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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Work on the flare
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,494 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,764 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Honda HA420 began with a quick 4-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KSUX Sioux Gateway Airport. The departure roll on runway 31 covered a distance of 2,998 ft, which was 33% of the total runway length. The liftoff speed was 139 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was clear with a temperature of 62 °F and a light wind of 2 knots coming from 270°, resulting in minimal crosswind and headwind.
The enroute climb started over Dakota City, Nebraska, and saw the aircraft ascend from 2,095 ft above sea level to 8,257 ft, covering a distance of 7 nm in just 2 minutes. The cruise phase of the flight began 4 miles northwest of Homer, Nebraska, and lasted for 22 minutes, covering a distance of 86 nm.
The descent phase commenced 6 miles south of Treynor, Iowa, bringing the aircraft from 8,997 ft asl to 2,262 ft asl in 7 minutes, covering 12 nm. The final approach to runway 32R at KOMA Eppley Airfield from the southeast at a heading of 325.0° at 4 nm and 1,269 ft above ground level.
Upon landing on runway 32R at KOMA Eppley Airfield, the aircraft had a touchdown point 1,378 ft beyond the designated zone, with a touchdown speed of 112 knots. The touchdown rate was deemed fair at -223 ft/min, however, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 32 ft from the centerline. The landing distance used was 4,335 ft, accounting for 51% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly off by 45 ft from the centerline.
After landing, a 2-minute taxi from the runway back to the parking area completed the flight. The total flight distance covered was 112 nm during the 41-minute journey, using 0 lbs of fuel.
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