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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 33 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 29 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 29 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 29 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,357 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 993 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 to the runway, which took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a PC-12, then departed from runway 23 at Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport (CYYZ). The takeoff distance was 1,385 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 92 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of -10°C, with a wind speed of 14 knots at 329°. This resulted in a crosswind of 14 knots and a tailwind of 3 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb 2 miles southwest of CYYZ, rising from an altitude of 1,288 feet above sea level to 22,460 feet above sea level, an increase of 21,173 feet, in 12 minutes and covering a distance of 37 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 5 miles northwest of Shelburne (Schaefer Field) Amaranth (Ontario, Canada). This phase lasted for 187 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 751 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent 15 miles northeast of La Broquerie (Manitoba, Canada), descending from 23,009 feet above sea level to 18,329 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,679 feet, in 3 minutes and covering a distance of 15 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 11 miles east of Landmark (Manitoba, Canada) and lasted for 11 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then began its descent 11 miles northeast of Landmark (Manitoba, Canada), descending from 17,573 feet above sea level to 3,291 feet above sea level, a decrease of 14,282 feet, in 7 minutes and covering a distance of 24 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 3 miles northeast of Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) and lasted for 6 minutes, covering a distance of 15 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 18 at Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (CYWG) was made from the north, heading 192.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,108 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 18 at CYWG was characterized by a touchdown point that was 552 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 81 knots, which was a little fast, while the touchdown rate was excellent at -62 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.6 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -10°C, with a wind speed of 31 knots at 170°. This resulted in a crosswind of 10 knots and a headwind of 29 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,121 meters, which accounted for 33% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.6 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 6 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 852 nautical miles, taking 231 minutes, and the aircraft used 737 kilograms of fuel.
The aircraft in question is a PC-12, which successfully landed at Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (CYWG) on runway 18. The final approach was initiated from the north, heading 192.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,108 feet above ground level (agl).
The landing was conducted in challenging weather conditions, with a temperature of -10°C and a wind speed of 31 knots from 170°. This resulted in a significant headwind component of 29 knots, which would have affected the aircraft's ground speed and approach path. The crosswind component was relatively minor at 10 knots.
The aircraft touched down 552 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the intended touchdown point. This may have been due to the high threshold speed of 109 knots, which is excessively high for a safe landing. The touchdown speed of 81 knots was also a little fast, indicating that the pilot may have been unable to arrest the aircraft's descent in time.
Despite these issues, the touchdown rate was excellent at -62 feet per minute (fpm), indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's descent and maintain a stable approach path. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.6 meters from the centreline, which may have contributed to the long landing distance.
The total landing distance was 1,121 meters, which is 33% of the runway length. This is a relatively long landing distance, indicating that the pilot may have been unable to stop the aircraft in time. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 10.6 meters from the centreline, which may have contributed to the long landing distance.
Overall, the landing was not without its challenges, and the pilot may have benefited from additional training or experience to improve their skills in handling the PC-12 in challenging weather conditions.
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