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Arrival
Make one smooth, continuous back-pressure through the flare to about 5.5° nose-up, holding it steady rather than pumping the elevator before touchdown.
What happened: The flare was pumped, with pitch reversing several times as the sink was most arrested at 14 ft; pumped flares like this usually carry through to a firm touchdown, which happened here at 179 fpm.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: hold a steady nose-up pitch of 5.5° through the flare, smoothly to touchdown.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 1.1° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,724 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,099 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cirrus Vision SF50 taxied from the parking area to runway 28L at KPDX Portland International Airport in eight minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 28L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 90 kt and left the ground after a takeoff run of 1,895 ft, which represented 17 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 73 °F with a wind of 7 kt from 280 °, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced overhead Bridgeton, Oregon, with the aircraft ascending from 991 ft asl to 31,014 ft asl, an increase of 30,023 ft achieved in 26 minutes while covering 99 nm.
The first cruise segment began six miles southeast of 19OR Nelson Ranch Airport Maupin, Oregon, and continued for 23 minutes, during which the aircraft traveled 141 nm at level altitude.
Descent started eight miles east of 2OR6 Lockhart Airport Ironside, Oregon, with a reduction from 30,999 ft asl to 8,075 ft asl, a decrease of 22,924 ft completed in 14 minutes over a distance of 79 nm.
A second level cruise was initiated overhead Eagle, Idaho, lasting five minutes and covering 22 nm.
The subsequent descent began nine miles north of 1ID4 Red Baron Airpark Oasis, Idaho, dropping from 8,005 ft asl to 4,182 ft asl, a loss of 3,824 ft in seven minutes while traversing 19 nm.
Final approach to runway 28L at KBOI Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field was conducted from the southeast on a heading of 295.0 °, at 4 nm and 1,349 ft agl.
Landing on runway 28L, which is 9,748 ft long, was executed with a threshold speed of 78 kt, a touchdown distance of 1,113 ft, a touchdown speed of 66 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 180 fpm; the total landing distance recorded was 2,833 ft, representing 29 % of the runway, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local conditions were 66 °F with a wind of 4 kt from 290 °, a 0 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind.
Runway rollout proceeded with perfect alignment, completing the landing phase without deviation.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in three minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 370 nm, lasted 89 minutes and consumed 627 lb of fuel.
The Cirrus Vision SF50 established a final approach to runway 28L at KBOI from the southeast, tracking a heading of 295.0° at 4 nm and 1,349 ft AGL. Local conditions were temperature 66 °F, wind 4 kt from 290°, with a 0 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind.
The aircraft crossed the threshold at a speed of 78 kt, which was slightly below the target, and the threshold height was good.
Touchdown occurred 1,113 ft down the runway at a speed of 66 kt, a rate of -180 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance was 2,833 ft, representing 29 % of the 9,748-ft runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 96.0%, the landing was strong; a modest increase in approach speed will bring the threshold speed into the target range. Maintaining the current flare timing and alignment will preserve the excellent touchdown and rollout performance.
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