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Ease back pressure in smoothly as you approach 83 kt, holding a steady rotation rate rather than snatching the controls.
What happened: On the takeoff roll the aircraft bounced before becoming fully airborne.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: a smooth, continuous pitch-up through liftoff with no secondary bounce.
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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 0.4 ft, 11 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.
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven 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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: centreline 1.1° 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 3,661 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 226 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at KTUS Tucson International Airport took approximately one minute, covering less than one nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 29R, utilizing 599 meters, or 18% of the runway, to achieve liftoff at a speed of 78 knots. Local weather conditions at the time of departure included a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from 269 degrees, resulting in a negligible crosswind and headwind.
As the aircraft climbed to 10,329 feet above sea level, it covered 17 nautical miles in seven minutes, increasing its altitude by 7,112 feet from the initial 3,216 feet above sea level. The enroute level cruise phase commenced three miles southeast of Vail, Arizona, and lasted for 66 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 202 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent from 11,001 feet above sea level to 9,402 feet above sea level, decreasing its altitude by 1,599 feet in three minutes and covering 11 nautical miles. This was followed by a brief level cruise phase overhead Anthony, Texas, lasting 12 minutes and covering 38 nautical miles. The final descent phase began 10 miles northeast of Homestead Meadows North, Texas, and resulted in a decrease of 3,637 feet in altitude from 8,805 feet above sea level to 5,168 feet above sea level, covering 18 nautical miles in seven minutes.
The aircraft then commenced its final approach to runway 22 at KELP El Paso International Airport from the northeast, heading 226.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,254 feet above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed of 65 knots and a touchdown speed of 63 knots, resulting in a touchdown distance of 223 meters. The aircraft touched down slightly off-centerline, 4.6 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was very good. The total landing distance was 868 meters, or 27% of the runway. Taxiing to the parking area from the runway took six minutes, covering one nautical mile. The total flight distance was 294 nautical miles, taking 107 minutes, and the aircraft utilized 426 kilograms of fuel.
The Cessna 208B touched down on runway 22 at KELP El Paso International Airport with a good threshold height, indicating a well-executed approach. The threshold speed of 65 kt was also satisfactory, demonstrating the pilot's ability to manage the aircraft's descent and airspeed. The touchdown distance of 223 m was within acceptable limits, and the touchdown speed of 63 kt was also good, suggesting a controlled and stable approach.
However, the touchdown rate of -424 fpm was slightly harder than desired, which may have been due to the pilot's attempt to maintain a stable approach in the prevailing wind conditions. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 m from the centreline, which may have been a result of the crosswind component of 1 kt. Despite this, the local weather conditions, with a temperature of 15 °C and a light wind of 1 kt at 269 °, were generally favorable for the landing.
The Cessna 208B's rollout was well-executed, with the aircraft maintaining a very good alignment with the centreline. The total landing distance of 868 m, which accounted for 27% of the runway length, was also satisfactory. Overall, the landing was considered to be of high quality, with a score of 97.0% reflecting the pilot's skill and attention to detail.
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