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Fixing the bounce
Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.
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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 142 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The TL3000 Sirius taxied to runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft accelerated over a take-off distance of 210 m, representing 23 % of the runway, and lifted off at 62 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, giving a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
During the final-approach descent the aircraft reduced altitude from 401 ft AGL to 23 ft AGL in 45 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gate requirements.
The right-hand pattern began with entry from runway 22, covering less than 1 nm in 20 seconds, followed by a cross-wind segment of less than 1 nm in 11 seconds. The downwind turn spanned 1 nm with a 45-degree angle to the runway measured at 62.3 °. The downwind leg itself was 1 nm completed in 60 seconds. The base-leg turn also covered 1 nm with a 45-degree angle measured at 45.1 °, after which the base leg was less than 1 nm in 21 seconds. The final turn was less than 1 nm in 33 seconds before the aircraft entered the final approach.
Landing on runway 22, which is 906 m long, the aircraft achieved a threshold speed of 51 kt, slightly below the target. Touchdown occurred 140 m down the runway at a speed of 46 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 61 fpm. The touchdown point was 5.4 m off the centreline, and the total landing roll measured 233 m, equivalent to 26 % of the runway. Runway-rollout alignment was reported as very good.
In summary, the flight covered a total distance of 4 nm, took 4 (as reported), and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The TL3000 Sirius conducted the final approach to runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport, descending from 401 ft agl to 23 ft agl in 45 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 51 kt; the local weather was 15 °C with wind 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind.
Touchdown occurred 140 m down the runway, a distance described as good, with a touchdown speed of 46 kt that was fast, a touchdown rate that was excellent at minus 61 fpm, and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 5.4 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 233 m, representing 26 % of the 906 m runway, and the rollout alignment was very good.
Maintain the target threshold speed and refine the flare to reduce touchdown speed, while using minor heading adjustments in the final seconds to bring the touchdown point within a tighter centreline tolerance.
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