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Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 99 kt with 2.7° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 671 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 531 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,100 fpm on average to 671 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 1,130 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted right of the centreline, 2.5 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.2 m right. Airborne 30 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 130 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 4× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 93 m off the centreline.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band from 4 nm to 1.5 nm, then fast to 1.2 nm (up to +49 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 6° left of the track, 3° of bank.
Wind 270° at 6 kt · 6 kt tail · 0 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,119 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 8 ft, 42 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 257 m in, 48 m short of the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,119 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 290 fpm at 7 ft to 150 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.0° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 1,119 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 5.5 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 1.1 m right by the end of the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.
The 257 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.17 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a quick taxi from the parking area to the runway, taking less than a minute and covering less than a nautical mile. The aircraft, a Beechcraft Baron G58, then departed from runway 06L at YPJT Perth Jandakot Airport. The takeoff distance was 388 meters, which was 34% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 100 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, a wind speed of 6 knots at 270°, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 5 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 1 mile northeast of Jandakot. The climb took 2 minutes and covered 5 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 813 feet above sea level to 2,735 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,922 feet. The enroute level cruise then started 1 mile south of Champion Lakes and lasted for 13 minutes, covering 17 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its enroute descent overhead Hovea, descending from 2,700 feet above sea level to 557 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,143 feet in 3 minutes and covering 7 nautical miles. The enroute climb then started again overhead YPPH Perth International Airport, climbing from 639 feet above sea level to 2,670 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,031 feet in 3 minutes and covering 8 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then started overhead Huntingdale and lasted for 21 minutes, covering 37 nautical miles. The enroute descent then started 14 miles west of Rottnest Island, descending from 3,090 feet above sea level to 1,383 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,707 feet in 4 minutes and covering 11 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 09 at YRTI Rottnest Island Airport was made from the west, heading 92.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,358 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with a touchdown distance of 255 meters and a touchdown speed of 72 knots. The touchdown rate was smooth at -146 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.0 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, a wind speed of 6 knots at 270°, with a crosswind of 0 knots and a tailwind of 6 knots. The total landing distance was 970 meters, which was 87% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft was quickly taxiing to the parking area, taking less than a minute and covering less than a nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 91 nautical miles, and the flight took 50 minutes, using 53 kilograms of fuel.
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