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Departure
Hold the aircraft on the runway and wait for 130 kt before rotating.
What happened: The pilot lifted off at 110 kt, 20 kt before the 130 kt target, and the climb speed stayed slow at 170 kt against 196 kt - an early rotation like this usually carries the climb speed shortfall with it.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the 130 kt rotation target, then 196 kt through the climb.
Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 8.1 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 8.6 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,550 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,550 m of the 3,472 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 575 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 35 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 35, the Cessna Citation CJ4 used a takeoff distance of 1,339 m, representing 41 % of the runway, and lifted off at 110 kt; ambient temperature was 28 °C with wind 8 kt from 140°, a 5 kt crosswind and a 6 kt tailwind.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile north of UBBB, ascending from 924 ft asl to 25,894 ft asl, a gain of 24,970 ft achieved in 9 minutes while covering 40 nm.
Descent began 12 miles west of Haci Zeynalabdin, descending from 25,898 ft asl to 2,577 ft asl, a loss of 23,321 ft over 16 minutes and a distance of 74 nm.
The final approach to runway 34 at UBBQ Gabala International Airport was executed from the south on a heading of 346.0° at 4 nm and 1,441 ft agl; local conditions were 20 °C, wind 5 kt from 60°, a 5 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.
Landing on runway 34 was performed on a runway 3,470 m long; the threshold speed was recorded at 113 kt. Touchdown occurred 154 m beyond the touchdown zone at 97 kt with a vertical speed of minus 15 fpm, and the touchdown point was offset 8.3 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 2,464 m, equal to 71 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s alignment during rollout was slightly off centreline by 8.5 m.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in less than 1 minute, traveling less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 122 nm, required 33 minutes of flight time, and consumed 273 kg of fuel.
The Cessna Citation CJ4 executed a final approach to runway 34 at UBBQ Gabala International Airport from the south, maintaining a heading of 346.0° at 4 nm and 1,441 ft agl. Local conditions were 20 °C with wind 5 kt from 060°, providing a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the aircraft entered the flare with a threshold speed of 113 kt, noted as well above the target speed.
Touchdown occurred 154 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 97 kt, described as a little fast, while the vertical rate was perfect at minus 15 fpm. The touchdown point was laterally misaligned by 8.3 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 2,464 m, representing 71 % of the 3,470 m runway, and the aircraft’s path was slightly misaligned by 8.5 m from the centreline during rollout.
Reduce the approach speed to meet the target value to avoid excess touchdown speed, and aim to achieve touchdown within the prescribed zone to keep landing distance within optimal limits. Align the touchdown point more closely with the centreline to improve rollout alignment.
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