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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections to track the centreline against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The takeoff roll drifted 12 m off the centreline, and a heading variation of -3.2° usually follows into the initial climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings-level runway heading held through the climb
Arrival
Apply small rudder corrections at touchdown, aiming at a point at the far end of the runway, to stay on the centreline.
What happened: Touchdown drifted 17 m off the centreline, and landings like this usually carry that drift into the rollout, where the alignment error grew to 17 m.
Watch for: Runway centreline: aircraft tracking directly over it through touchdown and rollout.
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.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 16 stages, 14 in the score
Events
Events
The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: no landing flap set, sink rate 1,446 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, centreline 8.8° off, against a 1° limit, wings 13° of bank, against a 10° limit and speed 32 kt FAST on the reference speed of 78 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,293 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,293 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 568 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Extra 330 taxied to runway 36 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield and commenced its departure roll, achieving a take-off distance of 268 m which represented 21 % of the available runway. Liftoff occurred at 68 kt. Ambient conditions were 30 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 69°, including a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind.
Entering the left-hand pattern from runway 36, the aircraft covered less than 1 nm in 44 seconds before proceeding to the cross-wind segment.
During the left-hand pattern cross-wind leg, the aircraft traversed 1 nm in 24 seconds while maintaining alignment with the runway centreline.
The downwind turn was executed over a distance of 2 nm, with the aircraft’s angle to the runway measured at 59.8 degrees.
On the downwind leg the aircraft flew a further 2 nm, completing the segment in 56 seconds.
The base-leg turn spanned 2 nm and the aircraft’s angle to the runway at that point was recorded as 62.3 degrees.
The base leg itself was 1 nm long and was flown in 42 seconds.
A final turn of 1 nm was performed, lasting 34 seconds before the aircraft aligned for approach.
Final approach to runway 36 was conducted from the south, with a heading of 0.0 degrees, at 0 nm distance and an altitude of 176 ft AGL.
Landing on runway 36, which is 1 293 m in length, occurred with a threshold speed of 83 kt. The touchdown point was beyond the midway point of the runway, using more than 50 % of the available length. Touchdown speed was 58 kt and the vertical speed was minus 202 fpm. The aircraft was laterally displaced 17.3 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 30 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 66°, comprising a 7 kt cross-wind and a 3 kt head-wind. Total landing distance measured 870 m, representing 67 % of the runway.
Rollout continued with the aircraft remaining misaligned by 17.3 m from the centreline as it decelerated along the remaining runway.
In total the flight covered 7 nm, taking 5, and consumed 3 kg of fuel.
The aircraft entered the final approach to runway 36 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield on a heading of 0.0° from the south, at 0 nm distance and 176 ft above ground level, with ambient temperature 30 °C, wind 7 kt from 66°, a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the threshold speed was well above target at 83 kt.
Touchdown occurred well beyond the intended aim point, using more than 50 % of the available runway. The touchdown speed was 58 kt and was judged good, while the vertical rate was fair at -202 fpm. The touchdown position was significantly off centreline by 17.3 m.
Rollout continued with the aircraft remaining misaligned by 17.3 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 870 m, representing 67 % of the runway length.
To improve future performance, aim for the standard 300 m (1,000 ft) aim point to reduce runway usage and maintain centreline alignment throughout touchdown and rollout. Adjust the approach speed toward the target value to avoid excessive speed at threshold while preserving the good touchdown speed already achieved.
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