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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 56 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 42 kt, 14 kt before the 56 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 56 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
On crosswind, correct heading promptly back to runway heading using coordinated rudder and aileron as soon as drift is seen.
What happened: The heading drifted -13° off runway heading on the crosswind leg, and a heading deviation like this usually carries through onto base, where this flight was 8.3° off.
Watch for: Heading indicator, holding runway heading on crosswind.
Each lap slightly wider and higher than the last, because you're unconsciously using the previous lap as your reference instead of the runway and the numbers. Invisible lap to lap, unmistakable across ten. This is the failure that only measurement catches, because your memory of lap three is gone by lap eight.
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Events
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: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,490 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 422 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft departed EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde from runway 23, achieving a take-off roll of 283 m which represented 11 % of the available runway. Liftoff occurred at 63 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 275°, giving a 1 kt head-wind component and a 1 kt cross-wind component.
The left-hand pattern entry was executed from runway 23, covering less than 1 nm in 20 seconds.
A left-hand pattern crosswind leg followed, also less than 1 nm and completed in 14 seconds.
During the pattern downwind turn the aircraft flew 1 nm and established an angle to the runway of 78.3°.
The downwind leg extended 2 nm and was flown in 48 seconds.
The base-leg turn covered 1 nm with an angle to the runway of 62.2°.
The base leg itself was less than 1 nm and was completed in 23 seconds.
The final turn was again less than 1 nm, taking 23 seconds to align for approach.
Final approach to runway 23 was made from the north-east on a heading of 232.0°, at 0 nm and 0 ft above ground level.
Landing was performed on runway 23, whose length is 2,493 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 66 kt, above the target. Touchdown occurred 425 m down the runway at a speed of 45 kt, with a descent rate of minus 73 fpm and very good runway-touchdown alignment. Weather remained 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 276°, providing a 1 kt head-wind and 1 kt cross-wind.
Rollout distance totaled 729 m, representing 29 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was very good.
In total the flight covered 6 nm, taking 4, and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The aircraft Gabriel White and Green completed a final approach to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde from the north-east on a heading of 232.0° at 0 nm and 0 ft AGL, achieving a score of 100.0 % for the approach.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was well above target at 66 kt.
Touchdown occurred 425 m down the runway at a speed of 45 kt, which was good, with a touchdown rate of -73 fpm that was excellent, and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance was 729 m, representing 29 % of the 2,493 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
Maintain the excellent alignment and touchdown performance, but aim to reduce the threshold speed toward the target value to further optimise the landing profile.
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