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Improve the pattern crosswind leg
Each lap slightly wider and higher than the last, because you're unconsciously using the previous lap as your reference instead of the runway and the numbers. Invisible lap to lap, unmistakable across ten. This is the failure that only measurement catches, because your memory of lap three is gone by lap eight.
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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 for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,708 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,666 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the PA28 Warrior II began with a 3-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport. The departure roll on runway 18 was 799 ft, which accounted for 14% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 68 knots. The local weather reported a temperature of 40°F with a strong wind of 25 knots coming at 189°. This resulted in a 1 knot crosswind and a 25 knot headwind during takeoff.
The flight followed a left-hand pattern entry from runway 18 at KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport, covering less than 1 nm in 21 seconds. The subsequent left-hand pattern crosswind from runway 18 was completed in less than 1 nm in 17 seconds. The pattern downwind turn had a distance of 1 nm and an angle to the runway of 87.3°. The downwind leg covered 2 nm in 56 seconds, and the base leg turn had a distance of 2 nm with an angle to the runway of 12.7°.
The final approach to runway 18 at KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport came from the north with a heading of 193.0° at 1 nm and 647 ft above ground level. The landing on runway 18 had a runway length of 5,708 ft. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly high at 84 knots. The touchdown point was 211 ft beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 64 knots – considered fast. However, the touchdown rate was excellent at -97 ft/min. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 17 ft from the centerline. The weather during landing reported a temperature of 39°F with a strong wind of 27 knots coming at 190°, resulting in a 1 knot crosswind and a 27 knot headwind.
The total landing distance was 3,154 ft, which accounted for 55% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment after landing was reported as very good. Finally, the taxiing back to the parking area from the runway took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 8 nm and took a total of 9 minutes, consuming 5 lbs of fuel.
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