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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 1.4°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on approach to be at 120 kt by the stabilisation gate, not just by the threshold.
What happened: The approach was too fast at the stabilisation gate, crossing the threshold at 124 kt against a VREF of 120 kt.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 120 kt at the stabilisation gate.
See Arrival Approach
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: sink rate 1,795 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 4.1° against the runway's 3° and speed 42 kt FAST on the reference speed of 120 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 12,743 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,895 ft past the threshold — beyond 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 27 at ZJHK Haikou Meilan International Airport, a movement that lasted 11 minutes and covered 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 2,603 ft, representing 22 % of the runway, and lifted off at 134 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 92 °F, wind 5 kt from 230°, with a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead the departure airport, climbing from 1,354 ft asl to 37,063 ft asl-a gain of 35,708 ft-over 16 minutes while covering 109 nm.
Descent began 67 miles south-west of Beihai, descending from 36,726 ft asl to 1,794 ft asl, a loss of 34,932 ft in 25 minutes and traversing 157 nm.
The final approach to runway 29L at VVNB Noi Bai International Airport was executed from the east on a heading of 287.0°, at 4 nm and 1,729 ft agl. Local weather reported a temperature of 90 °F, wind 8 kt at 0°, a 7 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.
Landing on runway 29L, which is 12,725 ft long, occurred with a threshold height of 66 ft agl and a threshold speed of 125 kt. Touchdown was recorded 506 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 122 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 166 fpm and a lateral deviation of 24 ft from the centreline. The total landing distance measured 4,535 ft, equivalent to 36 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was described as very good, and the aircraft came to a stop within the remaining runway length.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 275nm, required 55 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 1,589 lbs of fuel.
The final approach to runway 29L at VVNB was flown from the east on a heading of 287.0° at 4 nm and 1,729 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable because the sink rate was too high. Ambient conditions were 90 °F with a wind of 8 kt from 0°, a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind.
At threshold the aircraft was 66 ft agl, which was above the target height, while the threshold speed of 125 kt was judged good.
Touchdown occurred 506 ft beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 122 kt, noted as fast. The vertical speed at touchdown was good at minus 166 fpm, and the touchdown point was slightly off centreline by 24 ft.
Rollout alignment was very good and the aircraft used 4,535 ft of runway, representing 36 % of the available 12,725 ft.
The pilot should focus on reducing sink rate to achieve a stabilised approach at the 1,000 ft gate and on aiming to touch down within the touchdown zone at the target speed, which will keep the landing point and speed within optimal limits.
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