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Level the wings with coordinated aileron on short final so bank stays near wings-level through touchdown.
What happened: Wings were not level through the landing phase, with bank angle at 2.7° on short final.
Watch for: Watch the bank angle indicator, holding it near wings-level through the landing and touchdown.
Departure
Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 125 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 144 kt, 19 kt past the 125 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
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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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 six 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,104 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,092 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 750 Citation X taxied from the parking area to runway 31 at KRBD Dallas Executive Airport, a movement that required three minutes and covered less than one nautical mile.
The departure roll on runway 31 used 3,263 ft, representing 55 % of the available runway, and the aircraft lifted off at 145 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 61 °F with a wind of 2 kt from 269°, providing a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
Climb commenced one mile north-west of KRBD, with the aircraft ascending from 1,655 ft asl to 36,992 ft asl - a gain of 35,337 ft - over a period of 14 minutes while covering 86 nm.
The first level-cruise segment began two miles south of 9OK4 Vo-Tech Heliport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and persisted for 64 minutes, during which 556 nm were flown.
Descent started two miles south-west of IA12 Lloyd’s Field Clear Lake, Iowa, with the aircraft descending from 36,285 ft asl to 3,431 ft asl, a loss of 32,854 ft, in 17 minutes and over a distance of 103 nm.
A second level-cruise phase originated two miles west of Hastings, Minnesota, lasting three minutes and covering eight nautical miles.
Final approach to runway 32 at KSTP Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field was executed from the south-east, on a heading of 326.0°, at four nautical miles out and 1,242 ft agl.
Landing on runway 32, which is 6,104 ft long, featured a good threshold height and a threshold speed slightly below the target at 112 kt. Touchdown occurred 1,081 ft down the runway at 105 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 322 fpm and a lateral deviation of 14 ft from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 59 °F, wind 2 kt from 270°, a cross-wind component of 2 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt. The total landing distance measured 2,603 ft, equivalent to 43 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in one minute, covering less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 760 nm, required 103 minutes of flight time, and consumed 333 lb of fuel.
The Cessna 750 Citation X conducted the final approach to runway 32 at KSTP Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field from the south-east, tracking a heading of 326.0° at 4 nm and 1,242 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits; local weather was 59 °F with wind 2 kt from 270°, providing a 2 kt crosswind and 1 kt headwind.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 112 kt. The flare was executed in accordance with the aircraft’s performance parameters.
Touchdown occurred 1,081 ft down the runway at a speed of 105 kt, which was judged good. The touchdown rate was firm at minus 322 fpm and the aircraft landed 14 ft off the centreline. Total landing distance was 2,603 ft, representing 43 % of the 6,104-ft runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good, with the aircraft remaining on the centreline through the deceleration phase.
Fine-tune the approach speed to meet the 112 kt target more precisely and apply minor corrections to achieve exact centreline alignment at touchdown, as the 14-ft offset indicates room for improvement.
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