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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,126 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,717 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Honda HA420 began with a departure roll on runway 18 at 7M1 McGehee Mun. The takeoff distance was 2,886 ft, covering 72% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 142 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 82 °F with a 3 knot wind at 50°, resulting in a 2 knot crosswind and 2 knot tailwind.
The enroute climb started 1 mile south of McGehee Mun and lasted 6 minutes. The climb took the aircraft from 1,165 ft above sea level to 10,502 ft, covering a distance of 24 nm and gaining 9,337 ft.
After reaching cruising altitude, the enroute level cruise began 10 miles north of Hamburg and lasted 27 minutes, covering 145 nm.
The enroute descent started 6 miles east of Tatum and lasted 6 minutes. The descent took the aircraft from 10,503 ft to 2,245 ft, covering 17 nm and descending 8,258 ft.
The landing took place on runway 36 at KGGG East Texas Rgnl, which has a runway length of 6,126 ft. The height at the threshold was 55 ft above ground level and the speed at the threshold was 102 knots. The touchdown occurred 1,715 ft from the threshold at a speed of 90 knots, with a vertical speed indicator reading of -173 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing was 84 °F with a 7 knot wind at 30 °, resulting in a 4 knot crosswind and 6 knot headwind. The total landing distance was 2,679 ft, equivalent to 44% of the runway.
After landing, taxiing from the runway to the parking area took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
The total flight distance was 193 nm, with a total flight time of 48 minutes. The aircraft used 0 lbs of fuel for the duration of the flight.
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