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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 1.4° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 1.8° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 14 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 14 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 14 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,555 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 590 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
This flight took place in a C400 Corvalis aircraft. The pre-flight taxiing from the parking area to the runway took 10 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 2 nautical miles. The departure took place from runway 05 at SKBQ Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, where the takeoff distance was 336 meters, which accounted for 11% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was recorded at 76 knots.
Under the local weather conditions of a temperature of 28°C and a wind speed of 3 knots at 49°, the aircraft took to the sky from the departure point. The en-route climb began immediately, with the aircraft ascending from an elevation of 1,037 feet above sea level to 6,225 feet above sea level over the course of 5 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The ascent was a significant 5,188 feet.
Following this, the aircraft transitioned into an en-route level cruise, initially maintaining a steady altitude 3 miles west of Barranquilla. This segment lasted just 3 minutes and enabled the aircraft to cover a further 10 nautical miles. A subsequent change in altitude took place 2 miles north of Polonuevo, where the descent from 5,648 feet above sea level to 5,172 feet above sea level occurred over the course of 2 minutes, covering 4 nautical miles.
Next, the aircraft levelled off again 2 miles south of Baranoa, engaging in a 12-minute level cruise, during which time it covered a significant distance of 34 nautical miles. The subsequent descent 5 miles east of Turbaco, spanning an altitude decrease of 3,892 feet from 5,180 feet above sea level to 1,288 feet above sea level over a 9-minute period, covered 11 nautical miles, signifying a considerable drop in altitude.
As the aircraft approached the destination airport, SKCG Rafael Nuñez International Airport, it began its final approach to runway 01 from the south, flying at a heading of 2.0° and maintaining an altitude of 1,273 feet above ground level. During the final approach, the aircraft benefited from good threshold height due to the local weather conditions, where the temperature was 31°C and the wind speed was 3 knots at 100°, resulting in a negligible crosswind and zero headwind.
Once on the runway, the aircraft landed after travelling 150 meters beyond the touchdown zone, touching down at a speed of 62 knots and resulting in an excellent touchdown rate of -66 feet per minute. Although the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.4 meters from the centerline, the runway rollout alignment was very effective.
Finally, the aircraft completed its flight when taxiing to the parking area took just 1 minute, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The entire flight duration was 39 minutes, with a total distance covered of 74 nautical miles, using approximately 16 kilograms of fuel.
The subject of this report is the landing of a Cessna 400 Corvalis aircraft at Rafael Nuñez International Airport (SKCG), where the pilot achieved a score of 96.1%. The final approach was initiated from the south, with the aircraft flying at 4 nautical miles away from the runway and an altitude of 1,273 feet above ground level. The aircraft's heading was 2.0 degrees, aligning it with the runway threshold.
As the aircraft began its descent, the pilot maintained an excellent control over the aircraft's speed and height. Upon reaching the runway threshold, the aircraft touched down at a speed of 77 knots, exceeding the recommended threshold speed but not significantly so. Immediately after touchdown, the aircraft was brought under control, touching down on the runway at a point 150 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone. The descent rate at touchdown was an impressive -66 feet per minute.
Although the pilot successfully controlled the aircraft's speed, the actual touchdown point was not perfectly aligned with the centerline of the runway. However, this deviation was minor, measuring 6.4 meters off-center. The runway rollout alignment was deemed very good, indicating a high degree of control over the aircraft's movement during the braking phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a relatively high temperature of 31 degrees Celsius and calm winds at just 3 knots from a direction of 100 degrees. The lack of wind made the landing conditions favorable. Overall, the pilot's performance was commendable, achieving a high score and demonstrating a high level of proficiency in aircraft handling and control.
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