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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 88 kt with 3.1° 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 171 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 2,543 m of runway left; then climbing at 190 fpm on average to 171 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 3,626 m runway.
Rolled from 84 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 2.5 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.5 m right. Airborne 18 % 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 2.0 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 240 ft below 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 3× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 2.0 nm, never more than 220 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 all the way, between +0 kt and +12 kt on the approach speed of 83 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
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° right of the track, wings level.
Wind 270° at 2 kt · 0 kt head · 1 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.
From 75 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 16 s, an average deceleration of 0.15 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 21 ft, 29 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 240 m in, 65 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 1,524 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 580 fpm at 21 ft to 150 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.2° 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 1,524 m of the 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 4 m right 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.
The 240 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a DA62, then departed from runway 16L at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (KSEA). The takeoff distance was 618 meters, which accounted for 17% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 89 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots at 270 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 0 knots. After departing from KSEA, the enroute climb started approximately 1 mile south east of Normandy Park, Washington. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 569 feet above sea level to 1,996 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,427 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the enroute level cruise started 2 miles south west of Des Moines, Washington, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 1 mile north of Ruston, Washington, and the aircraft descended from 1,952 feet above sea level to 648 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,304 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 17 at Tacoma Narrows Airport (KTIW) was made from the north, heading 187.0 degrees at 1 nautical mile and 348 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 17 was successful, with a threshold speed of 84 knots and a touchdown speed of 76 knots. The touchdown distance was 240 meters, and the touchdown rate was -151 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions remained the same as before.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 17 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 14 minutes. The aircraft used 5 kilograms of fuel during the flight. Overall, the flight was successful, with good threshold height, threshold speed, touchdown distance, touchdown speed, and touchdown rate. The runway rollout alignment was also very good.
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