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Shorten the long landing
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,836 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 971 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Diamond DA40NG taxied from the parking area to runway 19 at KSGU St George Regional Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 19, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 213 m, representing 8 % of the runway, and lifted off at 65 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 35 °C, wind 21 kt from 220°, a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 20 kt head-wind component.
The approach began with a left-hand pattern entry from runway 19, a distance of less than 1 nm completed in 69 seconds, followed by a left-hand crosswind leg of 2 nm in 72 seconds. The downwind turn covered 3 nm with a 45° entry angle of 93.9°, after which the downwind leg extended 1 nm in 43 seconds. The base turn spanned 2 nm with a 45° entry angle of 58.1°, and the base leg was 1 nm in 44 seconds. The final turn was less than 1 nm and lasted 50 seconds. The final approach to runway 19 was from the north-east on a heading of 206.0°, at 1 nm and 895 ft agl.
Landing was executed on runway 19, whose total length is 2,836 m. The threshold height of 84 ft agl was significantly above target, while the threshold speed was recorded at 71 kt. Touchdown occurred 550 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 61 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 47 fpm and very good runway-touchdown alignment.
Runway rollout alignment was very good; the aircraft traveled a total landing distance of 1,338 m, representing 47 % of the runway length.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 8 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 11 nm, required 15 minutes, and consumed 2 kg of fuel.
The Diamond DA40NG approached runway 19 at KSGU from the north-east on a heading of 206.0° at 1 nm and 895 ft agl, with a temperature of 35 °C, wind 21 kt from 220°, a 6 kt crosswind component and a 20 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the aircraft was 84 ft agl, which was significantly above the target height, and the threshold speed was recorded as a good 71 kt.
Touchdown occurred 550 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a good speed of 61 kt, a perfect vertical rate of minus 47 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment described as very good.
Rollout alignment was very good and the total landing distance measured 1,338 m, representing 47 % of the 2,836 m runway.
To improve the score, the crew should aim to achieve the correct threshold height and target a touchdown point nearer the 300 m aim point, ensuring a more optimal use of the runway.
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