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Maintain the centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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: 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.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,004 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,846 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the King Air C90 GTX with passengers began with a departure roll from runway 23 at KSFZ North Central State Airport. The takeoff distance was 2,964 ft, which was 59% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 107 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 61°F with a 1 knot wind coming from 270°, resulting in a slight crosswind and headwind.
After takeoff, the aircraft made a right-hand pattern entry from runway 23 at KSFZ North Central State Airport, covering a distance of less than 1 nm in 14 seconds. This was followed by a right-hand pattern crosswind, covering less than 1 nm in 3 seconds. The pattern downwind turn covered a distance of 2 nm at an angle of 17.4° to the runway. The downwind leg was less than 1 nm in 4 seconds, leading to the pattern base leg turn covering a distance of 2 nm at an angle of 178.7° to the runway.
The final approach to runway 05 at KSFZ North Central State Airport was made from the southwest with a heading of 30.0° at 0 nm and 96 ft above ground level. The landing on runway 05 had a runway length of 5,004 ft with a good threshold height. The threshold speed was noted to be excessively high at 106 knots. The touchdown distance and speed were good, with a touchdown speed of 88 knots and a touchdown rate of -45 ft/min. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather at the time of landing was 59°F with a 1 knot wind coming from 273°, resulting in a crosswind and tailwind.
The total landing distance was 3,810 ft, which was 76% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect. The total flight distance was 5 nm, which took 4 minutes and used 0 lbs of fuel.
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