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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Use rudder and aileron to hold the extended centreline, correcting drift before it reaches -0.8°.
What happened: During the initial climb the heading drifted -0.8° off the runway track.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level on the runway track
Arrival
Take the power back earlier on final, so the aircraft settles onto the path and the speed comes back to 50 kt together. Do not push down for the height: that only adds speed.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 77 ft agl, 27 ft agl above the 50 ft agl target, and at 67 kt, 17 kt over the 50 kt threshold speed. High and fast together is energy the runway has to absorb, and this touchdown came 190 m beyond the aim point.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 50 kt on short final, then 50 ft agl over the threshold
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.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 15 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.
At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set and centreline 2.4° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
wheel landing
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,836 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 647 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 19 at KSGU St George Regional Airport, a movement that lasted 10 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 19, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 160 m, representing 6 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 48 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 29 °C with wind from 209° at 6 kt, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt head-wind component.
The approach began with a left-hand pattern entry from runway 19, flying 2 nm in 18 seconds, followed by a left-hand crosswind leg of 1 nm completed in 41 seconds. The downwind turn covered 2 nm with a 45° turn angle of 82.2°, after which the downwind leg extended 3 nm in 91 seconds. The base turn spanned 2 nm with a 45° turn angle of 39.3°, and the base leg was less than 1 nm, flown in 29 seconds. The final turn was also less than 1 nm and lasted 34 seconds, positioning the aircraft for the final approach from the north-east on a heading of 203.0°, at 1 nm and 547 ft agl.
Landing was executed on runway 19, whose length is 2,836 m. The threshold height of 76 ft agl was well above the target, and the threshold speed was recorded at 66 kt. Touchdown occurred 273 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a speed of 57 kt and a vertical rate of minus 71 fpm. Runway alignment at touchdown was very good, and the same weather conditions as departure applied.
After touchdown, the aircraft rolled out along the runway, maintaining the good alignment achieved on landing and bringing the flight to a stop without incident.
In total, the flight covered 15 nm, took 11, and consumed 30 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 19 at KSGU St George Regional Airport was flown from the north east on a heading of 203.0° at 1 nm and 547 ft agl.
At the threshold the height was 76 ft agl, which was well above target, and the threshold speed was excessively high at 66 kt.
Touchdown occurred 273 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 57 kt, which was too fast, while the touchdown rate was excellent at minus 71 fpm and runway alignment was very good.
With a score of 75.2 % the landing was acceptable but the high threshold height and speed, together with the overshoot of the touchdown zone, should be addressed; aim to meet the prescribed threshold height and speed and to achieve touchdown within the designated zone at the target speed.
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