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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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 36 kt with 11.7° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 561 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 426 m of runway left; then climbing at 920 fpm on average to 561 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 662 m runway.
Rolled from 82 m in, never more than 0.7 m off the centreline. Airborne 19 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 300 ft gate: glideslope more than 2° off the runway's 3°.
When the approach was stable
Every check met from 0.3 nm, about 210 ft above the runway, to the threshold, after the 300 ft gate.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
High from 1.6 nm, where the final began, to 0.9 nm (up to 550 ft over), then back on it to 0.6 nm, then high to 0.3 nm (up to 160 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 400 m left of the centreline at 1.6 nm, then inside the band from 1.4 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 21 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 13 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 1.6 nm, where the final began, to 0.3 nm (up to +35 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
three-point landing
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Perfect landing flare
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° left of the track, wings level.
Wind 270° at 1 kt · 1 kt tail · 0 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 662 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 30 ft, 20 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 124 m in, 181 m short of the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 662 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 380 fpm at 25 ft to 240 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.4° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 662 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 0.6 m of it down the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.
The 124 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.30 G arrival bounced 3 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 24 at Corral Creek Airport, where the aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 132 meters, which accounted for 20% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 37 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time were characterized by a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270 degrees. This resulted in a negligible crosswind and a slight headwind.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead the Corral Creek Airport. The aircraft ascended from an initial altitude of 3,476 feet above sea level to a final altitude of 3,584 feet, an increase of 107 feet in just 2 minutes. This climb covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The final approach to runway 06 at Corral Creek Airport was initiated from a heading of 74.0 degrees, approximately 1 nautical mile away from the runway. The aircraft was at an altitude of 772 feet above ground level at this point. The landing was executed with a threshold speed that was slightly below the target speed of 46 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's touchdown distance was 122 meters, which was considered good. The touchdown speed was 38 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -215 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions remained the same, with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270 degrees. This resulted in a negligible crosswind and a slight tailwind.
The total landing distance was 216 meters, which accounted for 33% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The total flight distance was 2 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 5 minutes. The aircraft used 1 kilogram of fuel during the flight.
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