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Keep the approach speed on target
See Arrival Landing
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 129 kt with 7.2° 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 740 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,960 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,280 fpm on average to 740 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 3,474 m runway.
Rolled from 178 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 5 m at the widest, and lifted off 4.1 m right, in 19 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 36 % 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: sink rate more than 600 fpm beyond what the glideslope needed, glideslope more than 2° off the runway's 3°, centreline more than 1° off, wings more than 10° from level and speed more than 31 kt above the approach speed of 104 kt.
When the approach was stable
Never every check met at once: fast all the way, high until 1.4 nm, banked until 1.3 nm, left of the centreline until 1.0 nm and sinking too fast until 0.7 nm.
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.
On the glideslope from 2.5 nm, where the final began, to 2.2 nm, then high to 1.4 nm (up to 570 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
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 848 m right of the centreline at 2.5 nm, then inside it from 1.9 to 1.7 nm, then drifted 107 m left between 1.7 and 1.0 nm, then inside the band from 1.0 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 52 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 31 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 2.5 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +100 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
Very poor landing flare
22 kt across from the left, which takes about 11° of crab to hold the centreline at 119 kt. Touched down with 8° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 280° at 24 kt · 9 kt head · 22 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.
Side view — the last 2,372 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 44 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,236 m in, 932 m past 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 2,372 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.
From 42 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 400 fpm before coming down at 130 fpm to touch. The nose came up 5.6° 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 first 2,372 m of the 3,474 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 5.8 m right of the centreline and drifted to 16 m left on 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.
Touched down 1,236 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.15 G arrival bounced 2 times.
The rest of the report
This flight involved a Honda HA420 aircraft, which began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Gabala International Airport (UBBQ). The taxiing process took approximately 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 16, with a takeoff distance of 1,275 meters, which accounted for 37% of the runway's length. The liftoff speed was recorded at 130 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 20°C and wind speeds of 27 knots at a direction of 280°. The crosswind was 25 knots, while the tailwind was 10 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile south of the airport, where the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,922 feet above sea level to 1,745 feet, resulting in an increase of 177 feet over a distance of 9 nautical miles in 3 minutes.
Upon reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft initiated its final approach to runway 34 at UBBQ Gabala International Airport, heading in a southerly direction at an altitude of 592 feet above ground level (agl) and 1 nautical mile from the runway. The landing process was conducted under local weather conditions with a temperature of 18°C and wind speeds of 19 knots at a direction of 274°. The crosswind was 18 knots, while the headwind was 6 knots.
The touchdown point was located 1,164 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 119 knots, which was considered too fast. However, the touchdown rate was perfect at -32 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 5.8 meters. The total landing distance was 2,635 meters, accounting for 76% of the runway's length. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned from the centreline by 19.4 meters.
The total flight distance was 14 nautical miles, which was completed in 7 minutes, and the aircraft consumed 516 kilograms of fuel during the journey.
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