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Departure
Raise the gear promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, aiming to be up by the gate.
What happened: Gear retraction was left until well after the normal gate at 0 ft agl.
Watch for: Watch gear position against the retraction height gate, not 0 ft agl.
Arrival
Pick a point at the far end of the runway and make small rudder corrections to track the centreline.
What happened: The aircraft drifted off the centreline on approach.
Watch for: Runway alignment against the centreline.
See Arrival Approach
When Vr arrives, an abrupt near-full-scale pull, pitch overshoots, a push, and an oscillation through the first 200 ft. It feels like “this aircraft is twitchy” but the actual fault happened before liftoff. The pitch trace needs to show a clean ramp during liftoff.
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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: seven 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. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 6.3° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 598 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 598 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 15 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Piper PA-24 Comanche taxied to runway 24 at EDLH Hamm-Lippewiesen and commenced its take-off roll. The aircraft used 338 m of runway, representing 54 % of the available length, and lifted off at 71 kt. Ambient conditions were 21 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 258°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt head-wind component.
After liftoff the aircraft entered the climb phase overhead Hamm, climbing from 905 ft asl to 2,330 ft asl - a gain of 1,425 ft - in 3 minutes while covering 5 nm.
The level cruise began approximately 3 mi north-east of Werne and was maintained for 3 minutes, during which the airplane progressed 6 nm.
Descent commenced 2 mi north of Nordkirchen, with the aircraft descending from 2,765 ft asl to 1,054 ft asl - a loss of 1,711 ft - in 3 minutes while covering another 6 nm.
For the final approach the aircraft was aligned with runway 25 at EDLB Borkenberge, approaching from the east on a heading of 262.0° at 4 nm and 886 ft agl.
Landing was executed on runway 25, whose length is 607 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 57 kt, and touchdown occurred 21 m down the runway at 56 kt with a vertical speed of minus 163 fpm. The touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather at the destination was 20 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 275°, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 7 kt head-wind. Total landing distance measured 261 m, equivalent to 43 % of the runway.
The rollout continued with very good alignment, completing the landing roll within the measured distance.
In total the flight covered 21 nm, required 13 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 10 kg of fuel.
The Piper PA-24 Comanche entered the final approach to runway 25 at EDLB Borkenberge Airfield from the east on a heading of 262.0° at 4 nm and 886 ft agl; the approach was assessed as unstable at the 1 000 ft gate because flaps were not set, the aircraft was off the glideslope and off the centreline.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft established a threshold speed a little below target at 57 kt and benefited from a good threshold height; ambient temperature was 20 °C with wind 7 kt from 275°, including a 2 kt crosswind component and a 7 kt headwind.
Touchdown occurred 21 m down the runway at a speed of 56 kt, both described as good, with a touchdown rate of minus 163 fpm also rated good. Runway touchdown alignment was very good and the total landing distance measured 261 m, representing 43 % of the 607 m runway.
Rollout alignment was very good, completing the landing sequence without further deviation.
To improve the already high score, ensure flaps are selected and the glideslope and centreline are maintained for a stabilised approach, and aim to meet the target threshold speed rather than a slightly lower value.
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