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Add power on short final to hold 85 kt at the threshold rather than letting speed decay.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 0 kt against a target of 85 kt, below reference speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator, hold 85 kt down to the threshold.
Departure
Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 70 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 91 kt, 21 kt past the 70 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
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 · 11 stages, 10 scored
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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, no landing flap set, glideslope 0.0° against the runway's 3°, centreline 1.9° off, against a 1° limit and speed 85 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 85 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope 0.0° against the runway's 3° and speed 85 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 85 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,221 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,221 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 346 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Diamond DA42 Twin Star taxied to runway 32 at KCRG Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport and commenced its takeoff roll, using 732 m which represents 60 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 91 kt. Ambient conditions at departure were a temperature of 16 °C with a wind from 269° at 2 kt, providing a 2 kt headwind and a 2 kt cross-wind component.
Climb began approximately one mile northwest of KCRG, with the aircraft accelerating from 711 ft asl to 1,796 ft asl, an altitude gain of 1,084 ft. This climb was completed in 1 minute while covering a ground distance of 2 nm.
Cruise was initiated about one mile north of KCRG and persisted for 36 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 90 nm at level flight.
The final approach to runway 32 was executed from the southeast, with the aircraft on a heading of 308.0° at 4 nm and 1,868 ft agl. Weather at the time of approach recorded a temperature of 15 °C, wind from 267° at 18 kt, yielding a 12 kt headwind and a 14 kt cross-wind component.
Landing on runway 32, which measures 1,221 m, was achieved with a touchdown distance of 345 m. The aircraft touched down at a speed reported as satisfactory, with a vertical speed of minus 5 fpm and alignment described as very good.
Rollout continued with a total landing distance of 579 m, representing 47 % of the runway length, and the runway rollout alignment was noted as very good.
In total, the flight covered 97 nm, required 41 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The Diamond DA42 Twin Star approached runway 32 at KCRG Jacksonville Executive from the south-east on a heading of 308.0° at 4 nm and 1,868 ft agl, with temperature 15 °C, wind 18 kt from 267°, a 14 kt cross-wind component and a 12 kt headwind component; the approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate: off the glideslope.
At threshold the height was good, but the threshold speed at 0 kt was well below target, prompting a reminder to avoid a stall.
Touchdown occurred 345 m down the runway, a distance judged good, with a touchdown speed at 0 kt described as good, a touchdown rate of minus 5 fpm recorded as perfect, and runway touchdown alignment rated very good; the total landing distance was 579 m, representing 47 % of the 1,221 m runway.
Rollout alignment was very good.
Maintain the glideslope to achieve a stabilized approach and adjust the approach speed to meet the target threshold speed, reducing the risk of an underspeed condition near the runway.
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