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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 11 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 3.1° of bank in the first climb segment and 7.2° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Arrival
Add power earlier on final to hold VREF of 131 kt by the gates rather than let speed decay.
What happened: The approach was flown too slow through the stabilisation gates, crossing the threshold at 133 kt against a VREF of 131 kt.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 131 kt from the first stabilisation gate onward.
See Arrival Approach
Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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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 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 5 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 131 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,975 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 639 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 34R at OEJN King Abdulaziz International Airport, a movement that lasted 15 minutes and covered 4 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 34R the aircraft used 1,127 m of runway (28 % of runway) and lifted off at 135 kt. Local weather was reported as temperature 45 °C, wind 20 kt from 300 °, with a 13 kt cross-wind component and a 15 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced 1 mile north-east of OEJN, climbing from 946 ft asl to 39,529 ft asl - an increase of 38,582 ft - achieved in 29 minutes while covering 83 nm.
Level cruise began 31 miles north of OE49 Mecca East Airport and continued for 619 minutes, during which 2,015 nm were flown.
Descent was initiated 8 miles south-east of UTZR Khavast Airport, descending from 40,007 ft asl to 2,629 ft asl - a decrease of 37,378 ft - completed in 24 minutes over 156 nm.
The final approach to runway 04 at UT71 Tooele Valley Hospital Heliport was flown from the south-west on a heading of 45.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,106 ft agl.
Landing on runway 04, which is 2,975 m long, the aircraft encountered a threshold height of 83 ft agl and a threshold speed of 133 kt. Touchdown occurred 162 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, at a speed of 122 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 302 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 26.6 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance recorded was 926 m, representing 31 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment remained misaligned by 26.1 m from the centreline.
After rollout, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a movement that took 5 minutes and covered 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 2,265 nm, required 620 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 956 kg of fuel.
The Cessna Citation Longitude approached runway 04 at UT71 Tooele Valley Hospital Heliport from the southwest on a heading of 45.0° at 4 nm and 1,106 ft AGL. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable: off the glideslope.
The threshold height was 83 ft AGL, significantly above target, and the threshold speed was 133 kt, too high.
Touchdown occurred 162 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 122 kt, fast, and a firm vertical rate of minus 302 fpm. The touchdown point was misaligned by 26.6 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance was 926 m, 31 % of the 2,975 m runway.
During rollout the aircraft remained misaligned by 26.1 m from the centreline.
Reduce touchdown speed toward the appropriate VREF to lessen the overshoot and firm rate, and refine the final alignment to keep the aircraft within a few metres of the centreline. These adjustments will improve both distance usage and runway centreline tracking.
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