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Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,644 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,602 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 to the runway, which took 13 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an M500, then departed from runway 31L at KPSP Palm Springs International Airport. The takeoff distance was 2,729 feet, which accounted for 49% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 92 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were favorable, with a temperature of 77°F and a wind speed of 0 knots at 180°. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northeast of Palm Springs, California. The climb took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 18 nautical miles, with the aircraft rising from 1,551 feet above sea level to 16,039 feet.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 6 miles northwest of Yucca Valley, California. This cruise phase lasted for 45 minutes and covered a distance of 139 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 6 miles north of L91 Rio Bravo Bakersfield, California. The descent took 14 minutes and covered a distance of 52 nautical miles, with the aircraft decreasing in altitude from 15,851 feet to 4,529 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 2 miles north of KTUR Tulare Airport Tulare, California. This cruise phase lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 18 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 1 mile west of Kingsburg, California. The descent took 3 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles, with the aircraft decreasing in altitude from 3,890 feet to 2,454 feet.
The aircraft then entered a final level cruise phase, starting 1 mile south of Kingsburg, California. This cruise phase lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 9 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 12 at KVIS Visalia Municipal Airport, flying from the northwest at a heading of 135.0° and at an altitude of 1,265 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 12 was successful, with the aircraft touching down 172 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 79 knots, which was within the acceptable range. The touchdown rate was smooth at -122 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 38 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were slightly different, with a temperature of 66°F and a wind speed of 2 knots at 210°.
The total landing distance was 2,903 feet, which accounted for 51% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 39 feet from the centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking from the runway, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 246 nautical miles, and the flight used 484 pounds of fuel.
The aircraft in question, a M500, successfully landed at KVIS Visalia Municipal Airport, achieving a score of 95.2%. The final approach was initiated from the north-west, heading 135.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,265 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft successfully touched down on runway 12, which has a length of 5,644 feet.
The threshold height was reported as good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 90 knots. The touchdown point was located 172 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, but the touchdown speed of 79 knots was within acceptable limits. The touchdown rate was described as smooth, with a rate of -122 feet per minute (fpm).
However, there were some minor issues with the landing. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 38 feet from the centreline, indicating that the aircraft did not perfectly align with the runway during touchdown. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 39 feet from the centreline, suggesting that the aircraft may have drifted off course during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 66°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from 210°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 1 knot. The total landing distance was 2,903 feet, which is 51% of the runway length. Overall, the landing was considered successful, but there is room for improvement in terms of alignment and rollout.
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