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Keep the approach speed on target
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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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 2,614 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 147 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 152 departed from runway 11 at MDST Cibao International Airport, accelerating along a take-off roll of 644 m which represented 25 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 69 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, no cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
The aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 11, covering less than 1 nm in 51 seconds.
A left-hand pattern crosswind leg followed, also less than 1 nm and completed in 17 seconds.
During the downwind turn the aircraft described a 45° angle to the runway, traveling 1 nm while turning to a heading of 33.0°.
The downwind leg extended for 4 nm and was flown in 133 seconds.
The base-leg turn again used a 45° angle to the runway, covering 2 nm and achieving a heading of 29.9°.
The base leg itself was less than 1 nm and was completed in 27 seconds.
A final turn of less than 1 nm was executed in 20 seconds to line up for approach.
On final approach to runway 11 the aircraft descended from 707 ft AGL to 21 ft AGL in 75 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing was made on runway 11, whose length is 2 614 m. Touchdown occurred 144 m from the threshold at a speed of 34 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 79 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 4.7 m to the right of the centreline. Weather at landing was 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, no cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
In total the flight covered 9 nm, required 6 units of time, and consumed 1 kg of fuel.
The Cessna 152 approached runway 11 at MDST Cibao International Airport descending from 707 ft agl to 21 ft agl in 75 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates during the final approach, with ambient temperature 15 °C and wind 1 kt from 270°.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the threshold speed was 40 kt, noted as well below the target and a reminder to avoid a stall condition.
Touchdown occurred 144 m down the runway at a speed of 34 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 79 fpm described as excellent, while the touchdown point was slightly off centreline by 4.7 m.
Maintain a touchdown speed comfortably above the target to reduce stall risk and adjust the final alignment to keep the touchdown point within a tighter centreline tolerance.
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