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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 12 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 5.4° of bank in the first climb segment and 5.8° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 248 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 272 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 seven 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 4,026 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 290 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Gabala International Airport (UBBQ) took approximately 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll commenced on runway 16, with a takeoff distance of 724 meters, accounting for 21% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 92 knots, overcoming a local wind of 5 knots at 100 degrees, with a crosswind component of 5 knots and a headwind component of 2 knots.
As the aircraft departed Gabala, it began its enroute climb, ascending from 1,717 feet above sea level to 17,008 feet, an increase of 15,291 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 30 nautical miles. The climb phase concluded overhead Gabala, and the aircraft transitioned into a level cruise, maintaining an altitude of 17,008 feet for 5 minutes, covering 28 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase commenced 4 miles north of Qobustan, with the aircraft descending from 17,007 feet to 1,309 feet, a decrease of 15,698 feet in 14 minutes, covering 54 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 16 at Heydar Aliyev International Airport (UBBB) was initiated from the north, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 166.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,306 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 16 at UBBB was executed with a threshold speed slightly above the target at 87 knots. The touchdown distance was 288 meters, and the touchdown speed was 68 knots, both of which were within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -234 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.7 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 503 meters, accounting for 13% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The total flight distance was 117 nautical miles, taking approximately 34 minutes, and the aircraft consumed 123 kilograms of fuel.
The final approach to runway 16 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport from the north was executed with good quality, with the aircraft maintaining a steady heading of 166.0° at 4 nm and 1,306 ft above ground level. The approach was conducted in a 4 nm radius, allowing the pilot to maintain a high degree of control and precision. The threshold height was good, providing a clear visual reference for the pilot to gauge the aircraft's descent.
As the aircraft touched down on the runway, the touchdown speed of 68 kt was within the acceptable range, indicating a well-executed flare. The touchdown distance of 288 m was also good, demonstrating the pilot's ability to control the aircraft's descent and maintain a stable approach. However, the touchdown rate of -234 fpm was slightly higher than ideal, suggesting a slightly steeper descent than intended. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.7 m from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach or a minor issue with the aircraft's directional control.
The aircraft's rollout was executed smoothly, with the pilot maintaining very good alignment with the centreline. The total landing distance of 503 m was within the acceptable range, accounting for only 13% of the runway length. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 11°C and a headwind of 18 kt, may have contributed to the slightly higher touchdown rate and slightly above-target threshold speed of 87 kt. Overall, the landing was executed with a high degree of precision and control, earning a score of 97.0%.
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