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Departure
Steer with small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline.
What happened: The takeoff roll drifted off the runway centreline by 46 ft, and the following climb carried a heading deviation of -4.1°. Drift like this during the roll usually carries forward into extra bank held during the second climb segment.
Watch for: Watch the runway centreline visually, keeping drift inside 46 ft through the roll.
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final so threshold speed settles at 47 kt instead of carrying it into the flare.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 68 kt, well above the 47 kt target speed, and that excess speed was still showing at touchdown. Crossing the threshold fast usually carries straight through to a fast touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 47 kt on short final.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 3,190 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 3,190 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 689 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Savage Cub taxied from its parking position to runway 31 at KOSH Wittman Regional Airport in less than one minute, covering less than one nautical mile during the taxi-out.
During the departure roll on runway 31, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 47 kt and became airborne after a takeoff distance of 425 ft, which represented 14 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were 70 °F with a wind from 350° at 13 kt, including an 8 kt cross-wind component and a 10 kt head-wind component.
The en-route climb commenced directly overhead KOSH, climbing from 1,049 ft asl to 884 ft asl - an increase of 165 ft - in one minute while covering two nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 13 was executed from the north-west, maintaining a heading of 135.0° at zero nautical miles and an altitude of 101 ft agl as the aircraft aligned for landing.
Touchdown occurred on runway 13, whose total length is 3,190 ft. The threshold speed was recorded at 68 kt, and the aircraft touched down 686 ft from the threshold at a speed of 57 kt, with a descent rate of minus 79 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 21 ft from the centreline. Local weather at the time was 70 °F with a wind from 350° at 10 kt, a 7 kt cross-wind component and an 8 kt tail-wind component. The total landing distance measured 1,790 ft, representing 56 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was very good.
The rollout proceeded smoothly, maintaining alignment with the runway centreline and bringing the aircraft to a stop within the remaining runway length.
In total, the flight covered two nautical miles, took 2 minutes, and consumed 0 lbs of fuel.
The final approach to runway 13 at KOSH Wittman Regional Airport was flown from the north-west on a heading of 135.0 ° at 0 nm and 101 ft AGL, with a temperature of 70 °F, wind 10 kt from 350 °, a 7 kt crosswind component and an 8 kt tailwind component.
The threshold height was reported as good, while the threshold speed was excessively high at 68 kt.
Touchdown occurred 686 ft down the runway, a distance described as good, with a touchdown speed of 57 kt that was excessively fast. The vertical touchdown rate was excellent at -79 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 21 ft from the centreline; total landing distance was 1,790 ft, representing 55 % of the 3,258-ft runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
Reduce the approach speed to bring the threshold speed within the expected range and manage the flare to achieve a lower touchdown speed, aiming for the standard aim point about 300 m (1,000 ft) in. Maintaining these speed targets will help convert the current 85.6 % score into a higher performance level.
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