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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 3,495 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 451 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna CJ4 Citation, then departed from runway 34 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan. The takeoff distance was 971 meters, which accounted for 24% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 112 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 10°C temperature and winds of 18 knots at 139 degrees. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the tailwind component was 17 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile northwest of the airport, where the aircraft climbed from 1,009 feet above sea level to 18,959 feet above sea level, an increase of 17,950 feet in 9 minutes and covering 25 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase 3 miles west of Haci Zeynalabdin, lasting 2 minutes and covering 13 nautical miles. However, this was short-lived, as the aircraft began another climb phase 12 miles northeast of Qobustan, climbing from 18,980 feet to 41,372 feet, an increase of 22,393 feet in 14 minutes and covering 75 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a descent phase 1 mile west of Turyancay, descending from 41,554 feet to 39,508 feet, a decrease of 2,046 feet in 4 minutes and covering 30 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a long level cruise phase 8 miles north of UBGO Tanrykulular Airport Goranboy, lasting 60 minutes and covering 819 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began a descent phase 7 miles east of Eforie Sud, descending from 38,832 feet to 3,460 feet, a decrease of 35,372 feet in 11 minutes and covering 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase 8 miles east of Eforie Sud, lasting 14 minutes and covering 18 nautical miles.
The final descent phase began 2 miles north of Valu lui Traian, descending from 2,779 feet to 1,608 feet, a decrease of 1,171 feet in 3 minutes and covering 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 36 at LRCK Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport from the south, heading 3.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,256 feet above ground level.
The landing was successful, with a touchdown speed of 90 knots and a touchdown rate of -93 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.9 meters from the centreline. The total landing distance was 1,138 meters, which accounted for 33% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 18.3 meters from the centreline.
The total flight distance was 997 nautical miles, taking 136 minutes and using 1,817 kilograms of fuel.
The Cessna CJ4 Citation successfully landed at LRCK Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport, achieving a score of 91.6%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, heading 3.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,256 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a precise final approach, taking into account the local weather conditions, which included a temperature of 2°C and a wind speed of 10 knots at 290°.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 36, which has a length of 3,495 meters. The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was slightly below the target speed of 100 knots, coming in at 98 knots. The touchdown distance of 451 meters was also within acceptable limits, and the touchdown speed of 90 knots was good. The most notable aspect of the landing was the excellent touchdown rate of -93 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a smooth and controlled descent.
However, there were a few areas for improvement. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 3.9 meters, and the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 18.3 meters from the centreline. These minor deviations from the centreline may have been due to the crosswind, which was 9 knots, and the headwind, which was 2 knots. Despite these minor issues, the pilot successfully brought the aircraft to a stop within a total landing distance of 1,138 meters, which is approximately 33% of the runway length.
Overall, the landing was satisfactory, with the pilot demonstrating good control and precision throughout the approach and landing phases. However, there is room for improvement in terms of maintaining a more accurate alignment with the centreline during the rollout phase.
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