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Departure
Ease the yoke smoothly to hold a steady one g through the ground roll instead of letting it sag to 0.6 g.
What happened: During the ground roll the g force averaged 0.6 g, well below the smooth steady load expected while tracking the runway.
Watch for: Watch the g meter and hold it steady near one g through the roll.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 112 fpm.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch the VSI in the flare and keep arrested sink from returning before touchdown at 115 fpm.
See Arrival Landing
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 16 stages, 14 scored
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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 for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,737 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 425 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 30 at EGPK Glasgow Prestwick Airport, where the aircraft, a Piper Aerostar 600 with registration NI22PC, successfully took off. The takeoff distance covered 465 meters, which accounted for 17% of the runway. The liftoff speed was recorded at 97 knots.
As the aircraft entered the local weather conditions, it was noted that the temperature was 15 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 2 knots at 269 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 2 knots. The pilot then entered a left-hand pattern from runway 30, completing the maneuver in less than 1 nautical mile in 198 seconds.
The aircraft then proceeded to the downwind turn, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles at an angle of 45 degrees to the runway. The downwind leg itself was 2 nautical miles long and took 60 seconds to complete. The final approach was made to runway 12 from the north-west, with the aircraft at an altitude of 1,041 feet above ground level and a heading of 116 degrees at 3 nautical miles from the runway.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 12, which had a length of 2,737 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 87 knots. The touchdown distance was 423 meters, and the touchdown speed was 72 knots, both of which were considered good. The touchdown rate was an excellent -59 feet per minute.
However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.1 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 8.1 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 10 knots at 295 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 10 knots.
The total landing distance covered 963 meters, which accounted for 35% of the runway. The total flight distance was 10 nautical miles, taking 9 minutes to complete, and the aircraft used 11 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft, a Piper Aerostar 600 with registration NI22PC, successfully landed at Glasgow Prestwick Airport (EGPK) with a score of 97.1%. The final approach was initiated from the north-west, heading 116.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,041 feet above ground level (agl).
The pilot executed a precise landing on runway 12, which has a length of 2,737 meters. The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 87 knots, indicating a well-controlled approach. The touchdown distance of 423 meters was also within acceptable limits, and the touchdown speed of 72 knots was good.
One notable aspect of the landing was the excellent touchdown rate of -59 feet per minute (fpm), which demonstrates the pilot's skill in controlling the aircraft's descent. However, there were some minor deviations from the ideal landing performance. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.1 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly off by 8.1 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 18°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from 295°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 10 knots, which the pilot effectively managed during the landing. The total landing distance of 963 meters was 35% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing roll. Overall, the landing was considered good, with some minor deviations from the ideal performance.
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