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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 75 kt with 3.8° 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 1,027 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 315 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,310 fpm on average to 1,027 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 848 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted right of the centreline, 7.2 m at the widest, and lifted off 7.5 m right, in 16 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 25 % 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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: gear still up, no landing flap set, centreline more than 1° off, wings more than 10° from level and speed more than 40 kt above the approach speed of 80 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set.
When the approach was stable
Every check met from 1.3 to 0.7 nm, then not again: fast from 0.7 nm to the threshold.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
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 280 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. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 1,309 m right of the centreline, then inside the band from 2.8 nm to the threshold.
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 40 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 24 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 4 nm to 1.3 nm (up to +89 kt), then inside the band to 0.7 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +26 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
Good landing flare
6 kt across from the left, which takes about 5° of crab to hold the centreline at 73 kt. Touched down with the nose 6° into wind, wings level.
Wind 190° at 31 kt · 30 kt head · 6 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 43 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 13 s, an average deceleration of 0.06 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 1,338 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 9 ft, 41 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 454 m in, 149 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 1,338 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.
From 7 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 100 fpm before coming down at 20 fpm to touch. The nose came up 2.2° 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 full 1,338 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2.1 m right of the centreline, and stayed within 2.2 m of it down the rollout.
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.
The 454 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.10 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 08 at I73 Moraine Air Park, a small airfield in Ohio, United States. The Piper PA28 Turbo Arrow IV aircraft accelerated down the runway, reaching a liftoff speed of 75 kt. The takeoff distance was 356 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 12 °C and a wind speed of 17 kt from a direction of 188 °.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airfield, it encountered a crosswind of 16 kt and a tailwind of 6 kt. The enroute climb started overhead Moraine, with the aircraft ascending from an altitude of 1,787 ft above sea level to 2,200 ft asl in less than 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nm. This rapid climb was a testament to the aircraft's performance capabilities.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 1 mile west of Kettering, Ohio. During this 2-minute period, the aircraft covered a distance of 4 nm. The cruise phase was a brief but essential part of the flight, allowing the aircraft to reach a stable altitude and prepare for the final approach.
The final approach to runway 20 at KMGY Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport was initiated from the north, with the aircraft heading 201.0 ° at an altitude of 1,095 ft above ground level and a distance of 2 nm from the runway threshold. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 13 °C and a wind speed of 31 kt from a direction of 190 °.
The landing itself was a success, with the aircraft touching down on the runway at a speed of 73 kt. Although the touchdown speed was a little fast, the touchdown rate was perfect at -33 fpm, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The total landing distance was 663 meters, which accounted for 50% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating a smooth and controlled descent.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 9 nm, and the flight duration was 8 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 5 kg of fuel during the flight. Overall, the flight was a successful demonstration of the Piper PA28 Turbo Arrow IV's performance capabilities, with a smooth and controlled climb, cruise, and descent.
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