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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 196 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 175 kt against a target of 196 kt, running 21 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 196 kt.
Arrival
Hold the approach aim point and let the aircraft settle onto 457 m instead of holding it off in the flare.
What happened: Touchdown point came 75 m past the target, landing at 532 m against the 457 m aim point, with threshold speed and the flare both within limits.
Watch for: Touchdown distance marker: 457 m from the threshold.
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,646 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,646 m of the 3,474 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 532 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna Citation CJ4 taxied from the parking area to runway 17 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport, a movement that lasted 11 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the takeoff roll on runway 17 the aircraft used 2,588 m, representing 79 % of the runway, and rotated at 90 kt. Ambient temperature was 23 °C with wind 21 kt at 150 °, a crosswind component of 10 kt and a headwind of 18 kt.
Climb began one mile west of Biny Selo, ascending from 934 ft asl to 30,001 ft asl, an increase of 29,067 ft achieved in 9 minutes while covering 46 nm.
The aircraft entered level cruise seven miles north east of UBGE Bygyr Airport, maintaining altitude for 8 minutes and traversing 26 nm.
Descent commenced three miles north west of Sumqayit, descending from 30,001 ft asl to 6,591 ft asl, a loss of 23,410 ft in 15 minutes and covering 75 nm.
A subsequent cruise segment started nine miles north of UBBQ Gabala International Airport, lasting 3 minutes and covering 5 nm.
Another descent segment began eight miles north west of UBBQ Gabala, dropping from 5,712 ft asl to 3,258 ft asl, a decrease of 2,454 ft in 3 minutes over 8 nm.
Final approach to runway 16 at UBBQ Gabala International Airport involved a descent from 1,337 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 129 seconds, with the aircraft meeting stabilization criteria.
The aircraft landed on runway 16, whose length is 3,474 m. Threshold speed was 104 kt. Touchdown occurred 103 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 93 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 152 fpm and perfect runway alignment. Local weather was 23 °C, wind 4 kt at 340 °, crosswind 0 kt and tailwind 4 kt. Total landing distance was 1,551 m, 45 % of the runway.
Runway rollout proceeded with very good alignment.
In total, the flight covered 168 nm, took 46 minutes, and used 352 kg of fuel.
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