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Reduce power on approach to bring speed back to 121 kt; correcting it early stops it carrying to the threshold and beyond.
What happened: The approach ran fast on speed, and that excess was still present at the threshold, crossing at 148 kt against a target of 121 kt; carrying that much extra speed usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 121 kt on approach, and threshold speed against 121 kt at the threshold.
Departure
Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 125 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 147 kt, 22 kt past the 125 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
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 · 15 stages, 13 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: six 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: glideslope 5.0° against the runway's 3° and speed 37 kt FAST on the reference speed of 121 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,575 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,291 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessila 750 Citation X taxied from the parking area to runway 31 at KHBG Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport in 4 minutes, covering approximately 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 31, the aircraft used 2,986 ft of runway, representing 49 % of the available length, and lifted off at 147 kt. Ambient conditions were 61 °F with a wind of 2 kt from 270 °, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced about 1 mile north-west of KHBG, with the airplane ascending from 1,004 ft asl to 30,008 ft asl, a gain of 29,003 ft achieved in 12 minutes while covering 71 nm.
Level cruise began 7 nm south-east of Butler, Alabama, and persisted for 51 minutes, during which 452 nm were flown.
Descent started 4 nm north-west of Fries, Virginia, with the aircraft descending from 30,009 ft asl to 4,503 ft asl, a loss of 25,506 ft over 16 minutes and a distance of 97 nm.
The final approach to runway 07 at KHSP Ingalls Field was executed from the south-west on a heading of 60.0 °, intercepting the glide path at 1 nm and 691 ft agl.
Landing on runway 07, which is 5,575 ft long, occurred with a threshold speed of 148 kt. Touchdown was recorded 931 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 131 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 524 fpm and a lateral deviation of 25 ft from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 59 °F, wind 2 kt from 270 °, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt tail-wind component.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 4,304 ft, equivalent to 77 % of the runway, and the aircraft exited the runway slightly off centreline by 28 ft.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 2 minutes, traveling less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 625 nm, required 85 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 6,437 lb of fuel.
Cessna 750 Citation X approached runway 07 at KHSP Ingalls Field from the south-west on a heading of 60.0 ° while 1 nm out and 691 ft agl. The local weather was 59 °F with a wind of 2 kt from 270 °, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt tailwind component. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable: sink rate too high and off the glideslope.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft maintained a threshold speed of 148 kt, which was noted as too high, although the threshold height was good. The flare resulted in a touchdown point 931 ft beyond the touchdown zone and a touchdown speed of 131 kt, which was recorded as too fast.
Touchdown occurred with a very hard rate of -524 fpm. The wheel-track was misaligned by 25 ft from the centreline and the aircraft required a total landing distance of 4,304 ft, representing 77 % of the 5,575 ft runway.
Rollout alignment was slightly off centreline by 28 ft.
Focus on achieving a stabilized approach by controlling sink rate and glideslope deviation before the 1,000 ft gate, and refine flare technique to reduce touchdown speed and rate. Maintaining these parameters will improve alignment and shorten the landing roll while preserving the overall score.
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