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Reduce power to hold the correct climb speed from the start of the climb.
What happened: During the initial climb, the aircraft was flown faster than the target climb speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: the normal climb speed band during the climb
Pull to 15 degrees at one rate and you get a clean liftoff, pull to the same 15 degrees at twice the rate and you get an overshoot, a push, and an oscillation through the first few hundred feet. The type-general rule of thumb is a rotation rate of about 2 to 3 degrees per second, which means roughly five to seven seconds from starting the pull to reaching the initial climb attitude of around 15 degrees nose-up. Count it out loud during your next takeoff and you will almost certainly discover you have been rotating in two seconds flat.
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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: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,119 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,119 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 228 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) on runway 23L, the aircraft accelerated down the 2,300-meter runway, reaching liftoff speed of 126 knots in 710 meters, or 27% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 26°C, with a wind of 9 knots from 250°, resulting in a 4-knot crosswind and an 8-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 1 mile west of Alcoa, Tennessee, at an altitude of 1,921 feet above sea level. The climb phase lasted 18 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended to 45,490 feet above sea level, an increase of 43,570 feet. The enroute level cruise phase followed, commencing 3 miles southwest of Athens, Georgia, and lasting 21 minutes, covering a distance of 174 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 3 miles southwest of Blackshear, Georgia, descending from 45,615 feet to 733 feet above sea level in 31 minutes, covering 206 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 11 at Patrick Space Force Base (KCOF) was initiated from the west, with the aircraft heading 104.0° at 2 nautical miles and 680 feet above ground level. The landing was completed on the 1,119-meter runway, with a touchdown distance of 227 meters, or 66% of the runway length. The touchdown speed of 144 knots was slightly excessive, while the touchdown rate of -339 feet per minute was firm. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 7.8 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.5 meters from the centerline. The total flight distance was 506 nautical miles, taking 75 minutes, and the aircraft used 1,219 kilograms of fuel.
The aircraft touched down on runway 11 at KCOF Patrick Space Force Base, demonstrating a good threshold height. However, the threshold speed was excessively high at 148 kt, indicating a potential for a longer landing distance. The touchdown distance of 227 m was within acceptable limits, but the touchdown speed of 144 kt was also excessively fast, which may have contributed to the firm touchdown rate of -339 fpm.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's runway touchdown position was misaligned by 7.8 m from the centreline, which may have been a result of the excessive crosswind component of 1 kt. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 23 °C and a headwind of 7 kt, may have also played a role in the aircraft's alignment. The total landing distance of 737 m was 66% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits.
During the rollout phase, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.5 m from the centreline, indicating a slight deviation from the desired path. Despite these deviations, the overall landing performance was satisfactory, with a score of 86.8%. The approach quality was good, but the excessive threshold speed and touchdown speed detracted from the overall performance.
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