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Departure
Steer with small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline.
What happened: The takeoff roll drifted off the runway centreline by 7.8 m, and the following climb carried a heading deviation of -1.8°. Drift like this during the roll usually carries forward into extra bank held during the second climb segment.
Watch for: Watch the runway centreline visually, keeping drift inside 7.8 m through the roll.
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, rather than letting it stop or relax.
What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it at 727 fpm, and the touchdown followed long at 830 m against a 401 m target. A late return of sink in the flare is often followed by a long touchdown.
Watch for: Watch the sink rate in the flare, holding it arrested through touchdown rather than letting 727 fpm return.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: no landing flap set, centreline 5.2° off, against a 1° limit and wings 17° of bank, against a 10° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 747 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 747 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 830 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone.
The rest of the report
The Piper PA-24 Comanche taxied from the parking area to runway 34R at KPAE Seattle Paine Field International Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm on the ground.
During the departure roll on runway 34R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 53 kt and left the runway after a ground run of 343 m, which represented 38 % of the available length; ambient temperature was 15 °C with a wind from 189° at 6 kt, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 5 kt tail-wind component.
The climb began overhead KPAE, climbing from 766 ft asl to 8 664 ft asl, an altitude gain of 7 898 ft achieved in 12 minutes while traversing 22 nm.
Level cruise commenced over KNRA Coupeville Nolf Airport and was maintained for 5 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 12 nm.
The first descent started 4 mi southwest of ZC01 Whidbey Static Carrier - CVN76, descending from 8 602 ft asl to 2 447 ft asl, a loss of 6 154 ft in 3 minutes and spanning 9 nm.
A second cruise segment began 1 mi southeast of 61WA Burden Field-(Rabbit Run) Airport, lasting 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
The subsequent descent was initiated 1 mi northwest of the same field, dropping from 2 391 ft asl to 1 030 ft asl, a decrease of 1 361 ft in 2 minutes while traveling 5 nm.
The aircraft entered a right-hand traffic pattern, flying a 4 nm circuit in 125 seconds before commencing the final approach.
On final approach to runway 25 at 61WA Burden Field-(Rabbit Run) Airport, the aircraft approached from the east on a heading of 265.0°, positioned at 1 nm and 222 ft agl.
Landing on runway 25, which is 747 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 127 ft agl and a threshold speed of 90 kt; touchdown was recorded beyond 75 % of the runway length at a speed of 73 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 435 fpm and a lateral deviation of 9.3 m from the centreline. Weather conditions remained temperature 15 °C, wind 6 kt from 189°, a 5 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 57nm, required 28 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 17 kg of fuel.
The Beechcraft King Air 350 entered the final approach to runway 14 at HTDA Julius Nyerere International Airport from the north-west on a heading of 132.0° at 3 nm and 1,563 ft agl, with temperature 30 °C, wind 15 kt from 164°, a 13 kt headwind component and a 7 kt crosswind. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable: the landing gear was not down, the sink rate was too high and the aircraft was off the glideslope.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft maintained a good threshold height, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 143 kt. The touchdown distance was good at 153 m.
At touchdown the speed was excessively fast at 139 kt, the vertical rate was heavy at minus 629 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 7.4 m from the centreline.
The rollout alignment was very good and the aircraft used a total landing distance of 351 m, representing 36 % of the 988 m runway.
Reduce speed to the appropriate VREF and manage descent to keep the sink rate within limits to achieve a stabilized approach, and ensure the gear is lowered before the 1,000 ft gate to avoid the instability noted. This will help bring the final score closer to the maximum possible.
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