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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 5.6°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Add power on final to hold 68 kt across the threshold.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 62 kt, 6 kt below VREF, and low energy like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown at 393 fpm.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 68 kt at the threshold
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,464 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 45 m short of the threshold. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 208B taxied from the parking area to runway 05 at MUHG Frank Pais International Airport. The taxi-out required 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
The departure roll commenced on runway 05. The aircraft used 648 m of runway, representing 21 % of the available length, and lifted off at 79 kt. Ambient temperature was 16 deg C with a wind of 1 kt from 270 deg, a crosswind component of 1 kt and a tailwind component of 1 kt.
Climb began 2 miles north-east of MUHG, ascending from 1,170 ft asl to 6,681 ft asl, a gain of 5,510 ft in 5 minutes while covering 12 nm.
Level cruise was established 4 miles west of San German and continued for 16 minutes, during which 46 nm were flown.
A subsequent climb started 13 miles south of Jesus Menendez, raising altitude from 7,002 ft asl to 8,010 ft asl, an increase of 1,008 ft in 2 minutes over a distance of 4 nm.
Descent commenced 14 miles north-west of MUHG, descending from 7,849 ft asl to 7,138 ft asl, a loss of 711 ft in 2 minutes while covering 4 nm.
The aircraft entered another level cruise segment 13 miles west of Cacocum, lasting 14 minutes and covering 41 nm.
Descent resumed 6
The Cessna 208B conducted the final approach to runway 10 at MUCU Antonio Maceo International Airport from the west, maintaining a heading of 90.0 ° while positioned 3 nm out and 1,598 ft agl. Local conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 269 °, a crosswind component of 0 kt and a tailwind component of 1 kt.
The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 61 kt.
Touchdown occurred 176 m down the runway at a speed of 57 kt, both described as good, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 418 fpm and perfect runway alignment.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 748 m, representing 20 % of the 3,700 m runway, and the rollout alignment was perfect.
To bring the threshold speed fully onto target, a modest increase in approach speed is recommended, and moderating the descent rate will help avoid hard touchdowns while preserving the high overall score.
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