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Slow down before tight turns
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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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,227 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 513 m past the threshold — beyond 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 5 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 10R at the KBOI Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, with a takeoff distance of 634 meters, which accounted for 21% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 87 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and winds of 9 knots at 184 degrees. The crosswind was 9 knots, while the headwind was 3 knots. The enroute climb started overhead the KBOI Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, where the aircraft climbed from 3,126 feet above sea level to 26,546 feet above sea level, an increase of 23,420 feet in 15 minutes, covering a distance of 44 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 2 miles southwest of the ID31 Young Heliport Eagle. This cruise phase lasted for 62 minutes, covering a distance of 268 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 7 miles southwest of Kettle Falls, where it descended from 26,397 feet above sea level to 12,453 feet above sea level, a decrease of 13,944 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 90 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 13 miles east of Ellison, British Columbia, Canada. This cruise phase lasted for only 3 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent again, starting 7 miles southeast of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, where it descended from 12,024 feet above sea level to 5,111 feet above sea level, a decrease of 6,914 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 2 miles west of the CYVK Vernon Regional Airport Vernon. This cruise phase lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent once more, starting 4 miles southwest of the CYVK Vernon Regional Airport Vernon, where it descended from 4,855 feet above sea level to 2,485 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,370 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 16 at the CYLW Kelowna International Airport was made from the north, heading 175.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,082 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 16, which had a length of 2,227 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was too high at 113 knots. The touchdown point was 92 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 103 knots, which was also too fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -262 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.3 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 9.5 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and winds of 4 knots at 119 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 918 meters, which accounted for 41% of the runway. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 446 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 121 minutes. The aircraft used
The aircraft in question, a M500, successfully landed at CYLW Kelowna International Airport, but with some areas for improvement. The final approach was initiated from the north, heading 175.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,082 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 16, which has a length of 2,227 meters.
Upon reviewing the landing, it was noted that the threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was too high at 113 knots. This indicates that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to reduce the touchdown speed. The touchdown point was 92 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which suggests that the pilot may have been able to make a more precise touchdown.
The touchdown speed of 103 knots was also too fast, which may have contributed to the slightly misaligned runway touchdown position, being 6.3 meters off-centerline. The touchdown rate of -262 feet per minute was considered fair, indicating that the pilot was able to control the descent effectively.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 28°C and a light wind of 4 knots at 119°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 2 knots. The total landing distance of 918 meters was 41% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits.
However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.5 meters from centerline, indicating that the pilot may have been able to maintain a more precise alignment during the rollout phase. Overall, while the landing was successful, there are areas for improvement in terms of touchdown speed, touchdown point, and runway rollout alignment.
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