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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.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 82 kt with 2.1° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 686 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 973 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,120 fpm on average to 686 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 4,751 ft runway.
Rolled from 349 ft in, drifted 6 ft right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 41 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
One stabilised approach gate: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate more than 600 fpm beyond what the glideslope needed, glideslope more than 2° off the runway's 3° and centreline more than 1° off.
When the approach was stable
Every check met from 1.3 nm, about 730 ft above the runway, to the threshold, after the 500 ft gate.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
High from 2.2 nm, where the final began, to 1.6 nm (up to 660 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 1,020 ft right of the centreline at 2.2 nm, then inside the band from 1.3 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 40 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 24 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band from 2.2 nm, where the final began, to 1.6 nm, then fast to 1.3 nm (up to +25 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Very good landing flare
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° right of the track, wings level.
Wind 323° at 2 kt · 1 kt head · 1 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 76 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 12 s, an average deceleration of 0.22 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 4,751 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 18 ft, 32 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,148 ft in, close to the ideal 1,000 ft.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 4,751 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 380 fpm at 16 ft to 140 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.4° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 4,751 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 4 ft of it down the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 1,148 ft 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 25 at 99V Crawford, where the aircraft, a PA28 Arrow III, accelerated to a speed of 99 knots before lifting off the ground. The takeoff distance covered 1,651 feet, which was 35% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 82 knots, a good indication of the aircraft's performance.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 40°F temperature and a wind of 2 knots at 321 degrees. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the headwind component was 1 knot. The enroute climb started 1 mile west of the airport and saw the aircraft ascend from 7,183 feet above sea level to 8,025 feet, an increase of 843 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile.
After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which lasted for 4 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. This phase of the flight was initiated 2 miles southwest of the airport.
As the aircraft began its final approach to runway 25, it was heading east at a distance of 2 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,036 feet above ground level. The approach was made from the east, with a heading of 255.0 degrees.
The landing was executed on runway 25, which had a length of 4,751 feet. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target speed of 82 knots. The touchdown distance was 1,145 feet, which was considered good. However, the touchdown speed of 70 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at -327 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The total landing distance was 2,088 feet, which was 44% of the runway length. The local weather conditions during the landing were 38°F temperature and a wind of 2 knots at 323 degrees, with a crosswind component of 2 knots and a headwind component of 1 knot.
The total flight distance was 8 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 6 minutes. The aircraft used 7 pounds of fuel during the flight. Overall, the flight was executed smoothly, with good performance from the aircraft.
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