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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 144 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 128 kt, 16 kt before the 144 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 144 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
In the last part of the flare, hold a little more back pressure to fully arrest the sink before the mains touch down.
What happened: Threshold speed and height were within limits, and the flare began on time and arrested the sink normally; even so, the touchdown rate was 199 fpm, a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, gentle rate at touchdown
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,990 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 291 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A319 taxied from the parking area to runway 33 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 33, accelerating over a distance of 1,348 m (42 % of the runway) and achieved liftoff at 143 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 17 °C, wind 7 kt from 270 ° with a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind.
Climb began 1 mile west of Langenhorn, ascending from 1,040 ft asl to 29,013 ft asl, an increase of 27,973 ft achieved in 17 minutes while covering 118 nm.
Level cruise was established 2 miles west of EDJN Dingelstedt Huy-Neinstedt and continued for 30 minutes, during which the aircraft traveled 244 nm.
Descent commenced 1 mile south-west of Schwind
The Airbus A319 executed the final approach to runway 26 at LOWI Innsbruck Airport on a heading of 257.0° from the east, 4 nm out and 1,656 ft agl; the approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate because the sink rate was too high.
At threshold the aircraft established a good speed of 129 kt, the touchdown point was good at 293 m down the runway, the touchdown speed was good at 119 kt and the touchdown rate was fair at minus 282 fpm, with runway touchdown alignment perfect.
The aircraft rolled out a total landing distance of 1,232 m, representing 62 % of the 1,993 m runway, under local conditions of 20 °C temperature, wind 2 kt from 243°, crosswind 1 kt and headwind 2 kt, and the threshold height was good.
Runway rollout alignment remained perfect throughout the deceleration phase.
To convert the high sink rate into a stabilized approach, the pilot should moderate descent early to meet the 1,000 ft gate criteria, and a smoother touchdown rate can be achieved by refining flare timing while maintaining the established touchdown speed.
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