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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 2,713 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 895 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a short taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took less than a minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Sirius, then departed from runway 01 at Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 150 meters, which is 10% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 50 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 28°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot at 270 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the headwind was 0 knots. After taking off, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting overhead Curundu, Panama. The climb from 552 feet above sea level to 1,019 feet above sea level, an increase of 467 feet, took 1 minute and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Curundu and lasted for 8 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles south east of Paraiso, Panama. The descent from 1,965 feet above sea level to 1,176 feet above sea level, a decrease of 789 feet, took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile north west of Paraiso and lasted for 16 minutes, covering a distance of 23 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting overhead Cristobal, Panama. The descent from 1,321 feet above sea level to 127 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,194 feet, took 3 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles.
The aircraft landed on runway 36 at Enrique Adolfo Jimenez Airport, with a runway length of 2,713 meters. The threshold height at 97 feet above ground level was significantly above the target, and the threshold speed was too high at 69 knots. The touchdown point was 361 meters beyond the touchdown zone, but the touchdown speed at 40 knots was good, and the touchdown rate was smooth at -114 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 30°C temperature and a wind speed of 3 knots at 270 degrees, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 0 knots. The total landing distance was 954 meters, which is 35% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The aircraft then taxied to the parking from the runway, which took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 36 nautical miles, and the flight took 37 minutes. The aircraft used 8 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Sirius aircraft successfully landed on runway 36 at Enrique Adolfo Jimenez Airport, achieving a score of 76.3%. The landing was conducted under favorable local weather conditions, with a temperature of 30 °C and a gentle wind of 3 kn at 270°, resulting in a negligible crosswind and no headwind.
The aircraft's approach to the runway was slightly off-target, as the threshold height at 97 ft above ground level (agl) was significantly above the desired level. However, the pilot managed to adjust the approach to achieve a touchdown speed of 40 kn, which was within the acceptable range. The touchdown point was located 361 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating that the pilot may have been slightly late in initiating the flare.
The touchdown rate was smooth, with a descent rate of -114 fpm, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft throughout the landing. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the pilot successfully transitioned from the landing phase to the rollout phase.
One area for improvement identified in this landing was the threshold speed, which was too high at 69 kn. This may have been due to the pilot's initial approach being slightly off-target, resulting in a higher-than-expected speed at touchdown. Nevertheless, the overall performance of the Sirius aircraft during this landing was satisfactory, and with some adjustments to the approach and touchdown speed, the pilot can aim to achieve an even higher score in future landings.
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