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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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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: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,303 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,303 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 108 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna C172 began with a 3-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KWAY Greene County Airport. The departure took place from runway 09, with a takeoff distance of 1,057 ft, covering 30% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 61 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 59 °F, wind at 4 knots at 8°, with a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.
The enroute climb started 1 mile east of KWAY Greene County Airport, climbing from 2,006 ft asl to 3,849 ft asl, covering 2 nm in 2 minutes. The level cruise phase began 1 mile north of KWAY Greene County Airport and lasted 37 minutes, covering 60 nm.
The enroute descent commenced 2 miles east of Rockford, descending from 4,502 ft asl to 2,433 ft asl in 4 minutes and covering 5 nm. The final approach to runway 07 at KTSO Carroll County-Tolson Airport began from the southwest at 4 nm and 1,267 ft agl, heading at 64.0°.
The landing on runway 07 at KTSO Carroll County-Tolson Airport had a good threshold height. The threshold speed of 55 knots was below target, cautioning against stalling. The touchdown distance and speed were good, with a smooth touchdown rate at -122 ft/m. The total landing distance was 1,597 ft, covering 37% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, taxiing from the runway to the parking area took less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 73 nm and lasted 45 minutes, using 45 lbs of fuel.
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