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Maintain the centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,498 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 328 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna CJ4 Citation began with a 17-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway, covering 2 nm. The departure roll took place on runway 07 at VAID Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, with a takeoff distance of 743 m, which was 27% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 116 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 26 °C with a wind speed of 9 kn at 39 °, resulting in a crosswind of 4 kn and a headwind of 8 kn.
During the enroute climb, the aircraft ascended from 2,882 ft asl to 12,053 ft asl over 4 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nm. The level cruise phase commenced 4 miles north of Betma and lasted 35 minutes, encompassing 122 nm. The subsequent descent began 15 miles northwest of Godhra, with the aircraft descending from 12,120 ft asl to 8,732 ft asl in 2 minutes, covering 11 nm. This pattern of descent and climb continued during the flight, with specific altitudes throughout.
The final approach to runway 05 at VAAH Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Airport occurred from the southwest at a heading of 44.0 °, 4 nm away and at an altitude of 1,237 ft agl. The landing on the runway, which was 3,498 m in length, was successful with a good threshold height. The touchdown speed was slightly below target at 93 kn, with the touchdown distance being 328 m. The touchdown rate was excellent at -84 ft/m, although the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.1 m from the centerline.
Upon landing, the total landing distance was 1,265 m, which was 36% of the runway length. The taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance covered was 211 nm over a duration of 63 minutes, using 1,623 lbs of fuel. Throughout the flight, the weather conditions remained consistent with a temperature of 26 °C and a wind speed of 9 kn at 20 °, resulting in a crosswind of 4 kn and a headwind of 8 kn.
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