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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 5.6 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 7.9°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
Arrival
Steepen the descent on final to bring the aircraft back down to the glideslope and cross the threshold at 29 ft.
What happened: The approach was flown off the glideslope, and crossing the threshold high like this usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Watch the VASI or PAPI glideslope indication against the threshold crossing height of 29 ft.
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 · 12 stages, 11 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 300 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 300 ft gate: no landing flap set, sink rate 1,644 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 5.5° against the runway's 3°, centreline 1.5° off, against a 1° limit, wings 10° of bank, against a 10° limit and speed 82 kt FAST on the reference speed of 73 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 535 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 535 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 264 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 172 taxied from the parking area to runway 26 at 0OR8 Sutton on Rogue Airport in less than one minute, covering a distance of less than one nautical mile.
During the departure roll on runway 26, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 85 kt and became airborne after a ground roll of 372 m, which represented 70 % of the available runway. Ambient conditions at the time were a temperature of 30 °C, wind from 149° at 4 kt, a 4 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt tail-wind component.
The flight entered a left-hand pattern for runway 26, first flying the entry leg for less than one nautical mile in 45 seconds, then proceeding on the cross-wind leg for less than one nautical mile in 16 seconds. The downwind turn covered one nautical mile with a 45-degree angle to the runway and a heading deviation of 0.4°. The final approach to runway 08 was flown from the west on a heading of 89.0°, at one nautical mile and 421 ft AGL.
Landing was executed on runway 08, whose length is 535 m. The threshold height at 65 ft AGL was above the target and the indicated threshold speed was 94 kt. Touchdown occurred beyond the midpoint of the runway, using more than 50 % of the available length, at a speed of 84 kt and a hard vertical rate of minus 439 fpm. Alignment on touchdown was very good. Weather at landing was a temperature of 31 °C, wind from 150° at 5 kt, a 4 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
The runway rollout covered 532 m, representing 99 % of the runway, and alignment during the rollout remained perfect.
In total, the flight covered 2 nm, took “2” (as reported), and consumed 1 kg of fuel.
The Cessna 172 approached runway 08 at 0OR8 Sutton on Rogue Airport from the west on a heading of 89.0° while 1 NM from the threshold and 421 ft above ground level. Local conditions were 31 °C with a wind from 150° at 5 kt, including a 4 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind.
At the threshold the aircraft was 65 ft above ground level, which was above the target height, and the threshold speed was recorded at 94 kt, described as excessively high.
Touchdown occurred beyond the midpoint of the runway, using more than 50 % of the available 535 m. The touchdown speed was 84 kt, noted as excessively fast, and the vertical rate was hard at minus 439 fpm, while runway alignment at touchdown was very good.
The total landing distance measured 532 m, representing 99 % of the runway length, and the rollout alignment was perfect.
To improve the score, reduce the approach and touchdown speeds toward the appropriate target values to allow a shorter, smoother touchdown point and a gentler vertical rate. Concentrating on a precise flare at the correct height will help achieve the aim point near 300 m (1,000 ft) in and maintain the good alignment already demonstrated.
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