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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 102 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 88 kt, 14 kt before the 102 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 102 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the attitude instead of letting the nose drop.
What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it, and that pattern usually carries the touchdown long - here it landed at 827 m against the 457 m aim point.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, shallow rate through the flare with no renewed sink before touchdown
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 · 16 stages, 14 in the score
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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. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 2.0° off, against a 1° limit and speed 5 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 97 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 827 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The C408 SkyCourier taxied from its parking position to runway 05R at Auckland International Airport in less than one minute, covering a distance of less than one nautical mile.
During the departure roll on runway 05R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 96 kt and became airborne after traveling 658 m, which represented 20 % of the available runway; ambient conditions were 13 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 290°, a 4 kt cross-wind component and a 5 kt tail-wind component.
The right-hand pattern entry was executed from runway 05R, the aircraft flying a distance of less than one nautical mile in 22 seconds.
Subsequently, the right-hand pattern crosswind leg covered one nautical mile in 33 seconds while remaining aligned with runway 05R.
The downwind turn was flown for a distance of two nautical miles, with the aircraft’s heading offset by 90.6° relative to the runway centreline.
During the downwind leg the aircraft proceeded four nautical miles in 110 seconds before initiating the base turn.
The base-leg turn spanned four nautical miles and altered the aircraft’s angle to the runway to 37.0°.
The base leg itself was one nautical mile long and was completed in 46 seconds.
A final turn of one nautical mile was flown in 55 seconds, positioning the aircraft for the final approach.
The final approach to runway 05R was conducted from the south-west on a heading of 68.0°, commencing at two nautical miles out and 583 ft above ground level.
Touchdown occurred on runway 05R, whose length is 3 286 m; the aircraft crossed the threshold at 84 kt, touched down 398 m beyond the touchdown zone at 81 kt, and recorded a descent rate of minus 87 fpm, with a lateral deviation of 6.7 m from the centreline. Weather at landing was 12 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 274°, a 3 kt cross-wind and a 6 kt tail-wind component.
The rollout covered 1 018 m, representing 31 % of the runway, and alignment during the rollout was reported as very good.
In total the flight covered 13 nm, required 7 units of time as recorded, and consumed 34 kg of fuel.
The aircraft C408 SkyCourier Passenger executed a final approach to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport from the south-west, maintaining a heading of 68.0 ° at 2 nm and 583 ft agl. Local weather was 12 °C with wind 7 kt from 274 °, a 3 kt crosswind component and a 6 kt tailwind component.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was a little below target at 84 kt. The flare was performed with the aircraft still within the expected parameters for the approach.
Touchdown occurred 395 m beyond the touchdown zone with a touchdown speed of 81 kt that was good. The vertical touchdown rate was excellent at -87 fpm and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.5 m from the centreline. Total landing distance was 1,016 m, representing 31 % of the 3,284 m runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good as the aircraft decelerated and exited the runway.
To improve the score, aim to reduce the overshoot by targeting the touchdown zone more precisely and adjust the final approach path to achieve tighter centreline alignment. Minor refinements in aim-point selection and lateral tracking will bring the performance closer to the optimal range.
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