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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 117 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 104 kt against a target of 117 kt, running 13 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 117 kt.
Arrival
Add power and raise the nose slightly to arrest the excessive sink rate and re-establish a steady, stabilized descent angle.
What happened: The approach showed an excessive sink rate that failed the stabilization gate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator - keep the descent rate within the stabilized approach limit by the gate.
See Arrival Approach
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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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 seven 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 500 ft gate: sink rate 1,497 fpm, more than the glideslope needed and centreline 1.8° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,985 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 437 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cirrus Vision SF50 taxied from the parking area to runway 26R at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport, a movement that required 16 minutes and covered 4 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 26R, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 4,632 ft, representing 35 % of the runway, and lifted off at 98 kt; ambient temperature was 99 °F with a wind of 11 kt from 150°, a 10 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced immediately after liftoff, beginning overhead KLAS and climbing from 3,235 ft asl to 28,996 ft asl, an altitude gain of 25,762 ft achieved in 22 minutes while covering 80 nm.
The first level-cruise segment started 24 mi north-east of L25 Pearce Ferry Airport, persisted for 75 minutes and spanned 404 nm.
Descent began 9 mi north of Howard, Colorado, with the aircraft descending from 28,993 ft asl to 11,300 ft asl, a loss of 17,693 ft in 12 minutes and a distance of 61 nm.
A second cruise interval was initiated 4 mi south-east of CO93 Perry Park Airport, lasting 11 minutes and covering 49 nm.
The next descent started 2 mi south-east of 59CO Comanche Livestock Airport, dropping from 10,995 ft asl to 7,165 ft asl, a reduction of 3,830 ft in 5 minutes over 17 nm.
For the final approach to runway 26 at KCFO Colorado Air And Space Port, the aircraft approached from the east on a heading of 269.0° at 3 nm and 1,625 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26 was executed with a threshold speed of 77 kt, a touchdown distance of 429 ft, touchdown speed of 75 kt and a smooth touchdown rate of minus 142 fpm; the touchdown point was offset 22 ft from the centreline. Local conditions were 94 °F, wind 9 kt from 266°, with a 1 kt cross-wind and a 9 kt head-wind. The total landing distance recorded was 3,381 ft, equal to 42 % of the runway length.
During rollout the aircraft remained slightly off centreline, with a measured deviation of 30 ft from the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 619 nm, required 143 minutes of elapsed time and consumed 908 lb of fuel.
The Cirrus Vision SF50 completed the final approach to runway 26 at KCFO Colorado Air And Space Port from the east, tracking a heading of 269.0° at 3 nm and 1,625 ft AGL. The approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate, with sink rate too high and the aircraft off the glideslope.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft maintained good threshold height and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 77 kt.
Touchdown occurred 429 ft down the runway at a speed of 75 kt, both judged good, with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 142 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned, being 22 ft off the centreline.
The rollout used a total landing distance of 3,381 ft, representing 42 % of the 7,985-ft runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 30 ft from the centreline.
To improve future performance, focus on achieving a stabilized approach by controlling sink rate and maintaining the glideslope to meet the 1,000 ft gate criteria, and refine lateral control to reduce centreline deviation at touchdown and during rollout.
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