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Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 62 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 74 kt, 12 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 62 kt at liftoff
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Events
Events
The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,404 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 244 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, a Cessna Skyhawk, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Faro Airport, LPFR. This process took approximately 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 28, with a takeoff distance of 331 meters, which accounted for 14% of the runway's total length. The liftoff speed was 74 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 17 knots from a direction of 250 degrees. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was 14 knots. The pilot then entered a right-hand pattern from runway 28, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles in 45 seconds.
The aircraft continued to follow the right-hand pattern, with a crosswind component from runway 28. This leg of the flight covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 21 seconds. The pilot then initiated a pattern downwind turn, which covered a distance of 2 nautical miles and had an angle to the runway of 50.3 degrees. The downwind leg itself covered a distance of 3 nautical miles in 92 seconds.
The pilot then turned onto the base leg, which covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The angle to the runway during this turn was 34.9 degrees. The base leg itself covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 16 seconds. The pilot then initiated the final turn, which covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 28 seconds.
The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 28, heading 288.0 degrees at an altitude of 818 feet above ground level and a distance of 2 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 28, which had a length of 2,404 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was too high at 73 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 244 meters, but the touchdown speed of 65 knots was slightly fast. The touchdown rate was good at -170 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 6.0 meters. The local weather conditions remained the same, with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 15 knots from a direction of 250 degrees. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was 13 knots.
The total landing distance was 776 meters, which accounted for 32% of the runway's total length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The total flight distance was 15 nautical miles, which was covered in 9 minutes. The aircraft used 3 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna Skyhawk successfully landed at LPFR Faro Airport, achieving a score of 98.1%. The aircraft approached the runway from the east, heading 288.0° at 2 nautical miles and 818 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a precise final approach, taking into account the local weather conditions.
The temperature at the time of landing was 15°C, with a wind speed of 15 knots blowing from 250°. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 13 knots. Despite these conditions, the pilot managed to maintain control of the aircraft and execute a smooth landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed on the runway at a speed of 73 knots, which was slightly higher than the recommended threshold speed. However, the touchdown distance of 244 meters was considered good, indicating that the pilot had sufficient control over the aircraft's descent. The touchdown speed of 65 knots was slightly faster than ideal, but the touchdown rate of -170 feet per minute (fpm) was within acceptable limits.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the crosswind or other factors. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft coming to a stop within 776 meters of the runway threshold, which is approximately 32% of the runway length. The pilot's skills and experience were evident in the execution of the landing, despite the challenging weather conditions.
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