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Improve the rollout
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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 300 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope and off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,038 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,038 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 35 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna C172, then departed from runway 22 at EDWA Bordelum Airfield. The takeoff distance was 292 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 70 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots at 242 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 9 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Reussenkoge, a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where the aircraft climbed from 999 feet above sea level to 1,189 feet in less than 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, also starting overhead Reussenkoge, and lasted for 13 minutes, covering a distance of 26 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 29L at EDXF Flensburg-Schäferhaus Airport was made from the east, heading 287.0 degrees at 1 nautical mile and 407 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 29L was successful, with a touchdown distance of 34 meters and a touchdown speed of 62 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown rate was excellent at -77 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.1 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions remained the same, with a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots at 242 degrees.
The crosswind was 7 knots, while the headwind was 7 knots. The total landing distance was 416 meters, accounting for 40% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 29.6 meters from the centreline. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 29 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 21 minutes. The aircraft used -100 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna C172 aircraft successfully landed at EDXF Flensburg-Schäferhaus Airport, with a score of 84.5%. The final approach was conducted from the east, heading 287.0° at 1 nm and 407 ft above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 29L, which has a length of 1,038 meters.
The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 65 knots. This indicates that the pilot may have been slightly aggressive in their approach, but it did not significantly impact the overall landing. The touchdown distance was good at 34 meters, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 62 knots. This may have been due to the pilot's decision to flare the aircraft slightly too late, resulting in a slightly higher touchdown speed than desired. The touchdown rate was excellent at -77 feet per minute (fpm), which indicates that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's descent smoothly and safely.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.1 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the approach. The local weather conditions were relatively calm, with a temperature of 6°C and winds of 9 knots at 242°. The crosswind and headwind components were both 7 knots, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment.
The total landing distance was 416 meters, which is 40% of the runway length. This is a relatively short distance, indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's descent and rollout smoothly. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 29.6 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the rollout.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the desired parameters. The pilot's decision to flare the aircraft slightly too late resulted in a slightly fast touchdown speed, and the slight misalignment during the rollout may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment. However, the overall score of 84.5% indicates that the pilot performed well and safely landed the aircraft.
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