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Be on speed by the gate
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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: wings 11° of bank, against a 10° limit and speed 8 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 55 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,866 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 313 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The TL3000 Sirius taxied to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport and commenced the departure roll. The take-off run was 209 m, representing 11 % of the available runway, and the aircraft lifted off at 56 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 269°, giving a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
During the descent the aircraft reduced altitude from 337 ft AGL to 38 ft AGL in 65 seconds, a rate that satisfied the stabilisation gates for the approach.
The final approach to runway 23 was executed after a left-hand pattern that included entry, cross-wind, downwind turn, downwind leg, base turn, base leg and final turn, each covering distances of less than 1 nm to 2 nm as recorded. The approach was completed on runway 23 with the previously noted weather conditions.
Landing was achieved on runway 23, whose length is 1,866 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 50 kt, and touchdown occurred 311 m down the runway at 42 kt with a vertical speed of minus 62 fpm. Alignment on touchdown and on the subsequent rollout was reported as perfect, and the total landing distance measured 459 m, equivalent to 25 % of the runway.
The rollout phase continued the perfect alignment noted on touchdown, with the aircraft decelerating along the runway until it came to a stop.
In total the flight covered 7 nm, required 5 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The TL3000 Sirius conducted the final approach to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport, descending from 337 ft agl to 38 ft agl in 65 seconds and scoring on the stabilisation gates. Local weather was 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft achieved a threshold speed slightly below target at 50 kt and maintained a good threshold height.
Touchdown occurred 311 m down the runway at a speed of 42 kt, with a touchdown rate rated excellent at minus 62 fpm and runway touchdown alignment described as perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 459 m, representing 25 % of the 1 866 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Fine-tune the approach speed to meet the target value, ensuring the threshold speed aligns with the prescribed figure while preserving the excellent alignment and rate already demonstrated.
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