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Improve the rollout
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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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. 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.
The 480 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Beechcraft Baron 55 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 92 kt and became airborne after a take-off distance of 500 m, representing 15 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 33 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 1° (crosswind 3 kt, headwind 1 kt).
The right-hand pattern entry was executed from runway 05R, traversing a distance of less than 1 nm in 21 seconds.
Subsequently, the aircraft flew the right-hand pattern crosswind leg for 1 nm, completing the segment in 33 seconds.
The downwind turn covered 2 nm and was conducted at an angle of 102.0° to the runway heading.
The downwind leg extended 4 nm and was flown in 88 seconds.
The base-leg turn spanned 4 nm with a 41.7° angle to the runway.
The base leg itself measured 2 nm and was completed in 50 seconds.
The final turn to align with the runway was 1 nm long and required 49 seconds.
On final approach from the west, the aircraft was established on a heading of 77.0° at 2 nm and 531 ft AGL; during the approach the aircraft descended from 669 ft AGL to 92 ft AGL in 87 seconds and met the stabilisation gates.
Landing was made on runway 05R (length 3,284 m); the threshold height of 78 ft AGL was above target and the threshold speed was 102 kt. Touchdown occurred 297 m beyond the touchdown zone at 91 kt with a vertical speed of minus 168 fpm, and the touchdown point was offset 11.1 m from the centreline. Weather at landing was 32 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 0° (crosswind 5 kt, headwind 2 kt).
The rollout distance measured 1,284 m, representing 39 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s path during rollout was misaligned by 23.2 m from the centreline.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 30 nm, took 15 (units as given), and consumed 254 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 05R at Auckland International Airport was flown from the west on a heading of 77.0° at 2 NM and 531 ft agl, descending from 669 ft agl to 92 ft agl in 87 seconds and receiving a score on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the aircraft was 78 ft agl, a height described as well above target, and the threshold speed was recorded at 102 kt, noted as excessively high.
Touchdown occurred 297 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 91 kt, described as excessively fast, while the vertical rate was good at minus 168 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 11.1 m from the centreline, the total landing distance was 1,284 m (39 % of the 3,284 m runway), and the local weather was 32 °C, wind 5 kt from 0°, including a 5 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.
During rollout the aircraft remained misaligned, drifting 23.2 m from the centreline.
To improve future performance, focus on achieving the prescribed threshold height and reducing threshold and touchdown speeds to within target limits, and work on maintaining centreline alignment through the touchdown and rollout phases. These adjustments should raise the overall landing score from the current 56.4 %.
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