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Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 60 kt with 7.0° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 338 ft.
Reached 35 ft 453 ft past the runway end; then climbing at 740 fpm on average to 338 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.
Plan view the roll down the 5,004 ft runway.
Rolled from 4,323 ft in, drifted right of the centreline, 61 ft at the widest, and lifted off 33 ft right, in 5 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 94 % of the way down the runway, past the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 2.0 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 390 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 790 ft right of the centreline at 2.0 nm, then inside the band from 1.3 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −0 kt and +21 kt on the approach speed of 80 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
6 kt across from the left, which takes about 5° of crab to hold the centreline at 67 kt. Touched down with 2° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 100° at 9 kt · 7 kt head · 6 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 62 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 13 s, an average deceleration of 0.14 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 19 ft, 31 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 898 ft in, close to the ideal 1,000 ft.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 240 fpm at 16 ft to 100 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.9° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,103 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 7 ft of it down the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 898 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.07 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 23 at KSFZ North Central State Airport. The aircraft, a Velocity XL, took off with a takeoff distance of 372 feet, which accounted for 7% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 60 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 64°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from 157 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead KSFZ North Central State Airport in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 796 feet above sea level to 5,453 feet, an increase of 4,657 feet, in just 4 minutes. During this time, the aircraft covered a distance of 9 nautical miles. The climb was followed by an enroute level cruise, which began 2 miles southeast of North Seekonk, Massachusetts, and lasted for 8 minutes. The cruise phase covered a distance of 27 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile southeast of Wareham Center, Massachusetts. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 5,057 feet above sea level to 1,340 feet, a decrease of 3,717 feet, in 5 minutes. During this time, the aircraft covered a distance of 18 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 15 at KHYA Cape Cod Gateway Airport was made from the northwest, with the aircraft heading 204.0 degrees at 2 nautical miles and 1,275 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 15 at KHYA Cape Cod Gateway Airport was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 67 knots and a touchdown distance of 896 feet. The touchdown rate was smooth at -102 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 57°F and a wind speed of 9 knots from 100 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 7 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,921 feet, which accounted for 38% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The total flight distance was 56 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 22 minutes. The aircraft used 28 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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