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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 151 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 132 kt, 19 kt before the 151 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 151 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Stop the rotation once the sink is arrested at 0.3 ft, holding the normal landing attitude instead of continuing to pull back.
What happened: The flare pitch reached 2.7°, well above this type's ground attitude, and touchdown followed at a sink rate of 308 fpm. Over-rotating the flare like this usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: hold the normal landing attitude once sink is arrested at 0.3 ft.
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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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 1,937 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,937 m of the 3,671 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 491 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 23 at NZQN Queenstown International Airport, a movement that lasted 9 minutes and covered 4 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 23, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 143 kt after using 1,120 m, which is 61 % of the runway length. Local weather was 16 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 269°, giving a 5 kt head-wind and 1 kt cross-wind.
Climb commenced overhead NZQN, rising from 2,034 ft asl to 33,833 ft asl, an increase of 31,798 ft achieved in 20 minutes while covering 127 nm.
Level cruise began 6 miles southwest of NZFO Fox Glacier Aerodrome and continued for 51 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 383 nm.
Descent started 14 miles west of Piopio, descending from 34,302 ft asl to 3,019 ft asl, a loss of 31,284 ft in 19 minutes over a distance of 101 nm.
A brief level cruise was initiated 6 miles northeast of NZAR Ardmore Airport, lasting 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.
The subsequent descent began 3 miles east of East Tamaki, dropping from 2,818 ft asl to 1,285 ft asl, a decrease of 1,533 ft in 2 minutes across 5 nm.
Final approach to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport was flown from the east on a heading of 251.0° at 4 nm and 1,258 ft agl.
Touchdown occurred on runway 23L, whose length is 3,676 m, with a threshold height of 60 ft agl and a threshold speed slightly above target at 141 kt. The aircraft landed 78 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 134 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 336 fpm; runway alignment was perfect. Local weather reported 14 °C, wind 2 kt from 200°, giving a 1 kt head-wind and 2 kt cross-wind.
Total landing distance was 1,859 m, representing 51 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was very good.
The Airbus A320 taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 631 nm in 106 minutes and used 4,634 kg of fuel.
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