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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 34 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 18 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 18 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 18 ft to touchdown.
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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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,101 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,258 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
This flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Vision Jet, departed from runway 33 at MSSS Ilopango International Airport and reached liftoff speed of 96 knots at a takeoff distance of 2,670 feet, which made up 36% of the runway. During the takeoff phase, the local weather conditions reported a temperature of 86°F and a wind speed of 3 knots from 183°, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 2 knots.
The enroute climb segment began overhead Soyapango, El Salvador, where the aircraft climbed from an elevation of 3,062 feet to 18,585 feet, an increase of 15,523 feet in 11 minutes over a distance of 13 nautical miles. Following the climb, the enroute level cruise phase commenced 4 miles north of Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, and continued for 56 minutes, covering a distance of 84 nautical miles.
As the flight entered the enroute descent segment, it began its descent from an elevation of 18,117 feet to 6,087 feet, a decrease of 12,030 feet in 7 minutes over a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft began its final approach to runway 02 at MGGT La Aurora Airport from the south, heading at an angle of 19.0° at 2 nautical miles distance from the runway and at an altitude of 1,160 feet.
During the final approach phase, the local weather conditions reported a temperature of 68°F and a wind speed of 17 knots from 30°, resulting in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 17 knots. The aircraft touched down on the runway 184 feet beyond the touchdown zone, at a speed of 88 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was, however, good at -170 feet per minute. Although the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 20 feet, the landing distance covered was 3,267 feet, which made up 36% of the runway.
The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 49 feet from the centreline. Taxiing to the parking area from the runway took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance covered was 106 nautical miles, taking 52 minutes, and the aircraft used 473 pounds of fuel throughout the flight.
The Vision Jet aircraft successfully landed at MGGT La Aurora Airport, but with some areas for improvement. The final approach to runway 02 was initiated from the south, heading 19.0° at 2 nautical miles and 1,160 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, which has a length of 9,101 feet.
However, the threshold height at 73 feet agl was significantly above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been too high during the approach. Additionally, the threshold speed of 95 knots was also above the target, suggesting that the pilot may have been too aggressive with the descent. The touchdown point was 184 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation.
The touchdown speed of 88 knots was slightly faster than the target, but the touchdown rate of -170 feet per minute (fpm) was good. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 20 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach path.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 68°F and a wind of 17 knots at 30°. The crosswind component was minimal at 4 knots, while the headwind component was 17 knots, which helped to reduce the landing distance.
The total landing distance of 3,267 feet was 36% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 49 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the rollout path.
Overall, the Vision Jet aircraft performed a safe and successful landing at MGGT La Aurora Airport, but with some areas for improvement in terms of approach and touchdown speed, as well as runway alignment.
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