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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 93 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 79 kt, 14 kt before the 93 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 93 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
In the flare, apply one smooth, continuous backpressure increase on the elevator and hold it, rather than reversing the stick to chase the runway.
What happened: The flare was pumped, with pitch reversing direction several times instead of being held as one smooth input, and a pumped flare like this usually carries the touchdown long, landing 163 m beyond the 457 m aim point.
Watch for: Touchdown point: aim for 457 m from the threshold.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
Read more in Flare TimingStart 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 500 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 620 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cirrus Vision SF50 taxied from the parking area to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 05R the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 93 kt and became airborne after a takeoff distance of 387 m, which represents 12 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 16 °C with wind from 35° at 21 kt, giving a cross-wind component of 12 kt and a head-wind component of 17 kt.
The approach began with a right-hand pattern entry from runway 05R, the leg extending less than 1 nm and lasting 22 seconds. The subsequent right-hand crosswind leg covered 2 nm in 39 seconds. The downwind turn spanned 3 nm with an angle to the runway of 109.9° (45° bank). The downwind leg itself was 4 nm long and required 126 seconds to fly. The base-leg turn measured 5 nm with an angle to the runway of 42.5° (45° bank), followed by a base leg of less than 1 nm completed in 27 seconds. The final turn was 3 nm and took 143 seconds. From the south-west the aircraft entered the final approach to runway 05R on a heading of 67.0°, at 2 nm distance and 815 ft above ground level.
Landing was executed on runway 05R, whose total length is 3 284 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 82 kt. Touchdown occurred 178 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 65 kt and a vertical rate of minus 55 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 3.1 m from the centreline. Weather conditions remained temperature 16 °C, wind 21 kt from 35°, cross-wind 12 kt and head-wind 17 kt.
Runway rollout covered a distance of 689 m, representing 21 % of the runway, and alignment during the rollout was reported as very good.
In total the flight covered 14 nm, took 9 (units as given), and consumed 22 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport was flown from the south-west on a heading of 67.0° at 2 NM and 815 ft AGL. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1 000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits. Local conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 21 kt from 35°, providing a 12 kt cross-wind component and a 17 kt head-wind component.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft established a threshold speed slightly below target at 82 kt. The flare produced a touchdown speed of 65 kt, which was judged good, and a touchdown rate of -55 fpm, rated excellent. The aircraft touched down 178 m beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.1 m from the centreline.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft positioned 178 m beyond the designated zone and laterally offset 3.1 m from centreline. Total landing distance measured 689 m, representing 21 % of the 3 284 m runway length. The performance figures and alignment were recorded as good to excellent.
Rollout alignment was reported as very good, with the aircraft remaining on the centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
The minor overshoot of the touchdown zone and the small lateral offset suggest focusing on achieving the aim point approximately 300 m (1 000 ft) down the runway and refining lateral guidance to centreline during flare. Maintaining the current speed and rate control will preserve the overall high score of 94.7 %.
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