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Monitor your taxi speed
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,586 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 389 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna Longitude, then departed from runway 04L at KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport. The takeoff distance was 566 meters, which accounted for 26% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 125 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 20 knots at 330 degrees. The crosswind was 17 knots, and the headwind was 11 knots. The enroute climb started overhead KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport, where the aircraft climbed from 1,011 feet above sea level to 15,625 feet above sea level, an increase of 14,614 feet in 6 minutes and covering a distance of 18 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Martinsville, New Jersey, and lasted for 24 minutes, covering a distance of 145 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent from 15,397 feet above sea level to 7,802 feet above sea level, a decrease of 7,595 feet in 6 minutes and covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. This descent started overhead New Carrollton, Maryland.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, this time starting 1 mile south east of South Laurel, Maryland, and lasting for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 23 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 2 miles north of Waldorf, Maryland, where the aircraft descended from 7,736 feet above sea level to 4,039 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,698 feet in 3 minutes and covering a distance of 15 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 4 miles north of MD84 Nyce Mount Victoria, Maryland, and lasting for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The enroute climb started 3 miles west of MD06 Pilots Cove Airport, Newburg, Maryland, where the aircraft climbed from 4,272 feet above sea level to 5,438 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,165 feet in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent from 5,460 feet above sea level to 1,803 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,657 feet in 5 minutes and covering a distance of 16 nautical miles. This descent started 3 miles south east of MD97 Lanseair Farms Airport, La Plata, Maryland. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 3 miles south of W32 Washington Executive/Hyde Clinton, Maryland, and lasting for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started overhead National Harbor, Maryland, where the aircraft descended from 1,492 feet above sea level to 314 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,177 feet in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 33 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was made from the south east, heading 322.0 degrees at 1 nautical mile and 299 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 33 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was successful, with a runway length of 1,586 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was too high at 132 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 392 meters, and the touchdown speed at 112 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was hard at -449 feet per minute, but the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of
The Cessna Longitude successfully landed on runway 33 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, achieving a score of 94.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southeast, heading 322.0° at 1 nm and 299 ft above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a precise final approach, aligning perfectly with the runway.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed on the runway at a speed of 112 kt, which was slightly faster than ideal. However, the touchdown distance of 392 m was considered good, indicating a well-executed landing. The threshold height was also satisfactory, but the threshold speed was too high at 132 kt, suggesting that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to reduce the touchdown speed.
The landing rate was hard at -449 fpm, which may have been due to the slightly fast touchdown speed. Nevertheless, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, demonstrating the pilot's skill and attention to detail. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 9 °C and a headwind of 19 kt, presented a moderate challenge, but the pilot successfully navigated the aircraft through the conditions.
The total landing distance of 939 m was 59% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing roll. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft throughout the landing roll. Overall, the Cessna Longitude's landing on runway 33 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was a success, with the pilot demonstrating a high level of skill and proficiency.
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