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Shallow the descent on final to re-intercept the glideslope and cross the threshold at 50 ft.
What happened: The aircraft was off the glideslope during the approach, tracking low against the required path.
Watch for: Watch the glideslope indicator and threshold height, targeting 50 ft at the threshold.
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: sink rate 1,381 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 6.7° against the runway's 3° and centreline 5.1° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 391 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Piper PA-46 taxied to runway 24 at 0L9 Echo Bay and began its departure roll, using 850 m of runway which represented 82 % of the available length. Liftoff was achieved at 97 kt under a temperature of 33 °C, with a wind of 8 kt from 186°, a cross-wind component of 8 kt and a head-wind component of 2 kt.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile west of 0L9, where the aircraft accelerated from 2,583 ft asl to 5,254 ft asl, gaining 2,671 ft in 2 minutes while covering 6 nm.
Cruise began about 8 miles south-west of 0L9 and was maintained for 3 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 10 nm at level flight.
Descent was initiated roughly 9 miles north-east of RB18 Lake Las Vegas, descending from 4,828 ft asl to 2,899 ft asl, a loss of 1,928 ft in 3 minutes over a distance of 6 nm.
Final approach to the landing area situated 7 miles north of RB18 proceeded from 1 nm to 1 nm at an altitude of 916 ft agl, positioning the aircraft for touchdown.
Touchdown occurred at the same site, with the aircraft crossing the threshold at 86 kt, a vertical speed of minus 357 fpm, and a ground roll of 391 m; the descent from 48 ft agl to 0 ft agl was completed in 8 seconds. Weather at the time was again 33 °C, wind 8 kt from 186°, cross-wind 1 kt and head-wind 8 kt.
Rollout continued at an elevation of 1,961 ft asl, and the aircraft traveled 545 m before exiting the runway.
Taxi-in to the parking area required less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 26 nm, lasted 10 minutes, and consumed 20 kg of fuel.
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