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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 71 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 61 kt, 10 kt before the 71 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 71 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Ease the pitch and add power earlier on final to arrest the descent rate before reaching the stabilisation gate.
What happened: On the approach, the aircraft's sink rate exceeded the stabilised gate limit, tripping a sink-rate fault at the gate check.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, stabilised descent rate approaching the gate
See Arrival Approach
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 in the score
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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 1,094 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, centreline 2.1° off, against a 1° limit and wings 21° of bank, against a 10° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,490 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 475 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 208B departed from runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde. The take-off roll measured 345 m, which is 14 % of the available runway, and the aircraft became airborne at a liftoff speed of 71 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, giving a 1 kt head-wind and a 1 kt cross-wind component.
During the approach the aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 23, covering less than 1 nm in 25 seconds. The subsequent left-hand crosswind leg also spanned less than 1 nm, completed in 15 seconds. The downwind turn was 1 nm with an angle to the runway of 84.9°, followed by a downwind leg of 2 nm flown in 47 seconds. The base-leg turn covered 1 nm at an angle of 54.1°, after which the base leg was less than 1 nm and lasted 24 seconds. The final turn was less than 1 nm and took 22 seconds. The final approach to runway 23 was established from the north-east on a heading of 232.0°, at 1 nm distance and 222 ft AGL.
Landing was executed on runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde, whose length is 2 493 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 64 kt, and touchdown occurred 477 m down the runway at a speed of 52 kt. The vertical speed at touchdown was minus 50 fpm, and runway alignment was described as perfect. Weather at the time remained 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, providing the same 1 kt head-wind and 1 kt cross-wind as earlier.
The total landing distance was 758 m, representing 30 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was also noted as perfect.
In total the flight covered 8 nm, required approximately 5 minutes, and consumed 13 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde was flown from the north-east on a heading of 232.0 ° at 1 nm and 222 ft agl, with a temperature of 15 °C, wind 1 kt from 270 °, a crosswind component of 1 kt and a headwind component of 1 kt. The approach remained stable and the threshold height was reported as good.
At the threshold the aircraft maintained a speed of 64 kt, which was described as good, and the flare was executed with the expected height, confirming a well-timed transition from descent to level flight.
Touchdown occurred 477 m down the runway at a speed of 52 kt, both judged good, with a vertical rate of -50 fpm rated excellent and runway touchdown alignment perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 758 m, representing 30 % of the 2 493 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Maintain the current technique that produced the perfect alignment and rate, while fine-tuning the touchdown point to remain near the 300 m aim point and continuing to monitor the modest cross-wind component for consistent performance.
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