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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Use coordinated aileron input to level the wings and hold bank angle close to wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the initial climb, your average bank angle drifted to 1.4°.
Watch for: Attitude indicator, bank angle near wings-level
Arrival
Make one smooth continuous pitch input through the flare rather than chasing the runway with the elevator.
What happened: The flare was pumped, with pitch reversing direction several times on the way down instead of one smooth input.
Watch for: Watch the pitch attitude trend through the flare, aiming for a single steady rise through 9.8° with no reversals.
See Arrival Landing
The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.
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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 5.1° 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 515 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 765 m of runway left; then climbing at 570 fpm on average to 515 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 1,562 m runway.
Rolled from 133 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 1.9 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.2 m right, in 8 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 30 % 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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope more than 2° off the runway's 3°.
When the approach was stable
Not every check held at once from 3.8 nm to the threshold.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
On the glideslope from 3.8 nm, where the final began, to 1.9 nm, then high to 0.4 nm (up to 440 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. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
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 776 m left of the centreline at 3.8 nm, then inside the band from 2.9 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 37 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 22 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band from 3.8 nm, where the final began, to 1.8 nm, then fast to 0.4 nm (up to +28 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.
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
Great landing flare
14 kt across from the right, which takes about 14° of crab to hold the centreline at 60 kt. Touched down with 4° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 179° at 20 kt · 14 kt tail · 14 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 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 45 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 401 m in, 96 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.
From 42 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 110 fpm before coming down at 200 fpm to touch. The nose came up 7.5° 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 1,562 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 5.7 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 6.6 m left at the widest.
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.
The 401 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.22 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with taxiing from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Beechcraft V35B, then departed from runway 21 at KSEZ Sedona Airport. The takeoff distance was 376 meters, which accounted for 24% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 67 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were quite hot, with a temperature of 39 degrees Celsius. The wind was blowing at 13 knots from a direction of 179 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 9 knots and a headwind of 9 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb shortly after departing the airport, starting 1 mile southwest of KSEZ Sedona Airport. The climb took 3 minutes and covered 4 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 5,333 feet above sea level to 6,873 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,540 feet.
After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which lasted for 3 minutes and covered 1 nautical mile. This cruise phase took place 5 miles north of Cornville, Arizona. Following the cruise, the aircraft began its enroute descent, also starting 5 miles north of Cornville. The descent took 2 minutes and covered 4 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 7,040 feet above sea level to 5,713 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,327 feet.
The final approach to runway 03 at KSEZ Sedona Airport was made from the southwest, with the aircraft heading at 45.0 degrees and flying at an altitude of 964 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 03, which had a length of 1,562 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly below the target speed at 70 knots.
The touchdown point was 48 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 60 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate was also perfect at 35 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 6.6 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at takeoff, with a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius and a wind blowing at 20 knots from a direction of 179 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 14 knots and a tailwind of 14 knots.
The total landing distance was 717 meters, which accounted for 46% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 13 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 14 minutes. The aircraft used a total of -43 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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