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On the roll, make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline within 5 m.
What happened: The takeoff roll drifted off the centreline by 5 m, and excess bank then carried through all three climb segments. A drifted roll like this usually leads into wandering bank angle through the climb.
Watch for: Watch the heading indicator and runway centreline during the roll, and the attitude indicator for wings level through the climb.
See Departure RollDeparture Climb 1Departure Climb 2Departure Climb 3
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,731 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 113 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Partenavia P68B Blue-Black taxied from the parking area to runway 29 at EKRK Copenhagen Roskilde Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 29, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 529 m, representing 31 % of the available runway, and lifted off at 75 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 18 °C with wind from 260° at 9 kt, providing a 7 kt headwind and a 5 kt cross-wind component.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile west of EKRK, with the aircraft climbing from 714 ft asl to 737 ft asl, an increase of 23 ft achieved in less than 1 minute while covering less than 1 nm.
Level cruise began at the same point, lasting 2 minutes and extending over a distance of 3 nm.
The final approach to runway 29 was executed from the south-east, on a heading of 296.0° at 0 nm and 100 ft agl.
Landing was made on runway 29, whose length is 1,731 m. The threshold speed was 71 kt, touchdown occurred 112 m down the runway at 61 kt, and the descent rate at touchdown was minus 274 fpm. Alignment on touchdown was perfect, and the runway touchdown distance totaled 280 m, equivalent to 16 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout alignment was very good, completing the landing phase without deviation.
In total, the flight covered 5 nm, took 4 (units as provided), and consumed 5 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 03R at MPTO Tocumen International Airport was flown from the south-west on a heading of 31.0 ° at 3 nm and 1,605 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable, with a sink rate too high and the aircraft off the glideslope. Ambient conditions were 27 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 0 °, including a 2 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt headwind.
At threshold the aircraft was 105 ft agl, a height described as excessively over target, and the threshold speed was too high at 162 kt. The flare commenced from this elevated position and speed, leading to a high-energy touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 532 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a speed of 141 kt that was fast for the configuration. The aircraft impacted the runway with a very hard rate of minus 590 fpm and was slightly misaligned by 3.9 m from the centreline. The total landing distance used was 1,657 m, representing 54 % of the 3,053 m runway.
Rollout alignment was very good, keeping the aircraft on the centreline through the deceleration phase.
To improve future performance, focus on achieving a stabilized approach by the 1,000 ft gate, ensuring sink rate and glideslope adherence and reducing speed to the target before flare. Managing speed and descent rate will help place the touchdown within the zone and lessen the vertical impact, supporting a smoother landing.
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