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Work on the flare
See Arrival Landing
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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 62 kt with 5.8° 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 978 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 123 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,210 fpm on average to 978 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 561 m runway.
Rolled from 111 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 2.5 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.8 m right. Airborne 51 % of the way down the runway, before 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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 300 ft gate: no landing flap set and centreline more than 1° off.
When the approach was stable
Never every check met at once: no landing flap all the way, high until 0.5 nm and left of the centreline until 0.2 nm.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
High from 0.8 nm, where the final began, to 0.5 nm (up to 260 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m 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. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
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 238 m left of the centreline at 0.8 nm, then inside the band from 0.2 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 33 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 20 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +5 kt and +12 kt on the approach speed of 65 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
Very good landing flare
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° right of the track, wings level.
Wind 360° at 1 kt · 0 kt tail · 1 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.
Side view — the last 908 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 13 ft, 37 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 429 m in, 125 m past the ideal 305 m.
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 908 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m 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 230 fpm at 11 ft to 40 fpm at 3 ft, then back up to 150 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.7° 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 full 908 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 1.2 m 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 429 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.15 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 09 at SDUB Ubatuba Gastão Madeira State Airport. The aircraft, an Icon A5, accelerated down the runway and lifted off at a speed of 62 kt, covering a distance of 298 m, which was 53% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 22 °C and a gentle wind blowing at 2 kt from a direction of 270 °, resulting in a slight tailwind component.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead the town of Ubatuba in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The climb was steep, with the aircraft ascending from an initial altitude of 1,010 ft above sea level to a maximum altitude of 5,741 ft, an increase of 4,732 ft in just 5 minutes. This climb phase covered a distance of 6 nm.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 25 minutes and covered a distance of 33 nm. During this phase, the aircraft flew at a steady altitude of 5,741 ft, 6 miles northeast of Ubatuba.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent, which started 8 miles west of SILI Ilha dos Porcos Grandes Airport in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The descent was steep, with the aircraft descending from an altitude of 5,478 ft to a final altitude of 255 ft, a decrease of 5,223 ft in just 8 minutes. This descent phase covered a distance of 11 nm.
The final approach to runway 28 at SDAG Angra dos Reis Airport was made from the east, with the aircraft flying at a heading of 258.0 ° and an altitude of 209 ft above ground level. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 22 °C and a light wind blowing at 1 kt from a direction of 0 °, resulting in a slight headwind component.
The landing was made on runway 28, which had a length of 908 m. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was too high at 72 kt. The touchdown distance was good at 429 m, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 58 kt. The touchdown rate was smooth at -126 fpm, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The total landing distance was 698 m, which was 77% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect.
In conclusion, the flight was a successful one, with the aircraft completing a total distance of 52 nm in 42 minutes, using 6 kg of fuel. The flight was characterized by a steep climb, a steady cruise, and a steep descent, all of which were completed with precision and control.
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