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Be on speed by the gate
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Reduce power on approach to bring your speed back to 135 kt and hold it there through to the threshold.
What happened: The approach ran fast through the speed gate, and that kind of excess speed usually carries straight through to the threshold, where you crossed at 143 kt against a target of 135 kt.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 135 kt on approach, carried through to 135 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.
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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: gear still up and speed 67 kt FAST on the reference speed of 135 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 16 kt FAST on the reference speed of 135 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,203 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 496 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna Citation Longitude taxied from the parking area to runway 21R at KLSV Nellis Air Force Base, a movement that lasted 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 21R, the aircraft used 1,584 m of runway, representing 51 % of the available length, and lifted off at 140 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 40 °C, wind 12 kt from 190°, with a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 10 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead Sunrise Manor, Nevada, with the airplane ascending from 2,821 ft asl to 10,739 ft asl, an increase of 7,918 ft achieved in 7 minutes while covering 44 nm.
The first level-cruise segment began 13 miles north-west of the 28DL DOCILF Dry Lake reference point, lasting 2 minutes and extending 12 nm.
Descent started 11 miles north of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, with the aircraft descending from 10,605 ft asl to 4,297 ft asl, a loss of 6,309 ft in 6 minutes and traversing 28 nm.
A second cruise phase was flown overhead KLAS Harry Reid International Airport, lasting 3 minutes and covering 17 nm.
The final approach to runway 26L at KLAS was executed from the east, on a heading of 270.0°, at 4 nm and 1,008 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26L, which is 3,203 m long, occurred with a threshold speed slightly above target at 144 kt. Touchdown was recorded 83 m beyond the touchdown zone, at a speed of 131 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 206 fpm; the touchdown point was offset 4.5 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was temperature 40 °C, wind 17 kt from 199°, with a 16 kt cross-wind and a 6 kt head-wind component.
In total, the flight covered 109 nm, required 22 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 615 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 03R at LGAV Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport was conducted from the south-west on a heading of 37.0° at 4 nm and 1,275 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
Threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 144 kt. The aircraft crossed the runway threshold with a favourable height and speed for the ensuing flare.
Touchdown occurred 333 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 138 kt that was good, a touchdown rate of -162 fpm that was good, and runway touchdown alignment that was perfect.
The total landing distance was 1,872 m, representing 51 % of the 3,697 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
To refine the already strong performance reflected by the 95.2 % score, aim to reduce the touchdown point slightly toward the 300 m (1,000 ft) aim point to shorten the landing roll while maintaining the current speed and alignment.
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