The Beechcraft Bonanza A36 taxied to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde and commenced the take-off roll. The aircraft accelerated over a measured distance of 380 m, representing 15 % of the available runway, and lifted off at 79 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 247°, giving a 2 kt head-wind component and a 1 kt cross-wind component at the time of departure.

During the left-hand pattern entry the airplane flew 1 nm in 197 seconds before joining the cross-wind leg, which covered 3 nm in 80 seconds. The down-wind turn spanned 6 nm with an angle to the runway of 45 degrees and a measured deviation of 3.0 °. The subsequent down-wind leg extended 2 nm in 75 seconds, after which the aircraft established the final approach to runway 05 from the south-west on a heading of 52.0°, at 3 nm distance and 997 ft AGL. Weather remained unchanged with a temperature of 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 247°, and a 1 kt cross-wind component.

The landing was executed on runway 05, whose length is 2 493 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 93 kt, while touchdown occurred 444 m down the runway at a speed of 75 kt, slightly faster than ideal. The aircraft’s vertical speed at touchdown was a precise -20 fpm and the touchdown point was offset by 3.4 m from the centreline. The total landing roll measured 719 m, equivalent to 29 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was judged very good despite a 2 kt tail-wind and 1 kt cross-wind.

In the rollout phase the aircraft maintained excellent centreline tracking, confirming the previously noted very good alignment, and came to a complete stop within the remaining runway length.

Overall, the flight covered a distance of 13 nm, required approximately 10 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 16 kg of fuel.