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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 14°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3° glideslope and 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 8,175 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,883 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 2.57 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna CJ4 Citation, then departed from runway 28 at RJOA Hiroshima Airport. The takeoff distance was 2,199 feet, which accounted for 22% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 132 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 31 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind speed of 5 knots at 290 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead RJOA Hiroshima Airport, where it climbed from 2,094 feet above sea level to 9,052 feet above sea level, an increase of 6,959 feet, in just 2 minutes and covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its first descent, starting 3 miles west of Takehara, where it descended from 9,203 feet above sea level to 6,576 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,626 feet, in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, starting 2 miles southwest of RJOA Hiroshima Airport, where it climbed from 6,708 feet above sea level to 37,710 feet above sea level, an increase of 31,002 feet, in 12 minutes and covering a distance of 69 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise, starting 4 miles east of Tsuyama, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 14 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent, starting 17 miles northwest of Tatsunocho-tominaga, where it descended from 37,989 feet above sea level to 24,048 feet above sea level, a decrease of 13,941 feet, in 3 minutes and covering a distance of 11 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another climb, starting 18 miles north of Tatsunocho-tominaga, where it climbed from 24,086 feet above sea level to 37,987 feet above sea level, an increase of 13,901 feet, in 8 minutes and covering a distance of 49 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 4 miles northwest of Kameoka, which lasted for 26 minutes and covered a distance of 222 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 3 miles west of Chiba, where it descended from 37,808 feet above sea level to 1,824 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,983 feet, in 7 minutes and covering a distance of 12 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 22 at RJTT Tokyo Haneda International Airport, coming in from the northeast at a heading of 218.0 degrees, 2 nautical miles from the runway and 1,731 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 22 was characterized by a touchdown point that was 1,358 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 105 knots, which was fast. The touchdown rate was also very heavy, at -992 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 42 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 48 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind speed of 8 knots at 240 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 7 knots.
The total landing distance was 3,211 feet, which accounted for 39% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was
The Cessna CJ4 Citation aircraft has successfully landed at RJTT Tokyo Haneda International Airport, but the landing was not without its issues. The final approach was initiated from the north east, heading 218.0° at 2 nautical miles and 1,731 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 22, which has a length of 8,175 feet.
However, the landing was not executed perfectly. The threshold height at 118 feet agl was excessively over target, indicating that the aircraft was higher than it should have been at the point of touchdown. Additionally, the threshold speed was too high at 118 knots, which is faster than the recommended speed for landing. As a result, the touchdown point was 1,358 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the intended landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 105 knots was also faster than recommended, contributing to a very heavy touchdown rate of -992 feet per minute (fpm). Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 42 feet from the centreline, which could have made the landing more challenging.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 48°F and a wind speed of 8 knots at 240°. The crosswind was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind was 7 knots, which could have helped to slow the aircraft down during the landing.
Despite the issues with the landing, the total landing distance of 3,211 feet was only 39% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop relatively quickly. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing and subsequent rollout.
Overall, while the landing was not perfect, the pilot was able to bring the aircraft safely to the ground and maintain control during the rollout. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in terms of reducing the touchdown speed and improving the alignment of the aircraft with the runway centreline.
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