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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 61 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 34 kt, 27 kt before the 61 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 61 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Add power on short final to hold 61 kt at the threshold rather than letting speed decay.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 48 kt against a target of 61 kt, below reference speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator, hold 61 kt down to the threshold.
See Arrival Landing
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.
One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: sink rate 1,187 fpm, more than the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,614 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 225 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 152 taxied to runway 11 at MDST Cibao International Airport and commenced the departure roll, achieving a take-off distance of 235 m (9 % of the runway) and lifting off at 38 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, no cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
The aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 11, covering less than 1 nm in 53 seconds.
Subsequently it flew the left-hand pattern crosswind leg, again covering less than 1 nm, this time in 21 seconds.
During the pattern downwind turn the aircraft described a 1 nm arc with an angle to the runway of 47.0°.
The downwind leg extended 3 nm and was completed in 155 seconds.
The base-leg turn spanned 2 nm with an angle to the runway of 37.1°.
The base leg itself was less than 1 nm and required 42 seconds.
The final turn to the approach course was less than 1 nm and lasted 27 seconds.
On final approach to runway 11 the aircraft descended from 846 ft AGL to 25 ft AGL in 85 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gate criteria.
Landing was executed on runway 11, whose length is 2 614 m. The threshold speed was slightly below target at 48 kt. Touchdown occurred 223 m down the runway at 36 kt with a vertical speed of minus 36 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 5.7 m from the centreline, resulting in a total landing distance of 396 m (15 % of the runway). Runway rollout alignment was recorded as very good.
The flight covered a total distance of 9 nm, took 8 (units as provided) and consumed 2 kg of fuel.
The Cessna 152 approached runway 11 at MDST Cibao International Airport descending from 846 ft agl to 25 ft agl in 85 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates, indicating the approach met the required criteria.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good height and a threshold speed of 48 kt, noted as a little below the target, completing the flare from the final descent profile.
Touchdown occurred 223 m down the runway at a speed of 36 kt with a perfect vertical rate of minus 36 fpm; the touchdown point was slightly off centreline by 5.7 m.
The rollout covered a total of 396 m, representing 15 % of the 2 614 m runway, and runway-rollout alignment was very good.
To tighten the approach, adjust the final-approach speed to meet the target value, and refine the final heading to reduce the 5.7 m centreline offset, which will further improve the already strong 92.1 % score.
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