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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Reduce climb power to bring speed back to 188 kt and hold it there.
What happened: Climb speed was 36 kt fast at 224 kt during the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 188 kt in the climb
Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 14 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 14 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 26 kt FAST on the reference speed of 124 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,581 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,581 m of the 2,437 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 683 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) on runway 23L, the aircraft accelerated down the 2,439-meter runway, achieving liftoff at a speed of 130 knots. The takeoff distance of 772 meters represented 29% of the available runway length. Local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 23°C, with a 9-knot headwind from a direction of 220°.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 1 mile west of Alcoa, Tennessee, at an altitude of 1,902 feet above sea level. Over the course of 5 minutes, the aircraft ascended to 17,303 feet, a vertical gain of 15,401 feet, while covering a horizontal distance of 24 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise phase followed, commencing 4 miles southeast of Seymour, Tennessee, and lasting 2 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 12 nautical miles. The descent phase began 5 miles south of Dandridge, Tennessee, and saw the aircraft descend from 17,334 feet to 3,761 feet over a distance of 56 nautical miles in 10 minutes. A second enroute level cruise phase started 1 mile northwest of Oak Grove, Tennessee, and lasted 5 minutes, covering 19 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (KTRI), it began its final approach to runway 23 from the northeast, heading 222.0° at an altitude of 1,269 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the threshold. The landing was made on the 2,439-meter runway, with the touchdown point located 269 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed of 131 knots was slightly above the recommended threshold speed, while the touchdown rate of -84 feet per minute was excellent. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 14.2 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly off by 14.4 meters. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile in 5 minutes, and used a total of 591 kilograms of fuel for the 123-nautical-mile flight, which lasted 32 minutes.
The approach to runway 23 at KTRI Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport was initiated from the north east, heading 222.0° at 4 nm and 1,269 ft above ground level. The aircraft maintained a stable descent throughout the approach, with a good threshold height achieved. However, the threshold speed was excessively high at 144 kt, indicating a potential for a long rollout.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft touched down 269 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a speed of 131 kt, which was too fast. The touchdown rate of -84 fpm was excellent, demonstrating good control and precision. Unfortunately, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 14.2 m from the centreline, which could have contributed to the long rollout. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 20 °C and a light wind of 6 kt at 280°, did not significantly impact the approach or landing.
The total landing distance of 1,502 m was 62% of the runway length, indicating a relatively long rollout. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 14.4 m from the centreline, further contributing to the overall score of 86.2%. Overall, while the approach and landing were stable, there were several areas for improvement, including the threshold speed, touchdown speed, and centreline alignment.
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