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Departure
Use smoother, smaller aileron inputs to keep the wings level and hold bank angle near wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 1.8°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 68 kt with 3.6° 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 takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 294 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 5,771 ft of runway left; then climbing at 650 fpm on average to 294 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.
Plan view the roll down the 7,970 ft runway.
Rolled from 271 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 9 ft at the widest, and lifted off 7 ft left, in 6 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 17 % 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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven 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.
At the 300 ft gate: centreline more than 1° off and wings more than 10° from level.
When the approach was stable
Never every check met at once: fast all the way, banked until 0.9 nm and left of the centreline until 0.9 nm.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.2 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 160 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, 1,000 ft 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. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 1,020 ft left of the centreline at 1.2 nm, then inside the band from 0.9 nm to the threshold.
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 35 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 1.2 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +26 kt).
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
Good landing flare
6 kt across from the left, which takes about 5° of crab to hold the centreline at 67 kt. Touched down with 5° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 239° at 19 kt · 17 kt head · 6 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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 35 ft, 15 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,779 ft in, 779 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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 430 fpm at 33 ft to 160 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.6° 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 first 5,000 ft of the 7,970 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 13 ft left at the widest.
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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Touched down 1,779 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, a Cessna 182T Skylane, being taxied from its parking spot to the runway at Eagle County Regional Airport, KEGE. This process took approximately 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. Following taxiing, the aircraft lined up on runway 25 and began its departure roll.
The aircraft took off from runway 25, climbing to liftoff speed of 69 knots. The takeoff distance required was 1,151 feet, which represents about 14% of the total runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff included a temperature of 73°F and a wind of 19 knots at 240 degrees, with crosswind and headwind components of 7 knots and 18 knots, respectively.
After departing runway 25, the Cessna 182T initiated its enroute climb from the airport, aiming to ascend from an initial altitude of 6,848 feet above sea level to 7,102 feet above sea level. This climb phase lasted approximately 1 minute, during which the aircraft covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. By the end of this phase, the aircraft had successfully completed its initial climb, preparing for the enroute level cruise that followed.
The enroute cruise phase started overhead the airport and lasted for 4 minutes. During this period, the aircraft flew a distance of 2 nautical miles, achieving a steady-state flight condition. The cruise phase marked a period of stable flight, allowing the crew time to monitor the aircraft's performance and adjust as needed.
As the aircraft approached the airport again, it began its final approach to runway 25, arriving from the east. The aircraft flew at an altitude of 370 feet above ground level and a heading of 262.0 degrees at a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway threshold. This approach phase set the stage for the landing that followed.
The Cessna 182T landed on runway 25, which measures 7,970 feet in length. Although the threshold speed was set at 80 knots, considered excessively high for an optimal landing, the actual touchdown speed was 67 knots. However, the rate of descent to the runway was deemed good at -174 feet per minute. The touchdown point itself was located 343 feet beyond the threshold zone, which is relatively far. The landing distance, from the initial threshold, to the point the plane stopped, was 3,078 ft, representing 39% of the runway. In conclusion, the runway touched down with great alignment, showing the plane was well aligned.
The post-landing phase was marked by the aircraft's rollout, which was characterized by very good alignment, demonstrating the pilot's skill in bringing the plane to a stop safely. Throughout the flight, the aircraft only consumed 4 pounds of fuel, achieving a remarkable efficiency given the distance traveled of 4 nautical miles in 5 minutes.
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