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Maintain the centreline
See Departure Roll
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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 97 kt with 4.9° 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 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 732 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 424 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,120 fpm on average to 732 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 1,130 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted right of the centreline, 3.7 m at the widest, and lifted off 3.8 m right. Airborne 28 % 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 1.1 nm, where the final began, to 0.4 nm (up to 530 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
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 449 m left of the centreline at 1.1 nm, then inside the band from 0.6 nm to the threshold.
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 from 1.1 nm, where the final began, to 0.9 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +37 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
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 270° at 6 kt · 6 kt head · 0 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.
Side view — the last 1,119 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 43 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 472 m in, 167 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 1,119 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 320 fpm at 40 ft to 120 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.1° 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 full 1,119 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3.2 m left of the centreline, and steered back to 0.3 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 472 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.14 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 06L at YPJT Perth Jandakot Airport, where the Beechcraft Baron G58 took off with a takeoff distance of 344 meters, which is 30% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 97 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 6 knots at 270 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 5 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb 1 mile south of Parkwood, rising from 863 feet above sea level to 2,866 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,002 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began overhead Bicton, lasting 11 minutes and covering 17 nautical miles.
The aircraft then started its enroute descent 1 mile southwest of Aveley, descending from 2,583 feet above sea level to 906 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,677 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started again overhead Woodbridge, lasting 2 minutes and covering 3 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another enroute climb overhead Redcliffe, rising from 1,026 feet above sea level to 2,575 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,549 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then started again overhead City Beach, lasting 19 minutes and covering 26 nautical miles.
The final enroute descent began 13 miles west of Rottnest Island, where the aircraft descended from 2,996 feet above sea level to 270 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,726 feet in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 27 at YRTI Rottnest Island Airport from the east, heading 273.0 degrees at 0 nautical miles and 231 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 27 at YRTI Rottnest Island Airport was successful, with a runway length of 1,119 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 92 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 471 meters, and the touchdown speed was 70 knots, which was good. The touchdown rate was smooth at -117 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.2 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 6 knots at 270 degrees. This resulted in a headwind of 6 knots and no crosswind. The total landing distance was 773 meters, which is 69% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
In total, the flight distance was 82 nautical miles, taking 47 minutes, and the aircraft used 53 kilograms of fuel.
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