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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 61 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 39 kt, 22 kt before the 61 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 61 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Add power on final to hold 61 kt across the threshold.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 47 kt, 14 kt below VREF, and low energy like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown at 217 fpm.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 61 kt at 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 · 14 stages, 13 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: sink rate 1,012 fpm, more than the glideslope needed and centreline 1.1° off, against a 1° 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 2,614 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 231 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 152 departed runway 11 at MDST Cibao International Airport, using a takeoff distance of 231 m which represented 9 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 42 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, no cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
During the traffic-pattern sequence the aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 11, completing the entry in less than 1 nm over 88 seconds. The left-hand crosswind leg covered less than 1 nm in 27 seconds. The downwind turn was executed at a 45° angle of 61.5°, covering 1 nm, followed by a downwind leg of 3 nm completed in 99 seconds. The base-leg turn, also at a 45° angle, measured 15.7° and spanned 2 nm before the aircraft commenced the final approach.
The final approach to runway 11 involved a controlled descent from 991 ft AGL to 31 ft AGL in 85 seconds, during which the aircraft satisfied the stabilisation gates.
Landing was made on runway 11, whose length is 2,614 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 47 kt, and touchdown occurred 228 m down the runway at 35 kt with a smooth vertical rate of minus 135 fpm. Runway-touchdown alignment was recorded as very good, and the same weather conditions as at departure prevailed.
In total the flight covered 8 nm, taking 7, and consumed 2 kg of fuel.
The Cessna 152 conducted the final approach to runway 11 at MDST Cibao International Airport, descending from 991 ft agl to 31 ft agl in 85 seconds while the local weather was 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, cross-wind 0 kt and tail-wind 1 kt; the approach was scored on the stabilisation gates.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft encountered a good threshold height on runway 11, whose length is 2,614 m, and the threshold speed was a little below target at 47 kt.
Touchdown occurred 228 m down the runway at a speed of 35 kt, with a smooth vertical rate of minus 135 fpm and runway-touchdown alignment described as very good.
To bring the score even closer to perfection, adjust the approach speed to meet the exact target and verify the descent profile remains within the stabilisation gates throughout the final approach.
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