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Departure
Use smoother, smaller aileron inputs to keep the wings level and hold bank angle near wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 1.1°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
Arrival
Add power on final to hold 43 kt across the threshold.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 35 kt, 8 kt below VREF, and low energy like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown at 155 fpm.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 43 kt at the threshold
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 · 11 stages, 10 scored
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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: 3 checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: centreline 2.9° off, against a 1° limit and speed 52 kt FAST on the reference speed of 43 kt.
Sideslipping at the lower gate - wing down, opposite rudder. That is a technique for losing height without gaining speed, so the sink rate, the glideslope and wings level are not asked there: they are what the slip is for. The other checks are marked as usual.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 906 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 906 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 148 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport. The taxi-out took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
The departure roll was performed on runway 22. Takeoff distance was 116 m, representing 13 % of the runway, and liftoff speed was 26 kt. Local weather was temperature 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 270°, with a cross-wind of 1 kt and a head-wind of 1 kt.
Climb commenced overhead the airport, rising from 445 ft asl to 1,519 ft asl, an increase of 1,074 ft in 1 minutes while covering 1 nm.
Level cruise was established overhead Newchurch, lasting 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
Descent began from 1,985 ft agl to 22 ft agl and was completed in 56 seconds.
The final approach to runway 22 was executed, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Touchdown occurred on runway 22, which is 906 m long. Threshold speed was slightly below target at 35 kt. Touchdown distance was 145 m, touchdown speed 25 kt, and touchdown vertical speed was minus 121 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 7.3 m from the centreline. Weather remained temperature 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 270°, cross-wind 1 kt, head-wind 1 kt.
The total landing roll measured 190 m, equal to 21 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
In total, the flight covered 6 nm, took 5 (as reported), and used 1 kg of fuel.
The Taylorcraft BC-12D made its final approach to runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport, descending from 1 985 ft agl to 22 ft agl in 56 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
During the threshold and flare the runway measured 906 m and the threshold height was reported as good; the threshold speed was a little below target at 35 kt.
Touchdown occurred 145 m down the runway at a speed of 25 kt with a smooth rate of descent of minus 121 fpm, while the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 7.3 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 190 m, representing 21 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
To improve the score, aim to achieve the target threshold speed and refine the final alignment to reduce the 7.3 m centreline offset.
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