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Not the biggest loss in points — the one thing on this flight a check pilot would raise first, and the guide passage for it.
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 11,537 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 555 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cirrus Vision SF50 taxied to runway 34R at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and commenced its departure roll, using 10,423 ft of runway, which represented 88 % of the available length. Liftoff was achieved at 37 kt while the local weather reported a temperature of 72 °F, wind 7 kt from 260°, a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
Climb began overhead SeaTac, with the aircraft ascending from 459 ft asl to 29,009 ft asl, a gain of 28,550 ft achieved in 19 minutes while covering 60 nm.
Cruise was established 4 nm north of Oakville and persisted for 100 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 490 nm at level flight.
Descent commenced 3 nm east of Cloverdale, California, with a reduction from 29,003 ft asl to 2,090 ft asl, a loss of 26,913 ft over 20 minutes and a distance of 94 nm.
Final approach to runway 28R at San Francisco International Airport was flown from the southeast, on a heading of 299.0° at 4 nm and 1,945 ft agl. Local conditions at the destination were temperature 72 °F, wind 13 kt from 310°, a 3 kt cross-wind and a 13 kt head-wind component.
Landing on runway 28R, which is 11,537 ft long, was executed with a threshold speed of 78 kt. Touchdown occurred at 74 kt, 553 ft down the runway, with a smooth vertical speed of minus 127 fpm and excellent alignment. The total landing distance recorded was 3,023 ft, representing 26 % of the runway length, and rollout alignment was described as perfect.
The aircraft rolled out, decelerated, and taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 651 nm, required 157 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 474 lb of fuel.
The Cirrus Vision SF50 conducted the final approach to runway 28R at KSFO from the southeast on a heading of 299.0° at 4 NM and 1,945 ft agl, with ambient temperature 72 °F, wind 13 kt from 310°, a 3 kt cross-component and a 13 kt headwind component.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 78 kt; the aircraft touched down 553 ft from the threshold at a good speed of 74 kt, with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 127 fpm and a very good runway-touchdown alignment.
Touchdown occurred with the same distance, speed and rate figures, confirming the very good alignment noted at the threshold and flare.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 3,023 ft, representing 26 % of the 11,537-ft runway, and runway-rollout alignment was perfect.
Maintain the current touchdown point and speed to keep the rollout well within runway limits, and continue to fine-tune flare timing to preserve the smooth rate of minus 127 fpm.
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