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Monitor your taxi speed
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,189 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 438 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 16 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, a DA42-VI, then departed from runway 09L at EDDV Hannover Airport. The takeoff distance was 470 meters, which accounted for 15% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 82 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 16°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 71°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was 9 knots. The aircraft climbed to an altitude of 6,883 feet above sea level, increasing its altitude by 5,686 feet in just 5 minutes and covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The enroute climb started over EDDV Hannover Airport and continued until the aircraft reached a level cruise altitude. The first level cruise segment began 4 miles west of Burgdorf, Lower Saxony, Germany, and lasted for 12 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 2 miles west of Lindwedel, Lower Saxony, Germany. The descent from 6,881 feet to 4,032 feet above sea level took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise segment, this time starting 2 miles south of Steimbke, Lower Saxony, Germany, and lasting for 11 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The descent from 3,997 feet to 3,259 feet above sea level took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles, starting 1 mile northeast of Linsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The aircraft then entered another level cruise segment, starting 2 miles southeast of Linsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, and lasting for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The final descent segment began 1 mile northwest of ETNW Wunstorf Air Base, Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany, and took the aircraft from 2,939 feet to 1,485 feet above sea level in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 09L at EDDV Hannover Airport was made from the west, with the aircraft heading 93.0° at an altitude of 1,308 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 09L was characterized by a threshold speed that was excessively high at 98 knots and a touchdown speed that was excessively fast at 91 knots. However, the touchdown rate was smooth at -109 feet per minute. The touchdown point was 58 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.3 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 735 meters, which accounted for 23% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The total flight distance was 55 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 49 minutes. The aircraft used 14 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The DA42-VI aircraft successfully landed at EDDV Hannover Airport, but there were some areas for improvement. The final approach was initiated from the west, heading 93.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,308 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 09L, which has a length of 3,189 meters.
The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 98 knots. This indicates that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more smoothly, reducing the touchdown speed. The actual touchdown speed was 91 knots, which was also excessively fast. A smoother flare and touchdown would have resulted in a lower touchdown speed.
The touchdown point was 58 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.3 meters from the centerline. This suggests that the pilot may have been slightly off-center during the landing roll.
The local weather conditions were relatively calm, with a temperature of 15°C and winds of 10 knots at 71°. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the headwind was 9 knots. These conditions would have made the landing relatively straightforward.
The total landing distance was 735 meters, which is 23% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot was able to bring the aircraft to a stop quickly and smoothly. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing roll.
Overall, while there were some areas for improvement, the pilot was able to successfully land the DA42-VI at EDDV Hannover Airport. With some adjustments to the flare and touchdown, the pilot may be able to achieve an even smoother and more controlled landing.
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