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Hold the nose until reaching 42 kt before rotating.
What happened: Rotation began at 17 kt, 25 kt before the 42 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator approaching 42 kt.
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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 795 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 795 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 235 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft departed NV16 Lackerman Ranch Airport on runway 02, achieving a take-off roll of 57 m which represented 20 % of the available runway. Liftoff occurred at 17 kt. Ambient conditions were 6 °C with a wind from 181° at 2 kt, a 1-kt cross-wind component and a 1-kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead the departure airport, ascending from 4,851 ft asl to 5,902 ft asl. The altitude gain of 1,051 ft was attained in 1 minute while the aircraft covered 2 nm.
Cruise began approximately 1 mile north of the departure field and continued for 19 minutes, during which 29 nm were flown at level altitude.
The final approach to runway 35 at O39 Ravendale Airport was executed from the south, on a heading of 4.0° at 1 nm distance and 364 ft agl.
Landing was made on runway 35, whose length is 795 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 41 kt. Touchdown occurred 232 m down the runway at 34 kt with a descent rate of minus 90 fpm and perfect alignment. Local weather reported a temperature of 5 °C, wind from 182° at 2 kt, no cross-wind and a 2-kt tail-wind. The total landing distance measured 353 m, equivalent to 44 % of the runway.
Rollout proceeded with the aircraft remaining aligned with the runway centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
In total the flight covered 31 nm, taking 22 and consumed 6 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 35 at O39 Ravendale Airport was conducted from the south on a heading of 4.0 ° at 1 nm and 364 ft agl, with local temperature 5 °C, wind 2 kt from 182 °, cross-wind 0 kt and tail-wind 2 kt.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 41 kt.
Touchdown occurred 232 m down the runway at a speed of 34 kt, which was good, and the vertical rate was excellent at minus 90 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 353 m, representing 44 % of the 795 m runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect.
With a final score of 94.2 %, the landing was strong overall; refining the approach to achieve the exact target threshold speed will bring the performance to the highest standard.
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