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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Arrival
Apply small rudder corrections at touchdown, aiming at a point at the far end of the runway, to stay on the centreline.
What happened: Touchdown drifted 5.3 m off the centreline, and landings like this usually carry that drift into the rollout, where the alignment error grew to 5.3 m.
Watch for: Runway centreline: aircraft tracking directly over it through touchdown and rollout.
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: speed 10 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 115 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,309 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 434 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Douglas DC-6B taxied from the parking area to runway 04L at MMSM Aeropuerto Internacional General Felipe Ángeles, a movement that required 31 minutes and covered 9 nm.
Departure roll on runway 04L was completed with a takeoff distance of 1,666 m, representing 37 % of the runway, and liftoff was achieved at 100 kt; local weather reported a temperature of 20 °C, wind 9 kt from 340°, a crosswind component of 9 kt and a headwind component of 3 kt.
Climb commenced 2 mi south of Tizayuca, with the aircraft ascending from 8,538 ft asl to 14,995 ft asl, a gain of 6,457 ft in 9 minutes while covering 27 nm.
The first cruise segment began 2 mi south-west of Ciudad Lopez Mateos, lasting 15 minutes and extending over 58 nm.
A second climb started 3 mi north of Ixtapan del Oro, raising the altitude from 15,002 ft asl to 15,498 ft asl, an increase of 496 ft in 2 minutes and spanning 6 nm.
The subsequent cruise phase originated 3 mi east of Enandio, persisted for 64 minutes and covered 258 nm.
A brief cruise segment was logged 2 mi east of MMEP Amado Nervo National Airport Tepic, lasting 2 minutes and encompassing 5 nm.
Descent began 4 mi east of Jala, with the aircraft descending from 15,733 ft asl to 10,014 ft asl, a loss of 5,718 ft in 7 minutes while traveling 29 nm.
A further descent started 2 mi south of Xalisco, dropping from 10,047 ft asl to 4,367 ft asl, a decrease of 5,680 ft in 7 minutes and covering 21 nm.
Final approach to runway 02 at MMEP Amado Nervo National Airport was executed with a descent from 1,387 ft agl to 63 ft agl in 114 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 02 was performed on a runway 2,309 m long; the threshold speed was recorded at 109 kt, touchdown distance was 434 m, touchdown speed 105 kt, touchdown rate minus 152 fpm, and the touchdown point was 5.3 m off the centreline. Local weather at the time was 31 °C, wind 6 kt from 90°, with a crosswind of 6 kt and a headwind component of 3 kt.
Rollout distance totaled 1,318 m, representing 57 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment was assessed as very good.
Overall, the flight covered 424 nm, required 122 minutes, and consumed 1,758 kg of fuel.
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