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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 31 ft off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 2.3°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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.
At the 300 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,086 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 851 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft in question, an SR22, began its journey from the parking area of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport, located at KDET, where it took 8 minutes to taxi to the runway and cover a distance of 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 15, with the aircraft taking off after covering a 1,450-foot distance, which accounted for approximately 29% of the 5,086-foot runway. The liftoff speed of 89 knots was achieved, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 28 °F, with a 17-knot wind blowing from 219 °.
As the aircraft proceeded to follow a left-hand pattern entry from runway 15, it covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 44 seconds. The left-hand pattern crosswind leg was completed in under 1 nautical mile in just 19 seconds. The aircraft then entered the pattern downwind turn, which covered a distance of 2 nautical miles at an angle of 45 degrees to the runway, with a turn radius of 55.6 degrees. This was followed by the downwind leg, which took 69 seconds to complete and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles.
The pattern base leg turn was another 2-nautical-mile distance, with an angle of 45 degrees to the runway and a turn radius of 55.6 degrees. The base leg itself took 41 seconds to complete and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The pattern final turn was the last leg of the approach, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 47 seconds. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 15 from the northwest, heading 144.0 degrees and at an altitude of 234 feet above ground level (agl), with a heading of 1 nautical mile.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway 15 at KDET, with a touchdown distance of 834 feet and a touchdown speed of 69 knots. The touchdown rate was excellent, with a rate of -62 feet per minute, and the threshold speed was good at 80 knots. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 36 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 27 °F, with a 18-knot wind blowing from 220 °, along with a 17-knot crosswind and a 4-knot headwind.
The total landing distance was 1,439 feet, which accounted for approximately 28% of the 5,086-foot runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 36 feet from the centreline. The total flight distance covered by the aircraft was 10 nautical miles, taking a total of 9 minutes to complete, with a fuel consumption of 14 pounds..
The SR22 aircraft successfully landed at KDET Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport. The final approach began from a heading of 144.0°, at a distance of 1 nm and an altitude of 234 feet above ground level. The aircraft maintained a good threshold height, and it touched down at a speed of 80 kt, which is within the recommended threshold speed range.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft maintained an excellent rate of descent at -62 ft per minute, and the touchdown distance of 834 feet was also within the acceptable range. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 36 feet from the centerline, which could be attributed to a minor deviation in the pilot's alignment during the approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were not particularly challenging, with a temperature of 27°F and wind speeds of 18 kt from 220°. The crosswind was 17 kt, and the headwind was 4 kt. These weather conditions did not appear to affect the aircraft's ability to land safely.
The total landing distance of 1,439 feet was 28% of the runway length of 5,086 feet. This indicates that the pilot maintained a good control of the aircraft during the landing roll, and the runway rollout alignment was only slightly misaligned by 36 feet from the centerline. Overall, the landing was considered safe and successful, with a score of 95.7%.
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