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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 90 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 69 kt, 21 kt before the 90 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 90 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to stop the drift as soon as it starts in the flare.
What happened: On the landing you drifted 8 m off the centreline, and that kind of lateral drift usually carries through to a touchdown point 8.1 m off centreline and into a rollout that is still skewed off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Heading indicator: track straight down the extended runway centreline through touchdown and rollout.
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 · 16 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 300 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 300 ft gate: centreline 4.1° off, against a 1° limit and wings 12° of bank, against a 10° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,988 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 357 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Beechcraft Baron 58 taxied to runway 26 at Kerry Airport and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft accelerated through a takeoff distance of 400 m, representing 20 % of the available runway, and lifted off at 84 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind from 270° at 2 kt, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
During the climb the aircraft entered a right-hand pattern from runway 26, covering less than 1 nm in 21 seconds. The subsequent right-hand crosswind leg measured 1 nm and was completed in 28 seconds. The downwind turn spanned 2 nm with a 45° angle to the runway and a bearing of 77.6°, followed by a 2 nm downwind leg flown in 61 seconds. The base turn also covered 2 nm at a 45° angle, bearing 48.4°, after which the base leg was less than 1 nm and lasted 10 seconds. The final turn to the approach course was 1 nm and required 51 seconds.
On final approach to runway 26 the aircraft descended from 376 ft AGL to 9 ft AGL in 35 seconds, satisfying the stabilisation gates. Weather at the time was 16 °C with a wind from 270° at 2 kt, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.
Landing was achieved on runway 26, whose total length is 1 988 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 87 kt. Touchdown occurred 356 m down the runway at a speed of 63 kt, with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 113 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 8.1 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 648 m, equivalent to 33 % of the runway.
The rollout continued with the aircraft remaining slightly off-centreline by 8.1 m as it decelerated and exited the runway.
In total the flight covered 9 nm, required 5 minutes of flight time, and consumed 14 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 26 at EIKY Kerry Airport descended from 376 ft agl to 9 ft agl in 35 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 87 kt. Touchdown distance was good at 356 m, touchdown speed was good at 63 kt and the touchdown rate was smooth at minus 113 fpm, although the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.1 m from the centreline.
At touchdown the aircraft touched down 356 m down the runway at 63 kt with a vertical rate of minus 113 fpm, and the touchdown point remained 8.1 m off the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 648 m, representing 33 % of the 1,988 m runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.1 m from the centreline.
To improve the already strong 89.8 % score, focus on reducing the lateral offset to achieve centreline alignment at touchdown and maintain that alignment through rollout. This refinement will enhance runway usage efficiency without compromising the smooth touchdown already demonstrated.
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