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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: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,562 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 489 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna C172 began with a departure roll on runway 03 at KFLG Flagstaff Pulliam International Airport. The takeoff distance was 701 meters, which accounted for 33% of the runway length. The liftoff speed reached 59 knots. Local weather conditions at the time of departure included a temperature of 2°C and a 1 knot wind coming from 210°. There was no crosswind, but there was a 1 knot tailwind.
The flight proceeded towards KSEZ Sedona Airport, where the landing was executed on runway 21. The runway at Sedona Airport has a length of 1,562 meters. The height at the threshold was 88 feet above ground level, and the speed at the threshold was 75 knots. The touchdown occurred 486 meters from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 51 knots and a Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) reading of -287 feet per minute. The local weather at Sedona Airport indicated a temperature of 6°C and a 1 knot wind from 209°. There was no crosswind, but there was a 1 knot headwind.
The total flight distance covered was 22 nautical miles, with a duration of 25 minutes. The Cessna C172 consumed 9 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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