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Flight Score
Departure
Smooth and reduce pitch inputs during the climb so g force stays steady near 1.6 g.
What happened: During the second climb segment, g force varied through 1.6 g, outside the smooth target band.
Watch for: G meter in Climb 2, holding within the normal steady climb band.
Arrival
Apply less back pressure in the flare, easing it in more slowly instead of arresting the sink sharply at 20 ft.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 20 ft, ballooning the aircraft before 234 fpm of sink rate returned as it settled back toward the runway.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: hold a steady, continuous descent through the normal flare band.
See Arrival Landing
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.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 16 stages, 9 in the score
The approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.
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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 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
The approach that landed joined below the 300 ft gate, after a go-around. The gate assessed on the earlier approach is not shown - it was not the landing's.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,963 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,963 ft of the 10,048 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,097 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 21R at Nellis Air Force Base, also known as KLSV. The aircraft, a Griffin, took off with a takeoff distance of 1,064 feet, which accounted for 11% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 147 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 269 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed away from the base, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead KLSV Nellis Air Force Base. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 2,884 feet above sea level to 2,169 feet above sea level, an increase of 715 feet in just 5 minutes. During this time, the aircraft covered a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 03R at KLSV Nellis Air Force Base was made from the southwest, with the aircraft heading at an angle of 40.0 degrees. At this point, the aircraft was 3 nautical miles from the runway and at an altitude of 321 feet above ground level.
However, the pilot decided to execute a go-around at an altitude of 642 feet above ground level. This decision was likely made due to the aircraft's position and speed not being suitable for a safe landing.
The aircraft then made a second approach to runway 03R, and this time it landed successfully. The touchdown point was 1,750 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 127 knots, which was within the acceptable range. The touchdown rate was also excellent, at -85 feet per minute. Although the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 12 feet from the centerline, the runway rollout alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 66 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 225 degrees. The crosswind was negligible, but there was a tailwind of 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 5,716 feet, which accounted for 57% of the runway. The total flight distance was 9 nautical miles, and the flight used -4 pounds of fuel.
The Griffin aircraft successfully landed on runway 03R at KLSV Nellis Air Force Base, achieving a score of 77.5%. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 40.0 degrees and at 3 nautical miles from the runway, with an altitude of 321 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway, but unfortunately, the threshold speed was excessively high at 294 knots, which is significantly above the target speed. However, the touchdown speed of 127 knots was good, indicating that the pilot successfully managed to slow down the aircraft before landing. The touchdown rate of -85 feet per minute was excellent, showing that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's descent effectively.
Despite the high threshold speed, the touchdown point was 1,750 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is within an acceptable distance. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 12 feet from the centerline, but this did not seem to affect the overall performance of the landing.
The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 66 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 3 knots at 225 degrees. The crosswind was negligible, and the tailwind was 3 knots, which did not appear to have any significant impact on the landing.
The total landing distance covered by the aircraft was 5,716 feet, which is 57% of the runway length of 10,048 feet. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's movement after touchdown and bring it to a stop within the designated area.
Overall, while the aircraft scored well in several areas, the excessively high threshold speed was a notable area of concern. However, the pilot's ability to control the aircraft's descent and landing effectively resulted in a successful landing, despite the high threshold speed.
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