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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 20°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 24 ft, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 37 ft.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit 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.
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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 six 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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 63 kt FAST on the reference speed of 122 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 20 kt FAST on the reference speed of 122 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 12,766 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 115 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 750 Citation X taxied from the parking area to runway 13R at KHOU William P Hobby Airport, a movement that lasted 7 minutes and covered approximately 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 13R, the aircraft accelerated through a takeoff distance of 2,904 ft, representing 44 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 145 kt. Ambient conditions were 62 °F with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a 1-kt crosswind component and a 1-kt tailwind.
Climb commenced about 1 mile southeast of KHOU, with the jet climbing from 837 ft asl to 29,995 ft asl, an altitude gain of 29,158 ft achieved in 12 minutes while covering 68 nm.
Level cruise began 3 miles east of Brenham, Texas, and persisted for 67 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 584 nm at cruise altitude.
Descent was initiated 1 mile north of Sedillo, New Mexico, with a reduction from 29,997 ft asl to 6,621 ft asl, a loss of 23,376 ft over 14 minutes and a distance of 88 nm.
The final approach to runway 08 at KABQ Albuquerque International Sunport was flown from the west, on a heading of 90.0°, at 4 nm and 1,286 ft agl. Local weather reported 59 °F with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, no crosswind and a 2-kt tailwind.
Landing on runway 08 was executed with a threshold speed of 109 kt, slightly below target, and the aircraft touched down at 108 kt. Touchdown distance measured 115 ft, touchdown rate was minus 275 fpm, and the touchdown point was offset 26 ft from the centreline. The total landing roll was 1,794 ft, equivalent to 14 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout alignment was noted as slightly off, with a deviation of 37 ft from the centreline before the aircraft taxied off the active runway.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 747 nm, lasted 100 minutes, and consumed 337 lb of fuel.
The Cessna 750 Citation X on final approach to runway 08 at KABQ Albuquerque International Sunport was aligned on a heading of 90.0° from the west at 4 nm and 1,286 ft agl, with temperature 59 °F, wind 2 kt from 270°, no cross-wind and a 2 kt tailwind. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable because the sink rate was too high.
Threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was a little below target at 109 kt as the aircraft entered the flare.
Touchdown occurred 115 ft down the runway, a distance described as good, with a touchdown speed of 108 kt also judged good. The vertical speed at touchdown was fair at minus 275 fpm and the touchdown point was misaligned by 26 ft from the centreline. The total landing distance measured 1,794 ft, representing 14 % of the runway length.
During rollout the aircraft remained slightly misaligned, deviating 37 ft from the centreline.
Maintain a fully stabilized approach to keep sink rate within limits and refine lateral control to achieve centreline alignment at touchdown and through rollout. Small adjustments to the final-approach path will reduce the observed misalignment without altering the aim point.
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