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Departure
Reduce climb power and pitch to hold the climb speed closer to target.
What happened: The climb speed during the departure climb was faster than the target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target speed.
Arrival
Add power on approach to bring the speed up to 94 kt before the stabilisation gate, not after it.
What happened: The approach was already slow at the stabilisation gate, and a slow gate like that usually carries through to a slow threshold crossing - here 86 kt against the 94 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 94 kt on approach, carrying through to 94 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.
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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 300 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 300 ft gate: sink rate 1,299 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 4.3° against the runway's 3°, centreline 3.7° off, against a 1° limit and speed 8 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 94 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,000 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 238 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The OV-10 Bronco taxied from the parking area to runway 27 at KGLR Gaylord Regional Airport in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27 the aircraft used 561 m of runway, representing 28 % of the available length, and lifted off at 112 kt; ambient temperature was 16 °C with a wind of 14 kt from 310°, a cross-wind component of 9 kt and a head-wind component of 11 kt.
The climb began 7 nm north of KGLR, with the aircraft ascending from 2,311 ft asl to 7,854 ft asl, a gain of 5,542 ft achieved in 3 minutes while covering 10 nm.
Level cruise was established 2 nm west of KGLR and was maintained for 4 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 12 nm.
Descent commenced 5 nm north-east of KGLR, with altitude decreasing from 7,408 ft asl to 2,284 ft asl, a loss of 5,124 ft in 2 minutes over a distance of 7 nm.
The final approach to runway 27 was executed from the east on a heading of 267.0°, intercepting the glide path at 3 nm and 964 ft agl.
Landing on runway 27 occurred with a threshold speed of 86 kt; touchdown was recorded 238 m down the runway at 78 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 411 fpm and a lateral deviation of 4.4 m from the centreline. The runway length is 2,000 m, and total landing distance measured 494 m, or 25 % of the runway. Weather at the time was 19 °C, wind 5 kt from 342°, cross-wind 5 kt and head-wind 1 kt.
Runway rollout alignment was described as very good, and the aircraft came to a stop within the remaining runway length.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 35 nm, lasted 15 minutes, and consumed 72 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 27 at KGLR Gaylord Regional Airport was flown from the east on a heading of 267.0° at 3 nm and 964 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable because the landing gear was not down, the flaps were not set and the aircraft was off the centreline.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and the threshold speed was good at 86 kt.
Touchdown occurred 238 m down the runway with a good touchdown speed of 78 kt, but the vertical rate was hard at minus 411 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.4 m from the centreline and the total landing distance was 494 m, representing 25 % of the 2 000 m runway.
Rollout alignment was very good as the aircraft remained on the centreline through the deceleration phase.
To refine future performance, ensure the gear and flaps are deployed and the centreline is captured before reaching the 1,000 ft gate, and adjust flare timing to reduce the hard touchdown rate.
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