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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,762 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 510 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, a Citation CJ3+ with the registration N60US, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at SNRU Caruaru Airport. This process took approximately 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 31, with a takeoff distance of 938 meters, which accounted for 56% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 130 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 12 knots coming from a direction of 140 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 7 knots and a tailwind of 9 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile west of SNRU Caruaru Airport, and climbed from an altitude of 2,946 feet above sea level to 36,814 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,869 feet, in 24 minutes, covering a distance of 135 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 16 miles northeast of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil, and lasted for 9 minutes, covering a distance of 61 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 12 miles southwest of SDLI Jeová Gomes Corrêa Airport Abaré, Bahia, Brazil, and descended from 36,936 feet above sea level to 2,507 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,429 feet, in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 85 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 13 at SBPL Senador Nilo Coelho Airport was made from the west, with a heading of 109.0 degrees, at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,242 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 13, which had a length of 2,762 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was 129 knots. The touchdown point was 89 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 113 knots and a smooth touchdown rate of -100 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.1 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 16 knots coming from a direction of 170 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 14 knots and a headwind of 8 knots. The total landing distance was 1,360 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 11.4 meters from the centerline.
The flight concluded with the aircraft taxiing to the parking area from the runway, which took approximately 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 288 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 59 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 446 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Citation CJ3+ aircraft, registered as N60US, successfully landed at Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (SBPL) with a score of 95.5%. The aircraft approached the runway from the west, heading 109.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,242 feet above ground level (agl).
The landing was executed on runway 13, which has a length of 2,762 meters. The threshold height was reported as good, and the threshold speed was maintained at 129 knots. The touchdown point was 89 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot. The touchdown speed was recorded at 113 knots, and the touchdown rate was smooth at -100 feet per minute (fpm).
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 4.1 meters, which may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 28°C, with a wind speed of 16 knots from 170°. This resulted in a crosswind of 14 knots and a headwind of 8 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,360 meters, which accounts for 49% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance after touchdown. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centerline by 11.4 meters, which may have been due to the same factors that affected the initial touchdown position.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the intended landing spot and alignment. These deviations may have been due to various factors, including wind, pilot error, or aircraft performance. Nevertheless, the pilot's score of 95.5% indicates a high level of proficiency and control during the landing.
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