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Settle the descent rate
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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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 906 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 906 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 99 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Taylorcraft BC-12D departed from runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport, accelerating along the paved surface for a take-off run of 186 m, which represents 21 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 42 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind from 270° at 2 kt; the cross-component measured 1 kt and the head-wind component was 1 kt.
During the descent phase the aircraft reduced altitude from 909 ft AGL to 21 ft AGL in 45 seconds while maintaining the prescribed glide path, and the maneuver was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
The approach was conducted in a right-hand traffic pattern to runway 22. Entry onto the pattern covered less than 1 nm in 14 seconds, followed by a right-hand crosswind leg of less than 1 nm completed in 17 seconds. The downwind turn was executed at a 45° angle to the runway, covering 1 nm with a heading change of 61.4°. The downwind leg itself spanned 1 nm in 56 seconds. The base turn, also at a 45° angle, covered 1 nm with a heading change of 38.7°, after which the base leg was less than 1 nm and lasted 18 seconds. The final turn to the runway heading was less than 1 nm and required 23 seconds. Throughout the approach the same temperature and wind conditions applied as at departure.
Landing on runway 22 was performed with a threshold speed of 31 kt, well below the target speed. Touchdown occurred 96 m down the runway at a speed of 24 kt and a vertical speed of minus 140 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 9.2 m from the centreline. The total landing roll measured 125 m, representing 14 % of the runway length, and the rollout alignment was noted as being 9.1 m off centreline.
In the rollout phase the aircraft continued along the remaining runway distance, maintaining directional control despite the slight centreline deviation noted at touchdown.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 5 nm taking 4 and used 0 kg of fuel.
Taylorcraft BC-12D conducted the final approach to runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport, descending from 909 ft agl to 21 ft agl in 45 seconds and scoring on the stabilisation gates.
During the threshold and flare phase the runway measured 906 m and the threshold height was good; the threshold speed was 31 kt, well below the target, requiring care to avoid a stall.
Touchdown occurred 96 m down the runway at a speed of 24 kt, with a smooth vertical rate of -140 fpm; the touchdown point was misaligned by 9.2 m from the centreline.
The aircraft rolled out over a total distance of 125 m (14 % of the runway) while remaining slightly misaligned by 9.1 m from the centreline; ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, including 1 kt crosswind and 1 kt headwind.
To raise the score further, focus on tightening centreline tracking to reduce the 9 m touchdown and rollout offsets, ensuring the aircraft remains on the intended track through flare and rollout.
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