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Maintain the centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 4,001 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 163 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, ES30, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport. This process took 4 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. Once at the runway, the aircraft departed from runway 16, with a takeoff distance of 131 meters, which accounted for 3% of the runway's total length. The liftoff speed was 123 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 12°C temperature and a wind speed of 10 knots at 160 degrees. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind was 10 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Yeni Suraxani, a part of Baku City, Azerbaijan. During this climb, the aircraft ascended from 1,005 feet above sea level to 862 feet, an increase of 143 feet, over a distance of 2 nautical miles, and within a time frame of 3 minutes.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its final approach to runway 34 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport. The approach was made from the southeast, with a heading of 321.0 degrees, at an altitude of 852 feet above ground level, and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft then landed on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 163 meters, which was within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown speed was slightly higher than the target speed at 95 knots, and the touchdown rate was heavy at -682 feet per minute.
Upon landing, the aircraft's runway touchdown position was found to be misaligned by 13.2 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 11°C temperature and a wind speed of 8 knots at 160 degrees, with a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 8 knots. The total landing distance was 343 meters, which accounted for 9% of the runway's total length. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment was found to be slightly misaligned by 13.0 meters from the centerline.
In conclusion, the flight covered a total distance of 10 nautical miles, taking 10 minutes to complete, and used 58 kilograms of fuel.
The aircraft, ES30, successfully landed at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport, with a score of 87.9%. The final approach to runway 34 was initiated from the south east, heading 321.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 852 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, which has a length of 4,001 meters.
The threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 103 knots. The touchdown distance was within acceptable limits at 163 meters. However, the touchdown speed of 95 knots was faster than desired, indicating that the pilot may have applied excessive braking or reverse thrust. The touchdown rate was also heavy at -682 feet per minute (fpm), which could have contributed to the fast touchdown speed.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.2 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment or a slight crosswind component. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 11°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 160°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the tailwind component was 8 knots.
The total landing distance was 343 meters, which is approximately 9% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 13.0 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the same factors that contributed to the initial touchdown position misalignment.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown speed and alignment. The pilot may need to work on refining their approach and landing techniques to achieve a higher score.
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