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Departure
Hold the aircraft on the runway and wait for 130 kt before rotating.
What happened: The pilot lifted off at 103 kt, 27 kt before the 130 kt target, and the climb speed stayed slow at 162 kt against 196 kt - an early rotation like this usually carries the climb speed shortfall with it.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the 130 kt rotation target, then 196 kt through the climb.
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 156 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 360 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,227 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 280 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.69 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna Citation CJ4 taxied from the parking area to runway 12 at UBBG Ganja International Airport, covering 1 nm in 8 minutes.
During the departure roll on runway 12, the aircraft used 924 m of runway, representing 28 % of the available length, and lifted off at 103 kt. Local weather at the time was 34 °C with a wind of 10 kt from 030°, a cross-wind component of 10 kt and a tail-wind component of 1 kt.
Climb commenced overhead UBBG, with the jet ascending from 2,003 ft asl to 32,992 ft asl, an increase of 30,989 ft achieved in 13 minutes while covering 76 nm.
The first cruise segment began 10 nm south of Puta, lasting 7 minutes and extending the flight 25 nm.
Descent started 6 nm east of UBGE Bygyr Airport, with altitude decreasing from 32,992 ft asl to 7,673 ft asl, a loss of 25,319 ft over 14 minutes and a distance of 87 nm.
A second cruise phase originated 3 nm south of Hovsan, lasting 3 minutes and covering 5 nm.
The next descent began 19 nm south of Turkan, dropping from 7,003 ft asl to 2,000 ft asl, a reduction of 5,004 ft in 5 minutes while traveling 18 nm.
For the final approach to runway 35 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the aircraft approached from the south on a heading of 359.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,290 ft agl.
Landing on runway 35 was executed with a runway length of 3,279 m; the threshold height of 66 ft agl was above target and the threshold speed was recorded at 111 kt. Touchdown occurred 385 m down the runway at 90 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 190 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 6.6 m from the centreline. Weather at the destination was 27 °C with a wind of 26 kt from 340°, a cross-wind component of 9 kt and a head-wind component of 24 kt.
Rollout continued for a total landing distance of 684 m, representing 21 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s alignment during rollout was offset 9.2 m from the centreline.
In total, the flight covered 217 nm, required 49 minutes, and consumed 419 kg of fuel.
The Cessna Citation CJ4 established a final approach to runway 35 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport from the south, tracking a heading of 359.0° at 4 nm and 1,290 ft agl. Ambient temperature was 27 °C with wind 26 kt from 340°, providing a 24 kt headwind component and a 9 kt crosswind component.
At the threshold the aircraft was 66 ft agl, which was above the target height, and the threshold speed was recorded as 111 kt, exceeding the desired value.
Touchdown occurred 385 m down the runway; the aircraft’s speed at that point was 90 kt, noted as a little fast, while the vertical rate was -190 fpm, which was within acceptable limits. The touchdown point was slightly off centreline by 6.6 m.
The rollout covered a total distance of 684 m, representing 21 % of the 3,279 m runway, and the aircraft’s alignment during rollout was slightly off centreline by 9.2 m.
Refine speed management to achieve the target threshold and touchdown speeds, and focus on maintaining centreline alignment through the rollout to reduce the measured deviations.
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