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Add power on short final to hold 115 kt at the threshold rather than letting speed decay.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 103 kt against a target of 115 kt, below reference speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator, hold 115 kt down to the threshold.
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.
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 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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 34 kt FAST on the reference speed of 115 kt.
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 673 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 27 at KARR Aurora Municipal Airport in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27, the aircraft used 2,570 ft of runway, representing 40 % of the available length, and lifted off at 144 kt. Ambient conditions were 64 °F with a 2-kt wind from 270°, providing a 2-kt headwind and no crosswind.
The climb commenced 1 mile east of Big Rock, Illinois, with the airplane accelerating from 1,665 ft asl to 20,000 ft asl, a gain of 18,335 ft achieved in 7 minutes while traversing 38 nm.
Level cruise began 1 mile northwest of KVYS Illinois Valley Regional Airport and continued for 54 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 425 nm at cruise altitude.
Descent operations started 3 miles north of Ochelata, Oklahoma, with a reduction from 20,008 ft asl to 1,923 ft asl, a loss of 18,085 ft over 12 minutes and a distance of 64 nm.
The final approach to runway 36L at KTUL Tulsa International Airport was executed from the south, on a heading of 3.0° at 4 nm and 1,276 ft agl.
Landing on runway 36L, which is 6,104 ft long, occurred with a threshold speed of 103 kt. Touchdown was recorded at 675 ft from the threshold, at a speed of 100 kt, and a firm touchdown rate of minus 337 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 30 ft from the centreline. Weather at the time was 59 °F with a 2-kt wind from 270°, providing a 2-kt crosswind and no headwind.
The total landing distance measured 2,090 ft, equivalent to 34 % of the runway, and the rollout was slightly off centreline by 37 ft.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In summary, the flight covered 533 nm, took 79, and consumed 0 lbs of fuel.
The Cessna 750 Citation X established a final approach to runway 36L at KTUL Tulsa International Airport from the south, tracking a heading of 3.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,276 ft agl. Local weather was 59 °F with a wind from 270 ° at 2 kt, providing a 2 kt crosswind and no headwind.
The aircraft presented a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was a little below target at 103 kt as the flare commenced.
Touchdown occurred 675 ft down the runway at a speed of 100 kt, which was good, and the aircraft settled with a firm rate of descent of minus 337 fpm. The touchdown point was misaligned by 30 ft from the centreline.
The total landing distance measured 2,090 ft, representing 34 % of the 6,104 ft runway, and the rollout remained slightly misaligned by 37 ft from the centreline.
With a score of 94.4 %, the landing was strong; focus on tightening lateral alignment at touchdown and during rollout to reduce the 30-ft and 37-ft deviations from the centreline.
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