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Departure
On the roll, make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline.
What happened: On the roll the aircraft drifted 13 m off the centreline, and heading then varied by -1.8° through the first climb segment; drifting off centreline on the roll like this usually carries a heading variation into the climb, which in turn usually carries extra bank into the second climb segment, seen here as 3.2°.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level and track straight through the climb
Arrival
Apply small, early rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline from touchdown onward.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 28 m off the centreline during the landing roll, and by touchdown the offset had grown to 10 m. A centreline deviation that appears on landing usually carries through to a larger offset at touchdown.
Watch for: Centreline marker: aircraft tracking straight over the runway centreline, not drifting to either side.
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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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. These checks are the approach's score.
Side view — the last 499 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 499 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 404 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The JMB VL-3 Sprint taxied from the parking area to runway 28 at EDSH Backnang-Heiningen Airfield in 11 minutes, covering 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 28, the aircraft accelerated for a take-off distance of 171 m, representing 34 % of the runway, and lifted off at 62 kt. Local weather was 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a crosswind component of 1 kt and a headwind component of 2 kt.
Climb commenced overhead EDSH Backnang-Heiningen Airfield, rising from 1,158 ft asl to 5,024 ft asl - an increase of 3,867 ft - in 7 minutes while covering 14 nm.
The first level cruise began 1 mile south of Affalterbach, lasting 2 minutes and extending over 3 nm.
En-route descent started overhead Leutenbach, descending from 4,929 ft asl to 1,902 ft asl - a loss of 3,027 ft - in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
A second level cruise was initiated overhead Allmersbach im Tal, persisting for 2 minutes and spanning 2 nm.
Final approach to runway 28 at EDSH Backnang-Heiningen Airfield reduced altitude from 665 ft agl to 7 ft agl in 75 seconds, with the aircraft scoring on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 28, whose length is 499 m, occurred with a threshold speed of 46 kt, a touchdown distance of 10 m, a touchdown speed of 45 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 241 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good; local weather remained 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 269°, a crosswind of 1 kt and a headwind of 2 kt. Total landing distance measured 108 m, equivalent to 22 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
In total, the flight covered 80 nm, took 58 minutes and consumed 11 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 conducted the final approach to runway 17C at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. The aircraft descended from 1,295 ft agl to 80 ft agl in 99 seconds, maintaining the required parameters throughout the approach.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 148 kt. During flare the aircraft carried a touchdown speed of 144 kt, noted as a little fast, and the touchdown rate was fair at -248 fpm.
Touchdown occurred 532 ft beyond the touchdown zone, with the wheel track slightly misaligned by 13 ft from the centreline. The landing was completed under calm conditions (temperature 88 °F, wind 0 kt at 129°) and the aircraft remained on the runway after touchdown.
The total landing distance was 4,810 ft, representing 36 % of the 13,408 ft runway, and the rollout alignment was very good.
With a score of 94.7 % the landing was strong; refining the touchdown point to the aim point near 1,000 ft and reducing speed to the target VREF will tighten the margin and further improve consistency.
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