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Maintain the centreline
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A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 83 kt with 5.8° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 574 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft 202 m past the runway end; then climbing at 670 fpm on average to 574 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 1,946 m runway.
Rolled from 1,176 m in, drifted 325 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off, in 9 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 93 % of the way down the runway, past the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 2.1 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 460 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 515 m right of the centreline at 2.1 nm.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −0 kt and +16 kt on the approach speed of 83 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
7 kt across from the left, which takes about 5° of crab to hold the centreline at 74 kt. Touched down straight - the crab taken out before the wheels touched, wings level.
Wind 360° at 12 kt · 10 kt head · 7 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 64 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 15 s, an average deceleration of 0.12 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 26 ft, 24 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 593 m in, 288 m past the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
From 24 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 200 fpm before coming down at 80 fpm to touch. The nose came up 1.3° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,395 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 7.5 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 0 m left by the end of the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Touched down 593 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 01 at GCFV Fuerteventura Airport, where the DA62 aircraft took off after covering a distance of 698 meters, which accounted for 36% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 84 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 15 knots at a direction of 40 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 9 knots and a headwind of 12 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb 1 mile south of Puerto del Rosario, a city located in the Canary Islands, Spain. The climb was from an altitude of 655 feet above sea level to 650 feet, an increase of 5 feet, in less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The enroute level cruise then started overhead Puerto del Rosario and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another enroute climb 3 miles northeast of Puerto del Rosario, where it climbed from 949 feet above sea level to 2,140 feet, an increase of 1,191 feet, in 3 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles. Following this climb, the enroute level cruise started 4 miles southeast of Corralejo, another city in the Canary Islands, and lasted for 25 minutes, covering a distance of 26 nautical miles.
As the aircraft continued its journey, it began its enroute descent 1 mile south of Costa Teguise, where it descended from 2,006 feet above sea level to 1,452 feet, a decrease of 554 feet, in 2 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then started 1 mile southwest of Arrecife, another city in the Canary Islands, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 03 at GCRR César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport was made from the south, heading 26.0 degrees at a distance of 1 nautical mile and an altitude of 678 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 03, which had a length of 2,395 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 83 knots.
The touchdown point was 156 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 74 knots, which was good. The touchdown rate was excellent at -85 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.0 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 12 knots at a direction of 359 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 10 knots.
The total landing distance was 879 meters, which accounted for 37% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The total flight distance was 48 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 39 minutes. The aircraft used 27 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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