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Reduce power earlier on final to bring threshold speed back to 105 kt.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 119 kt against a target of 105 kt, and touchdown ended up well past the normal point. Carrying excess threshold speed usually carries the touchdown long as the aircraft floats before settling.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator, targeting 105 kt at the threshold.
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.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 16 stages, 14 in the score
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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 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. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 1.7° off, against a 1° limit and wings 13° of bank, against a 10° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,227 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 508 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna Citation CJ4 taxied to runway 35 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport and commenced the take-off roll. The aircraft accelerated through a takeoff distance of 851 m, representing 26 % of the available runway, and lifted off at 110 kt. Ambient conditions were 28 °C with a wind of 34 kt from 340°, producing a 32 kt headwind component and an 11 kt cross-wind component.
During the final approach the jet was established on a 3-nm final segment to runway 35 from the south, maintaining a heading of 322.0° and an altitude of 712 ft AGL. The approach was conducted in 25 °C temperature and a wind of 29 kt from 327°, yielding a 24 kt headwind and a 15 kt cross-wind component.
The aircraft touched down on runway 35, whose length is 3,227 m, with a threshold speed of 120 kt. The touchdown point occurred 174 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, and the aircraft was at 92 kt, slightly above the ideal speed. The vertical speed at touchdown was minus 68 fpm, and runway alignment was recorded as perfect. The landing roll measured 880 m, equivalent to 27 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was described as very good.
After touchdown the aircraft continued the rollout along runway 35, maintaining the noted alignment, and then exited the runway to complete the flight.
In total the flight covered 11 nm, lasted 4 (units as given), and consumed -497 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 35 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport was flown from the south on a heading of 322.0 ° at 3 nm and 712 ft agl. Local conditions were 25 °C with wind 29 kt from 327 °, giving a 24 kt headwind and 15 kt crosswind component. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable, being off the centreline.
At threshold the height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 120 kt. The flare was executed from this speed without further comment.
Touchdown occurred 174 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 92 kt, noted as a little fast. The vertical rate at touchdown was excellent at minus 68 fpm and runway-touchdown alignment was perfect.
Rollout used a total landing distance of 880 m, representing 27 % of the 3 227 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
Maintain precise centreline tracking during the final-approach segment to convert the unstable approach to a stabilised one, and reduce the threshold speed to the target value to avoid excess speed carry-over into the flare. These adjustments will tighten the touchdown point and further improve the already strong overall score of 93.4 %.
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