using more than 50% of the available runway, which may have been due to the excessive speed and/or the pilot's inability to align the aircraft with the runway centerline.
The touchdown speed of 56 kt was good, indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's descent and touchdown speed effectively. However, the touchdown rate of -207 fpm was only fair, suggesting that the pilot may have been able to improve the rate of descent to reduce the landing distance.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 4°C and a wind speed of 7 kt from 188°. The crosswind component was 7 kt, while the headwind component was 2 kt. These conditions may have contributed to the pilot's difficulty in aligning the aircraft with the runway centerline.
The total landing distance of 891 m was 73% of the available runway length, which is a relatively long landing roll. The runway rollout alignment was also excessively misaligned by 49.6 m from the centerline, indicating that the pilot may have struggled to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the pilot was able to successfully land the aircraft, there were several areas for improvement, including controlling the aircraft's speed and alignment on final approach and during the rollout phase.
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