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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 5.6 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 9°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final so speed is back to 73 kt before the gate, not after it.
What happened: Speed control was already loose at the stabilisation gate, and this flight crossed the threshold at 91 kt against a target of 73 kt, 18 kt fast. Carrying excess speed into the gate like this usually carries straight through to a fast threshold crossing.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator, targeting 73 kt by the gate and held to 73 kt at the threshold.
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 · 12 stages, 10 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 300 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 300 ft gate: no landing flap set, sink rate 2,153 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 5.5° against the runway's 3°, centreline 1.9° off, against a 1° limit and speed 78 kt FAST on the reference speed of 73 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 535 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 535 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 258 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 172 taxied from the parking area to runway 26 at 0OR8 Sutton on Rogue Airport, a movement that required 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 26, the aircraft accelerated through a takeoff distance of 372 m, representing 70 % of the runway, and lifted off at 82 kt; ambient conditions were 30 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 150°, a crosswind component of 4 kt and a tailwind component of 2 kt.
The aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 26, flying a distance of less than 1 nm in 46 seconds before proceeding to the next leg.
Continuing the left-hand pattern, the crosswind segment was completed in 15 seconds over a distance of less than 1 nm.
The downwind turn covered 1 nm and was executed with an angle to the runway of 0.6° on a 45-degree heading.
For the final approach to runway 08, the aircraft approached from the west on a heading of 89.0°, descending to 1 nm and 436 ft AGL.
Landing was made on runway 08, which is 535 m long; the threshold speed was recorded at 91 kt, while touchdown occurred at 82 kt, more than 50 % down the runway, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 494 fpm and excellent alignment. Weather at the time was 30 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 154°, a crosswind of 4 kt and a headwind component of 2 kt.
The rollout distance measured 525 m, representing 98 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was perfect.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 2 nm, took 2 (units as given), and consumed 1 kg of fuel.
The Cessna 172 established final approach to runway 08 at 0OR8 Sutton on Rogue Airport from the west, maintaining a heading of 89.0° at 1 NM and 436 ft AGL. Local weather was 30 °C with wind 5 kt from 154°, including a 4 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.
The threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 91 kt.
Touchdown occurred well beyond the aim point, using more than 50 % of the 535 m runway, with a touchdown speed of 82 kt that was excessively fast. The touchdown rate was hard at minus 494 fpm, while runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 525 m, representing 98 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
Reduce the approach and threshold speed to bring the touchdown speed within normal limits and achieve a softer touchdown rate. Emphasise precise speed control during flare to avoid excessive runway usage.
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