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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 84 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 73 kt, 11 kt before the 84 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 84 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Fly a steeper descent on final so you cross the threshold at 50 ft agl instead of 105 ft agl.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 105 ft agl against a 50 ft agl target, well above the normal profile. The touchdown point was also long at 620 m against a 457 m target, a pattern often seen after high threshold crossings.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the 50 ft threshold crossing target on short final.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Rotated at 73 kt, 11 kt below the 84 kt target, and lifted off at 81 kt 2.2 s later, the nose coming up at 1.3° a second. Climb 3 averaged 102 kt, 8 kt over its 94 kt target.
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 dashed green line is the speed to rotate at for this aircraft at its weight, and the green dot is where the nose started to come up. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 950 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 2,501 m of runway left; gear up at 251 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,110 fpm on average to 950 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. The gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 3,197 m runway.
Rolled from 37 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 3 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.9 m right. Airborne 13 % 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.
High from 0.5 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to 170 ft over).
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.
Joined 356 m right of the centreline at 0.5 nm.
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 41 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 25 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −4 kt and +2 kt on the approach speed of 82 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
The flare wandered off the target profile. The aircraft was flown onto the runway - pitch changed 4.2° and the descent was barely arrested. Touchdown was 620 m past the threshold. Start the flare with progressive back pressure rather than one pull, and keep it coming.
Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 270° at 8 kt · 7 kt head · 2 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 62 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 8 s, an average deceleration of 0.20 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 105 ft, 55 ft above the 50 ft target; began the flare at 24 ft. Touched down 620 m in, 316 m past 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 470 fpm at the flare to 220 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.2° 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 1,881 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 122 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 15 m right by the end of the rollout.
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 620 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 222 fpm arrival was firm.
The rest of the report
The Diamond DA42 Twin Star taxied from the parking area to runway 25R at KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport in less than one minute, covering less than one nautical mile.
During the departure roll on runway 25R, the aircraft accelerated for a takeoff distance of 438 m, representing 14 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 82 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 8 kt from 269°, including a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead KDAB, with the airplane ascending from 452 ft asl to 2,001 ft asl-a gain of 1,548 ft-in one minute while covering two nautical miles.
Cruise began two miles west of KDAB and continued for fifteen minutes, during which the aircraft flew thirty-seven nautical miles at level altitude.
Descent started two miles southwest of Beverly Beach, descending from 1,392 ft asl to 190 ft asl, a loss of 1,202 ft in two minutes and covering two nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 29 at KFIN Flagler Executive was executed from the east on a heading of 283.0° at zero nautical miles and 156 ft agl. The approach continued with a descent from 376 ft agl to 117 ft agl in twenty-four seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 29, which is 1,881 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 105 ft agl that was above target and a threshold speed of 78 kt, also above target. Touchdown was recorded 126 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, at a speed of 66 kt and a vertical rate of minus 295 fpm. The touchdown point was laterally misaligned by 122.6 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was 20 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 226°, a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
Runway rollout covered a total landing distance of 757 m, equal to 40 % of the runway length, and the aircraft’s alignment during rollout remained misaligned by 122.5 m from the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in less than one minute, traveling less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 43 nm, required 19 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 12 kg of fuel.
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