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Departure
Use smooth, coordinated aileron inputs to keep the wings level during the climb.
What happened: Bank angle increased during the second climb stage, excessive for a wings-level climb.
Watch for: Watch the attitude indicator and keep bank angle near zero.
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
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: centreline 4.8° off, against a 1° limit and wings 14° of bank, against a 10° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,492 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 911 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Diamond DA40 taxied from the parking area to runway 26 at LRPW Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu for 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm before line-up.
Take-off was performed on runway 26, with a ground roll of 375 m representing 50 % of the available runway; liftoff occurred at 66 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a 2 kt wind from 270°, providing a 2 kt headwind and no cross-wind component.
The initial climb began overhead LRPW, climbing from 822 ft asl to 1 273 ft asl, an altitude gain of 452 ft in 1 minute while traversing 1 nm.
A short level segment followed, still over LRPW, lasting 2 minutes and covering 4 nm at cruise altitude.
A second climb commenced 1 mile east of Ploiesti, rising from 1 421 ft asl to 2 561 ft asl, a gain of 1 141 ft in 2 minutes and spanning 4 nm.
The aircraft then entered a prolonged cruise over Valea Calugareasca, maintaining level flight for 45 minutes and covering 113 nm.
Descent began 1 mile north-east of LRCK Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport, descending from 2 991 ft asl to 733 ft asl, a loss of 2 259 ft in 2 minutes while covering 4 nm.
Final approach to runway 36 at LRCK was executed from the south on a heading of 16.0° at 1 nm and 353 ft agl; local weather reported 15 °C, a 2 kt wind from 270°, 2 kt cross-wind and no head-wind.
Landing on runway 36, whose length is 3 492 m, occurred with the threshold height at 70 ft agl above target and a threshold speed of 88 kt deemed high. Touchdown was 474 m beyond the touchdown zone at 68 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 61 fpm and a lateral offset of 11.4 m from the centreline. Total landing distance measured 1 190 m, representing 34 % of the runway.
Rollout continued with a slight centreline deviation of 12.9 m, after which the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 128 nm, required 56 minutes, and consumed 22 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 36 was flown from the south on a heading of 16.0° at 1 nm and 353 ft agl. Local weather was 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, providing a 2 kt cross-wind and no head-wind.
At the threshold the aircraft was 70 ft agl, which was above the target height, and the threshold speed was recorded at 88 kt, noted as too high.
Touchdown occurred 474 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 68 kt, described as a little fast, while the vertical rate was excellent at minus 61 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 11.4 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 1,190 m, representing 34 % of the 3,492 m runway, and the rollout was slightly misaligned by 12.9 m from the centreline.
To improve the score of 72.6 %, focus on reducing the excess speed and aligning the approach to achieve the correct threshold height, which will help place the touchdown within the intended zone and minimise lateral deviation.
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