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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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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,464 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,464 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 45 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna Skyhawk, then departed from runway 10 at L88 New Cuyama, with a takeoff distance of 273 meters, which was 23% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 51 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 14°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots at 313°. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 8 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile southeast of New Cuyama, and climbed from 2,791 feet above sea level to 7,097 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,306 feet in 9 minutes, covering 12 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 10 miles west of New Cuyama and lasted 2 minutes, covering 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 11 miles west of New Cuyama, and descended from 7,487 feet above sea level to 1,708 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,778 feet in 8 minutes, covering 13 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started again 12 miles east of Santa Maria and lasted 2 minutes, covering 2 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another enroute climb, starting 11 miles east of Santa Maria, and climbed from 1,531 feet above sea level to 2,765 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,233 feet in 3 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started again 8 miles east of Nipomo and lasted 3 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final enroute descent, starting 4 miles northeast of Nipomo, and descended from 3,423 feet above sea level to 816 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,607 feet in 7 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 29 at KSBP San Luis County Regional Airport was from the southeast, heading 308.0° at 4 nautical miles and 599 feet above ground level. However, the aircraft went around at 384 feet above ground level and again at 483 feet above ground level. The aircraft eventually landed on runway 29, with a touchdown distance of 40 meters, a touchdown speed of 39 knots, and a smooth touchdown rate of -105 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 15.1 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 17°C, with a wind speed of 10 knots at 296°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 10 knots. The total landing distance was 95 meters, which was 7% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.4 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 55 nautical miles, taking 41 minutes, and used 16 kilograms of fuel.
The Cessna Skyhawk successfully landed at KSBP San Luis County Regional Airport, achieving an overall score of 83.4%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southeast, heading 308.0° at 4 nautical miles and 599 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a smooth final approach, maintaining a good threshold height and adhering to the recommended threshold speed of 41 knots, which was well below the target speed to avoid stalling.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft performed well, with a touchdown distance of 40 meters and a touchdown speed of 39 knots, both of which were within acceptable limits. The touchdown rate was also smooth, at -105 feet per minute (fpm). However, there were some minor issues with the landing, as the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 15.1 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also off by 15.4 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 17°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from 296°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 10 knots, which the pilot effectively managed during the landing. Overall, the landing was successful, but there is room for improvement in terms of alignment and alignment during rollout.
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