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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 60 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 43 kt, 17 kt before the 60 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 60 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Correct heading drift on base leg promptly with small bank adjustments to re-establish the extended centreline track.
What happened: The heading on base leg drifted 11° off the runway track.
Watch for: Heading indicator against runway track, holding it steady through base leg.
See Pattern Base Leg
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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Events
Events
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: five 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,490 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 329 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The TL3000 Sirius departed from runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde, executing a take-off roll of 245 m which represented 10 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 62 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
During the approach the aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 23, covering less than 1 nm in 21 seconds for the entry and less than 1 nm in 19 seconds for the cross-wind segment. The downwind turn spanned 1 nm with a 45° angle to the runway and an observed bearing of 80.4°. The downwind leg extended 1 nm and was completed in 66 seconds. The base turn also covered 1 nm at a 45° angle to the runway, measured at 63.9°, followed by a base leg of less than 1 nm completed in 36 seconds. The final turn was less than 1 nm and lasted 3 seconds before alignment for landing.
Landing was performed on runway 23, whose total length is 2 490 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 52 kt. Touchdown occurred 327 m down the runway at a speed of 41 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 70 fpm and perfect alignment to the runway centreline. Weather conditions remained unchanged from departure.
The rollout distance measured 426 m, representing 17 % of the runway, and the aircraft maintained perfect alignment throughout the deceleration phase.
In total the flight covered 6 nm, took 5 (units as given) and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The TL3000 Sirius approached runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde in calm conditions, with a temperature of 15 °C, a wind from 270° at 2 kt, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component. The aircraft maintained a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 52 kt as it aligned for landing on the 2 490 m runway.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft preserved the good threshold height and continued the good threshold speed of 52 kt, allowing a smooth transition from the approach to the final flare.
Touchdown occurred 327 m down the runway at a good speed of 41 kt, with an excellent vertical rate of minus 70 fpm and perfect runway touchdown alignment.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 426 m, representing 17 % of the runway length, and the aircraft maintained perfect runway rollout alignment throughout the deceleration.
For future landings, refining the flare to achieve touchdown slightly nearer the 300 m (1 000 ft) aim point will further reduce the total landing distance, while the overall performance remains excellent as reflected by the 98.7 % score.
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