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Track the centreline
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 1,000 ft gate: no landing flap set and centreline 7.1° off, against a 1° limit.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 4.5° off, against a 1° limit.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,741 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 447 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at SBCO Canoas Air Force Base took approximately 5 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its departure roll on runway 13, utilizing 56% of the available runway length to achieve a takeoff distance of 1,532 meters. Liftoff speed was reached at 69 knots, with a local temperature of 16°C and a gentle tailwind of 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airfield, it began its enroute climb phase, which started overhead Cachoeirinha, a town located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The aircraft ascended from an initial altitude of 1,039 feet above sea level to 4,996 feet, an increase of 3,956 feet, in just 6 minutes and covering a distance of 10 nautical miles. Following this initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 14 minutes and covered a distance of 25 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent phase, initially from 5,006 feet to 4,428 feet, a decrease of 578 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a second level cruise phase, lasting 2 minutes and covering 3 nautical miles, before beginning its final descent phase, which took the aircraft from 3,979 feet to 1,543 feet, a decrease of 2,436 feet, in 3 minutes and covering 7 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 13 at SBCO Canoas Air Force Base, with a heading of 116.0° and an altitude of 1,506 feet above ground level. The landing was made on the runway, with a touchdown point located 626 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 81 knots, which was excessively fast, while the touchdown rate was fair at -249 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.3 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,584 meters, which represented 58% of the available runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft used a total of 28 kilograms of fuel for the flight, which covered a distance of 101 nautical miles and took approximately 64 minutes to complete.
The final approach to runway 13 at SBCO Canoas Air Force Base from the west was initiated with a heading of 116.0° at 2 nm and 1,506 ft above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, but the threshold height at 268 ft agl was excessively over target, indicating a higher-than-desired altitude at the threshold. This was likely due to a combination of factors, including the aircraft's descent rate and the pilot's control of the aircraft's altitude.
As the aircraft touched down on the runway, it was traveling at an excessively high speed of 92 kt, which is above the recommended threshold speed. The touchdown point was 626 m beyond the touchdown zone, indicating that the pilot may have been slightly late in initiating the flare. The touchdown speed of 81 kt was also excessively fast, and the touchdown rate of -249 fpm was only fair. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.3 m from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight drift or a miscalculation of the wind conditions.
The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 15 °C and a wind of 6 kt at 271°, contributed to a crosswind of 2 kt and a tailwind of 6 kt. The total landing distance of 1,584 m was 58% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing performance was satisfactory, but there were several areas for improvement, resulting in a score of 69.6%.
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