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Departure
Use smoother, smaller aileron inputs to keep the wings level and hold bank angle near wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 6.2°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 8 ft, 3.3 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
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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3 landings
The flight is kept as it was recorded: it ends when the engine is shut down, so a landing with the rotors turning is a stop along the way, not a new flight.
| # | Where | Into flight | Touchdown | Ground speed | Sideways | On the ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KBCE · Bryce Canyon Airport | 6:21 | 2 ft/min | 0.0 kt | 0.0 kt | 0:47 |
| 2 | KBCE · Bryce Canyon Airport | 16:17 | 11 ft/min | 0.0 kt | 0.0 kt | 0:21 |
| 3 | KBCE · Bryce Canyon Airport | 20:17 | 38 ft/min | 0.0 kt | 0.0 kt | End of flight |
The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
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. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope 5.9° against the runway's 3° and centreline 4.6° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,252 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 314 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The OV-10 Bronco taxied from the parking area to runway 31 at Escalante Municipal Airport (1L7) in a duration of 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 31, the aircraft used a takeoff distance of 1,386 m, representing 91 % of the runway, and achieved liftoff at 94 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 17 °C with wind 6 kt from 255°, including a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
The climb commenced overhead Escalante Municipal, ascending from 6,084 ft asl to 8,874 ft asl, a gain of 2,790 ft achieved in 5 minutes while covering 19 nm.
Level cruise began approximately 10 miles east of Tropic and continued for 8 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 27 nm.
On final approach to runway 21 at Bryce Canyon Airport (KBCE), the aircraft approached from the northeast on a heading of 225.0° at 1 nm distance and 76 ft above ground level.
Landing on runway 21 was executed with a threshold speed of 89 kt; touchdown occurred at 86 kt after a distance of 307 m, and the aircraft descended at a rate of minus 246 fpm. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 14 °C with wind 7 kt from 274°, providing a 5 kt cross-wind and a 5 kt head-wind component. The total landing distance recorded was 840 m, equal to 37 % of the runway length of 2,240 m.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the aircraft remained on the runway for the remainder of the landing distance.
After landing, the OV-10 taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 50 nm, required 17 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 78 kg of fuel.
The OV-10 Bronco approached runway 21 at KBCE from the north-east on a heading of 225.0° at 1 NM and 76 ft AGL, with local temperature 14 °C, wind 7 kt from 274°, providing a 5 kt crosswind and a 5 kt headwind; the approach maintained a good threshold height.
At threshold the aircraft held the prescribed speed of 89 kt, which the report rates as good, and began the flare while maintaining alignment that would later be described as very good; the touchdown point was 307 m down the runway and the speed at that point was 86 kt, both judged good.
Touchdown occurred with a vertical rate of -246 fpm, rated fair, while the aircraft remained very well aligned with the centreline; the distance from the threshold remained the good 307 m and the speed stayed at the good 86 kt.
Rollout continued for a total landing distance of 840 m, representing 37 % of the 2 240 m runway, and the aircraft kept perfect alignment throughout the rollout.
With a final score of 98.1 % the landing was excellent; refining the flare to achieve a slightly shallower descent rate would move the touchdown rate from fair toward good, further enhancing an already strong performance.
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