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Departure
Use smoother, smaller aileron inputs to keep the wings level and hold bank angle near wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 1.4°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
Arrival
Be established on the glideslope by the gate, and take the power back earlier on final so the height and the speed come back together. Do not push down for the height: that only adds speed.
What happened: The approach was off the glideslope at the gate, and the aircraft then crossed the threshold at 112 ft agl, 62 ft agl above the 50 ft agl target, and at 73 kt, 8 kt over the 65 kt threshold speed. High and fast together is energy the runway has to absorb, and this touchdown came 66 m beyond the aim point.
Watch for: Glideslope indication at the gate, then airspeed: 65 kt on short final
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.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 14 stages, 12 scored
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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: no landing flap set, glideslope 6.2° against the runway's 3° and centreline 2.2° off, against a 1° 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 3,032 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 523 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 172 taxied to runway 14L at KMWH Grant County International Airport and performed the departure roll prior to take-off.
Take-off was executed with a ground roll of 265 m, representing 6 % of the available runway, and the aircraft lifted off at 62 kt. Local conditions were 13 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 209°, providing a 4 kt headwind and a 4 kt cross-wind component.
The initial climb began overhead KMWH, climbing from 1,382 ft asl to 3,659 ft asl - an increase of 2,277 ft - in 3 minutes while covering 4 nm.
A level cruise segment commenced 4 mi north of Moses Lake North, lasting 5 minutes and extending 8 nm.
A second climb started 3 mi north-west of Cascade Valley, ascending from 4,040 ft asl to 7,099 ft asl - an increase of 3,059 ft - in 7 minutes and traversing 12 nm.
The following cruise leg began 2 mi south-east of W20 Moses Lake Municipal Airport, persisted for 3 minutes and covered 7 nm.
Descent commenced 6 mi east of W20, descending from 7,100 ft asl to 1,704 ft asl - a decrease of 5,395 ft - in 5 minutes while covering 10 nm.
Final approach to runway 22 at KMWH was flown from the north-east on a heading of 230.0° at 1 nm and 510 ft agl; the aircraft then descended from 1,025 ft agl to 129 ft agl in 84 seconds and met the stabilisation-gate criteria.
Landing on runway 22, which is 3,043 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 111 ft agl that was above target and a threshold speed of 74 kt that was higher than expected. Touchdown was recorded 107 m beyond the touchdown zone at 53 kt, with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 134 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.7 m from the centreline. Weather remained 13 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 209°, now a 5 kt headwind and a 2 kt cross-wind component.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to parking in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 44 nm, required 29 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 15 kg of fuel.
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