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Improve the touchdown
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.
Lifted off at 67 kt with 4.8° of pitch. Climb 3 averaged 95 kt, 12 kt over its 83 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 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 607 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft 32 m past the runway end; then climbing at 540 fpm on average to 607 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 1,271 m runway.
Rolled from 19 m in, never more than 0.3 m off the centreline. Airborne 49 % 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 final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.7 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 160 ft above 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.
Joined 316 m left of the centreline at 1.7 nm, then inside it from 1.0 to 0.6 nm, then 20 m left of it 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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
The aircraft touched down before the threshold. Everything the flare is measured against - the profile, the crossing height, the aim point - is referenced to a threshold this landing never reached, so read the numbers below as what happened short of the runway, not on it. Landing short is the fault to fix before anything about the hold-off is worth judging.
4 kt across from the right, which takes about 4° of crab to hold the centreline at 55 kt. Touched down with 4° of it still on, 2° of bank.
Wind 185° at 4 kt · 0 kt tail · 4 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 466 m of the approach.
Began the flare at 13 ft, 113 m before the threshold; crossed the threshold at 19 ft, 31 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 87 m before the threshold.
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 466 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.
Plan view — the full 466 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
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 87 m short of the threshold. The 1.67 G arrival bounced 2 times.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LESU Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel Airport took approximately 7 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then began its departure roll on runway 21, accelerating to a liftoff speed of 68 knots. The takeoff distance of 661 meters accounted for 52% of the available runway length. Local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 14°C, with a light wind of 1 knot from a direction of 63°.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 10,092 feet above sea level in 11 minutes. This climb phase covered a distance of 19 nautical miles, with an increase in altitude of 7,211 feet. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, maintaining an altitude of 10,092 feet for 20 minutes while covering a distance of 39 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase commenced 2 miles southwest of Bagneres-de-Luchon, with the aircraft descending from 10,508 feet to 5,448 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 09 at LFIP Altiport de Peyresourde Balestas was initiated from the west, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 95.0°. Touchdown occurred before the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 55 knots and a rate of descent of -206 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned, deviating 13.5 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance of 112 meters accounted for 24% of the available runway length, with the runway rollout alignment also showing a slight deviation of 14.3 meters from the centerline. The total flight distance of 76 nautical miles was completed in 46 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 15 kilograms.
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