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Speed on the slow side
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Lower the nose and add power to accelerate back to climb speed.
What happened: Climb speed was slower than the target during the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against climb speed target.
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 246 fpm.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.
Between four hundred and a thousand feet you're heavy, close to the ground and still carrying flap, and speed is the margin holding all three apart. Slow here doesn't feel like anything — the aeroplane climbs, the nose is up, nothing complains — right up until a turn, a gust or a bank tightens the wing's job and the margin is already gone. The fix is rarely "fly faster", it's lowering the nose a degree and letting the speed build before the next thing you do. Pitch buys altitude, speed buys options, and at this height options are the scarcer of the two.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,775 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 315 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna Citation Longitude taxied from the parking area to runway 23 at ZHEN Jiaxing Air Base in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 23, the aircraft used 968 m of runway (35 % of the available length) and lifted off at 128 kt; ambient temperature was 39 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 183°, providing a 5 kt headwind and a 4 kt crosswind.
The first climb began overhead ZHEN Jiaxing Air Base Hengjingqiao, ascending from 875 ft asl to 23 770 ft asl-a gain of 22 895 ft-in 7 minutes while covering 33 nm.
A brief level cruise was initiated 10 mi north-west of Shangyu, lasting 2 minutes and extending for 12 nm.
The second climb started 9 mi south-west of Shangyu, climbing from 23 998 ft asl to 39 950 ft asl, an increase of 15 952 ft achieved in 7 minutes over a distance of 52 nm.
A prolonged cruise segment commenced 21 mi north-west of Linhai and continued for 216 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 1 709 nm.
Descent phase one began 18 mi north-east of Mukah, descending from 40 004 ft asl to 3 008 ft asl-a loss of 36 997 ft-in 24 minutes while traveling 168 nm.
A short cruise segment followed 9 mi north-west of Kuching, lasting 7 minutes and spanning 23 nm.
The second descent started 9 mi south-west of WBGG Kuching International Airport, dropping from 2 817 ft asl to 1 238 ft asl, a decrease of 1 579 ft in 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.
On final approach to runway 07 at WBGG Kuching International Airport, the aircraft approached from the south-west on a heading of 68.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1 168 ft agl.
Landing on runway 07, which is 3 775 m long, the aircraft touched down at a speed of 102 kt after a threshold speed of 117 kt, with a touchdown distance of 314 m and a hard touchdown rate of minus 479 fpm; the touchdown point was offset 3.9 m from the centreline, and the total landing roll measured 880 m (23 % of runway). Local conditions were 32 °C with a wind of 13 kt from 110°, giving a 10 kt headwind and a 9 kt crosswind.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 2 010 nm, required 275 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 4 224 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 07 at WBGG Kuching International Airport was flown from the south-west on a heading of 68.0° at 4 nm and 1,168 ft agl, with ambient temperature 32 °C, wind 13 kt from 110°, providing a 10 kt headwind and 9 kt crosswind component.
Threshold height was good and the threshold speed was well above target at 117 kt.
Touchdown occurred 314 m down the runway at a speed of 102 kt, which was good, but the touchdown rate was hard at -479 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.9 m from the centreline; total landing distance was 880 m, representing 23 % of the 3,775 m runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
With a score of 96.6 %, the landing was strong; reducing the threshold speed toward the target and moderating the descent rate will further smooth the touchdown and maintain the high performance.
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