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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 1.7°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 9,794 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,153 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 16L at RJTT Tokyo Haneda International Airport in 13 minutes, covering 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 16L, the aircraft used 2,765 ft of runway, representing 25 % of the available length, and lifted off at 135 kt. Ambient conditions were 92 °F with a wind of 10 kt from 180°, a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 9 kt head-wind component.
The climb began 1 mile southeast of RJTT, climbing from 793 ft asl to 44,001 ft asl, an altitude gain of 43,208 ft achieved in 18 minutes while covering 128 nm.
Level cruise commenced 3 miles east of Tajimi, lasting 3 minutes and extending 27 nm.
The first descent started 4 miles west of Tsushima, descending from 44,006 ft asl to 4,113 ft asl, a loss of 39,893 ft in 27 minutes and traversing 183 nm.
A second cruise segment began 9 miles north of RJOA Hiroshima Airport, lasting 8 minutes and covering 32 nm.
The subsequent descent was initiated 10 miles west of RJOA, dropping from 3,980 ft asl to 2,304 ft asl, a reduction of 1,676 ft over 3 minutes and 5 nm.
Final approach to runway 10 at RJOA Hiroshima Airport was flown from the west on a heading of 90.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,228 ft agl.
Landing on runway 10, which is 9,794 ft long, the aircraft touched down 1,154 ft from the threshold at 114 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 497 fpm. The threshold height of 60 ft agl was above target, while the threshold speed of 115 kt was within expectations. Total landing distance was 2,403 ft, equal to 25 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 384 nm, required 73 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 2,041 lbs of fuel.
The final approach to runway 10 at RJOA Hiroshima Airport was flown from the west on a heading of 90.0° at 4 nm and 1,228 ft agl, with ambient temperature 88 °F, wind 15 kt from 120°, a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 13 kt head-wind component.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft passed the 60 ft agl threshold height, which was above target, while the threshold speed was good at 115 kt.
Touchdown occurred 1,154 ft down the runway at a speed of 114 kt, described as a little fast, with a hard vertical rate of minus 497 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout was aligned perfectly, the total landing distance measured 2,403 ft, representing 25 % of the 9,794 ft runway length, and runway rollout alignment remained perfect.
With a score of 94.2 % the landing was strong; refining the approach to achieve the target threshold height and moderating touchdown speed slightly will further improve precision and reduce the hard rate.
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