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Monitor your taxi speed
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 12,791 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 859 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna 414A, then departed from runway 32R at KOMA Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska. The takeoff distance was 2,199 feet, which accounted for 26% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 97 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 61°F and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270°.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead KOMA Eppley Airfield. The climb took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,658 feet above sea level to 7,523 feet above sea level, an increase of 5,865 feet. The enroute level cruise then began 2 miles south east of Omaha and lasted for 41 minutes, covering a distance of 121 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 2 miles south east of Hoyt, Kansas, and took 4 minutes to descend from 7,511 feet above sea level to 2,658 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,853 feet. The descent covered a distance of 11 nautical miles. Following the descent, the aircraft entered another enroute level cruise, which started 2 miles south east of Silver Lake, Kansas, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 13 at KFOE Topeka Regional Airport was made from the north west, with the aircraft heading 137.0° at an altitude of 1,158 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on a runway with a length of 12,791 feet, and the threshold height was good. The threshold speed was also good at 86 knots, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 79 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -256 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 48 feet from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 1,659 feet, which accounted for 13% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 49 feet from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 148 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 61 minutes. Notably, the aircraft used 0 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna 414A aircraft successfully landed at KFOE Topeka Regional Airport, achieving a score of 93.1%. The final approach was conducted from the northwest, heading 137.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,158 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 13, which has a length of 12,791 feet.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 86 knots, indicating a good approach. The touchdown distance of 853 feet was also within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown speed of 79 knots was slightly faster than desired, and the touchdown rate of -256 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair.
Upon landing, the aircraft's runway touchdown position was found to be misaligned by 48 feet from the centreline. This may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270°. The crosswind and tailwind components were both 1 knot, indicating minimal wind effect on the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,659 feet was 13% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits. However, the runway rollout alignment was found to be slightly misaligned by 49 feet from the centreline, indicating a slight deviation from the desired path. Overall, the landing was considered satisfactory, with some minor areas for improvement.
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