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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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven 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. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope 5.1° against the runway's 3° and centreline 1.2° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 4,500 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 524 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Piper Aerostar 600 taxied from the parking area to runway 09 at MMQT Querétaro Intercontinental Airport, a movement that required 12 minutes and covered 5 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 09, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 96 kt and left the ground after a takeoff distance of 746 m, representing 21 % of the runway. Local weather at the time was 26 °C with a wind of 12 kt from 100°, giving a head-wind component of 12 kt and no cross-wind.
Climb commenced 1 mile east of MMQT, with the aeroplane climbing from 7,561 ft asl to 13,353 ft asl, an increase of 5,792 ft achieved in 9 minutes while covering 26 nm.
Level cruise began 6 miles west of Huichapan and continued for 15 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 47 nm.
Descent started 1 mile south of Santa Teresa, descending from 13,099 ft asl to 8,745 ft asl, a loss of 4,354 ft in 4 minutes over a distance of 13 nm.
A go-around was executed on runway 04C at MMSM Aeropuerto Internacional General Felipe Ángeles, with the aircraft climbing to an altitude of 1,218 ft agl before re-establishing a new approach.
The final approach to runway 04C proceeded from 1,053 ft agl down to 101 ft agl in 144 seconds, and the aircraft was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 04C was completed with a threshold height of 63 ft agl that was above target and a threshold speed slightly above target at 101 kt. Touchdown occurred 89 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 81 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 256 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment. Local conditions at landing were 25 °C, wind 11 kt from 40° (head-wind 11 kt, cross-wind 2 kt). The total landing distance was 825 m, representing 18 % of the runway.
After touchdown, the aircraft rolled out with perfect alignment along the runway centreline.
The aeroplane taxied from the runway to the parking area in 5 minutes, covering the final 1 nm of ground movement.
In total, the flight covered 109 nm, required 45 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 45 kg of fuel.
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