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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 159 fpm.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch the VSI in the flare and keep arrested sink from returning before touchdown at 182 fpm.
See Arrival Landing
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.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 20 stages, 18 scored
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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 six checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,239 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,239 m of the 3,006 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 760 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, the Cessna Citation X, registered as N750VY, began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 20 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. Upon reaching runway 06L, the aircraft initiated its departure roll, utilizing 22% of the 666-meter runway to achieve liftoff at a speed of 132 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 10°C, with a 10-knot wind blowing at 20°, resulting in a 7-knot crosswind and an 8-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it transitioned into an enroute climb phase, ascending from 1,313 feet above sea level to 43,008 feet in a mere 19 minutes, covering a distance of 120 nautical miles. This climb phase was characterized by a significant increase in altitude, with the aircraft rising by 41,695 feet. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 3 minutes and covered 27 nautical miles, before descending to a lower altitude. The descent phase, which began 4 miles north-west of Selendi, Turkey, saw the aircraft decrease its altitude by 24,000 feet in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 65 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, lasting 5 minutes and covering 26 nautical miles, before commencing its final descent phase.
The final approach to runway 19 at Dalaman International Airport was initiated from the north, with the aircraft heading 195.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,346 feet above ground level. The landing was executed successfully, with the aircraft touching down 332 meters beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 98 knots. The touchdown rate was an impressive -86 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 302 nautical miles, with the aircraft using 866 kilograms of fuel and completing the journey in 66 minutes.
The Cessna Citation X, N750VY Black, successfully completed a landing on runway 19 at LTBS Dalaman International Airport. The aircraft approached the runway from the north, heading 195.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,346 feet above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height and speed of 118 knots at touchdown. The touchdown point was 332 meters beyond the touchdown zone, indicating a slight over-run, but the touchdown speed of 98 knots was within acceptable limits. The touchdown rate of -86 feet per minute was excellent, demonstrating a high degree of control and precision.
The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, with the aircraft centered on the runway. However, the local weather conditions, with a temperature of 19°C and a wind of 15 knots at 260°, presented a moderate crosswind component of 14 knots and a headwind component of 7 knots. The aircraft's performance was not significantly affected by these conditions. The total landing distance of 2,146 meters was 71% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance.
Despite a good overall performance, the aircraft's rollout alignment was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 22.7 meters. This minor deviation from the desired path resulted in a score of 87.9% for the landing. Overall, the landing was satisfactory, with the aircraft demonstrating good control and precision throughout the approach, touchdown, and rollout phases.
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