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Departure
Rotate as soon as you reach 125 kt rather than letting speed build further down the runway.
What happened: Rotation came late at 181 kt against a 125 kt target, 56 kt beyond it, and a firm back pressure pulled you off the ground. Rotating that late usually carries an abrupt pitch-up into the climb, which is consistent with the 1.6 g seen in Climb 1.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 125 kt at rotation.
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 1.8 ft, 9.4 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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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 six checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,486 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 225 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 22R at KBOS Logan International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 5,773 feet, which accounted for 82% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 181 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 65°F and a wind speed of 2 knots at 270°. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 1 knot. The enroute climb started overhead the MA17 Avco/Lowell Heliport in Lowell, Massachusetts, where the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 864 feet above sea level to 25,347 feet above sea level, an increase of 24,483 feet in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 52 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile south of Hardwick, Massachusetts, and lasted for 20 minutes, covering a distance of 160 nautical miles. The enroute descent then began 1 mile west of NY91 Smithfield Airport in Peterboro, New York, where the aircraft descended from 25,334 feet above sea level to 1,821 feet above sea level, a decrease of 23,514 feet in 15 minutes, covering a distance of 81 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 28 at KROC Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport was made from the east, with a heading of 268.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,251 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 28 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 223 feet, which was good. The touchdown speed was 106 knots, and the touchdown rate was hard at -473 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 38 feet from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 2 knots at 270°, with a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 2 knots. The total landing distance was 1,659 feet, which accounted for 30% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 38 feet from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight distance was 300 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 55 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 177 pounds.
Aircraft C750 successfully landed at KROC Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, achieving a score of 92.7%. The final approach was conducted from the east, heading 268.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,251 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 28, which has a length of 5,486 feet.
The threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 106 knots. However, the touchdown distance was within acceptable limits at 223 feet, and the touchdown speed of 106 knots was also good. Unfortunately, the touchdown rate was hard at -473 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a relatively steep descent.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 38 feet from the centreline, which may have contributed to the slightly misaligned runway rollout alignment. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 59°F and a light wind of 2 knots from 270°. The crosswind was negligible at 0 knots, and the headwind was 2 knots, which may have helped to stabilize the aircraft during the landing.
The total landing distance was 1,659 feet, which is 30% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot executed the landing smoothly and efficiently. However, the hard touchdown rate and slightly misaligned runway rollout alignment suggest that there may be room for improvement in the pilot's landing technique. Overall, the landing was successful, but there are some areas for refinement to achieve a higher score.
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