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Ease the yoke smoothly to hold a steady one g through the ground roll instead of letting it sag to 0.7 g.
What happened: During the ground roll the g force averaged 0.7 g, well below the smooth steady load expected while tracking the runway.
Watch for: Watch the g meter and hold it steady near one g through the roll.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 35 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 35 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 35 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
When Vr arrives, an abrupt near-full-scale pull, pitch overshoots, a push, and an oscillation through the first 200 ft. It feels like “this aircraft is twitchy” but the actual fault happened before liftoff. The pitch trace needs to show a clean ramp during liftoff.
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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 for a circuit: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,737 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 565 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, where the aircraft, a Piper Aerostar 600 with registration NI22PC, successfully took off after covering a distance of 39 meters, which accounted for just 1% of the runway. The liftoff speed was recorded at 104 knots.
As the aircraft entered the local airspace, it was noted that the temperature was 16 degrees Celsius, and the wind was blowing at 2 knots from a direction of 269 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 2 knots. The pilot then initiated a left-hand pattern entry from runway 30, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile in 142 seconds.
The left-hand pattern crosswind was also executed from runway 30, with the aircraft covering a distance of 2 nautical miles in 58 seconds. The pilot then proceeded to the pattern downwind turn, which covered a distance of 3 nautical miles and involved a turn at an angle of 45 degrees to the runway, with an angle of 4.1 degrees.
The final approach to runway 12 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport was made from the north-west, with the aircraft heading at 115 degrees and at an altitude of 542 feet above ground level, 2 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was executed on runway 12, which had a length of 2,737 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 95 knots.
The touchdown point was 127 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 67 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate was also perfect at -24 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.7 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions remained the same, with a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a wind blowing at 2 knots from a direction of 269 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,344 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The total flight distance was 9 nautical miles, and the flight used 8 kilograms of fuel.
The aircraft, a Piper Aerostar 600 with registration NI22PC, successfully landed at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport on runway 12. The final approach was initiated from the north-west, heading 115.0° at an altitude of 542 feet above ground level (agl) and 2 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft maintained a steady descent, with a good threshold height, and touched down slightly beyond the touchdown zone, 127 meters past the designated area.
The touchdown speed of 67 knots was within the acceptable range, indicating a smooth and controlled landing. The touchdown rate of -24 feet per minute (fpm) was also perfect, demonstrating a well-executed landing. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.7 meters from the centerline, which may require some adjustments in the approach or landing technique.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 16°C and a gentle wind of 2 knots from 269°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, and the tailwind component was 2 knots, which did not significantly impact the landing. The total landing distance of 1,344 meters was 49% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing roll.
The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control and stability during the landing roll. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with a score of 98.0%. The slight misalignment of the touchdown position and the slightly above-target threshold speed were the only minor issues noted during the landing.
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