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Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 124 kt with 6.5° of pitch.
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 943 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,162 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,060 fpm on average to 943 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 2,280 m runway.
Rolled from 99 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 43 m at the widest, and lifted off 43 m right. Airborne 34 % 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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate more than 600 fpm beyond what the glideslope needed, centreline more than 1° off and wings more than 10° from level.
When the approach was stable
Every check met from 3.1 to 2.7 nm, then not again: right of the centreline from 0.8 nm to the threshold.
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.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 160 ft below the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m 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.
Outside the 1° band 5 times; furthest 188 m right at 3.9 nm.
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 59 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 35 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Slow from 4 nm to 3.5 nm (up to −13 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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Good landing flare
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 270° at 1 kt · 1 kt head · 0 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 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 54 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 647 m in, 342 m past the ideal 305 m.
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 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m 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 1,180 fpm at 55 ft to 110 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 6.8° 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 1,524 m of the 2,280 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 27 m right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 23 m right 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.
Touched down 647 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.14 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 23L at LELC San Javier Airport, where the aircraft, a PC-21, accelerated down the 2,280-meter runway and lifted off at a speed of 124 knots. The takeoff distance covered 815 meters, which was 36% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 16°C and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270°, resulting in a negligible crosswind and headwind.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 1 mile northeast of Los Alcazares, a town in the Region of Murcia, Spain. The climb was steep, with the aircraft ascending from 1,010 feet above sea level to 23,866 feet in just 9 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles. This rapid ascent was achieved in a remarkably short period, demonstrating the aircraft's impressive climb capabilities.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 22 minutes and covered a distance of 41 nautical miles. This cruise phase was initiated 4 miles south of La Union, another town in the Region of Murcia, Spain. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 1 mile south of Santa Pola, a town in the Comunitat Valenciana region of Spain. The descent was steep, with the aircraft descending from 24,012 feet to 4,325 feet in just 11 minutes, covering a distance of 16 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. This cruise phase was initiated 10 miles southeast of Torrevieja, a town in the Comunitat Valenciana region of Spain. The aircraft then began its final descent 7 miles southeast of Torrevieja, descending from 4,046 feet to 1,204 feet in just 4 minutes, covering a distance of 11 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 23L at LELC San Javier Airport was initiated from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 222.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,192 feet above ground level. The landing was made on the 2,280-meter runway, with the aircraft touching down 219 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was slightly high at 121 knots, and the touchdown speed was also a little fast at 98 knots. However, the touchdown rate was excellent at -98 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 27.6 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 53.9 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,392 meters, which was 61% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 1 knot from 269°, resulting in a negligible crosswind and headwind.
The total flight distance was 89 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 47 minutes. The aircraft used 151 kilograms of fuel during the flight. Overall, the flight was a complex and challenging one, with the aircraft undergoing a series of steep climbs and descents, as well as a final approach and landing on a runway with a significant crosswind component.
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