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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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 70 kt with 3.4° 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 576 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 493 m of runway left; then climbing at 700 fpm on average to 576 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 1,230 m runway.
Rolled from 133 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 2.8 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.6 m right, in 17 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 32 % 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
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: no landing flap set and centreline more than 1° off.
When the approach was stable
Never every check met at once: banked until 2.4 nm, no landing flap until 0.9 nm, fast from 2.1 nm and right of the centreline from 0.7 nm to the threshold.
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.
Inside the glideslope band from 2.9 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 420 ft above the slope.
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 1,336 m right of the centreline at 2.9 nm, then inside it from 1.2 to 0.7 nm, then 40 m right of it from 0.7 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 35 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band from 2.9 nm, where the final began, to 2.1 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +31 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
Perfect landing flare
12 kt across from the left, which takes about 11° of crab to hold the centreline at 60 kt. Touched down with 10° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 100° at 13 kt · 3 kt head · 12 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.
From 62 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 13 s, an average deceleration of 0.16 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,230 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 34 ft, 16 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 262 m in, close to 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 1,230 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 670 fpm at 35 ft to 240 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.6° 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 1,230 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 5 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 2.5 m right by the end of 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 262 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.00 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
Departing from Reichelsheim Airfield (EDFB), the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche began its takeoff roll on runway 18, accelerating to a liftoff speed of 71 kt. The aircraft cleared the runway threshold in 435 m, utilizing 35% of the available runway length. The climb phase commenced overhead Florstadt, with the aircraft ascending from 995 ft above sea level to 1,898 ft, a vertical gain of 903 ft in just 1 minute. This rapid ascent covered a horizontal distance of 2 nm, demonstrating the aircraft's impressive climb performance.
Following the initial climb, the Comanche transitioned into a level cruise, maintaining an altitude of 1,898 ft as it flew 5 nm south east of Reichelsheim. This cruise phase lasted for 3 minutes, showcasing the aircraft's efficient fuel consumption. The final approach to runway 18 was initiated from a distance of 2 nm, with the aircraft descending to 1,191 ft above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed of 76 kt, which was above the target value. The touchdown distance of 260 m was satisfactory, and the touchdown speed of 60 kt was within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown rate of -232 fpm was slightly below optimal.
The Comanche landed on runway 18, utilizing 43% of the available runway length. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned, deviating 5.0 m from the centerline. The runway rollout alignment was excellent, demonstrating the pilot's skill and control. The total landing distance of 535 m was within acceptable limits. The flight, which covered a total distance of 10 nm, utilized 4 kg of fuel and lasted 7 minutes. The aircraft's performance was satisfactory, with the pilot successfully navigating the various phases of the flight.
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