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A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 917 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 917 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 384 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche began with a departure roll on runway 08 at LSGK Saanen Airfield. The takeoff distance was 326 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway length. The liftoff speed reached 71 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 15°C, with a wind speed of 10 knots at 11°, resulting in a crosswind of 9 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
The enroute climb commenced overhead Saanen, located in the Canton de Berne, Switzerland. The aircraft climbed from 3,855 feet above sea level to 5,081 feet above sea level, gaining 1,226 feet in altitude over the span of 1 minute and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the enroute descent began 2 miles northeast of Saanen. The descent took the aircraft from 5,091 feet above sea level to 4,402 feet above sea level, descending by 688 feet in altitude over 2 minutes and covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The landing took place on runway 14 at LSTS Sankt Stephan Airfield, with a runway length of 917 meters. The height at the threshold was 54 feet above ground level, and the speed at the threshold was 70 knots. The touchdown occurred 383 meters from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 54 knots and a vertical speed indicator (VSI) of -206 feet per minute. The local weather at the time of landing was 15°C, with a wind speed of 10 knots at 11° resulting in a crosswind of 8 knots and a tailwind of 6 knots.
The total landing distance was 938 meters, which accounted for 102% of the runway length. The total flight distance was 9 nautical miles, with a flight duration of 12 minutes and a fuel consumption of 4 kilograms.
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