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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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 72 kt with 4.6° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 652 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 390 m of runway left; then climbing at 990 fpm on average to 652 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 841 m runway.
Rolled from 38 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 3.7 m at the widest, and lifted off 3.8 m right, in 7 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 35 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 430 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 4× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 86 m off the centreline.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +7 kt and +27 kt on the approach speed of 76 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 3° left of the track, wings level.
Wind 200° at 3 kt · 3 kt tail · 1 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 67 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 30 s, an average deceleration of 0.07 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,642 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 58 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 763 m in, 458 m past the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,642 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 680 fpm at 56 ft to 50 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 7.6° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 1,642 m of the 3,474 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 11 m left of the centreline and drifted to 14 m left on the rollout, back to 1.6 m right by the end.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Touched down 763 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 16 at UBZA Zabrat Airport, where the aircraft, a PA44 Seminole, took off with a takeoff distance of 259 meters, which accounted for 31% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 72 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 9 knots at 100 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of UBZA Zabrat Airport, it began its enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 805 feet above sea level (asl) in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The climb continued over various locations, including Balakhani and Nasosnaya Air Base, with the aircraft reaching altitudes of 3,917 feet asl and 5,185 feet asl, respectively. The enroute level cruise phases of the flight lasted for varying periods, with the longest one being 35 minutes over Shamakhi, covering a distance of 46 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, UBBQ Gabala International Airport, it began its final approach to runway 34 from the south, heading 345.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,651 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was executed with a touchdown speed of 64 knots, which was within the target range, and a touchdown rate of -48 feet per minute, which was perfect. However, the touchdown point was 323 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.9 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 200 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 3 knots. The total landing distance was 1,538 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.4 meters from the centreline.
In conclusion, the flight was completed with a total distance of 109 nautical miles, taking 54 minutes, and using 104 kilograms of fuel. The flight was executed with a high degree of precision, with the exception of the slight misalignment of the touchdown point and the runway rollout alignment.
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