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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
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 174 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The TL3000 Sirius departed from runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport, achieving a take-off roll of 162 m which represented 18 % of the available runway. Liftoff occurred at 53 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
During the climb the aircraft left the vicinity of EGHN, climbing from 1,132 ft asl to 1,565 ft asl - a gain of 434 ft - in 1 minute while covering 2 nm.
The level cruise segment began over Shanklin, lasting 5 minutes and encompassing a distance of 6 nm.
The descent phase reduced altitude from 1,259 ft agl to 16 ft agl in 123 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
On final approach to runway 22 at EGHN the aircraft aligned with the runway centreline and prepared for touchdown under the same weather conditions of 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 270°, 1 kt cross-wind and 1 kt head-wind.
Touchdown occurred at a threshold speed of 49 kt, slightly below the target, with a touchdown distance of 172 m and a touchdown speed of 42 kt. The vertical speed at touchdown was minus 45 fpm and the touchdown point was offset by 5.4 m from the centreline. The runway length is 906 m; total landing distance measured 270 m, representing 30 % of the runway.
Rollout alignment was recorded as very good, with the aircraft remaining on the centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
In total the flight covered 10 nm, required approximately 8 minutes of flight time and consumed 1 kg of fuel.
The TL3000 Sirius executed the final approach to runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport, descending from 1,259 ft agl to 16 ft agl in 123 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates; local conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, including a 1 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft presented a good threshold height and achieved a threshold speed of 49 kt, noted as a little below the target.
Touchdown occurred 172 m down the runway at a speed of 42 kt and a vertical rate of minus 45 fpm; the total landing distance was 270 m, representing 30 % of the 906 m runway, and the touchdown point was offset 5.4 m from the centreline.
The rollout was described as very good in terms of runway alignment.
To refine an already strong performance, focus on tightening centreline alignment to reduce the 5.4 m offset and adjust the approach to reach the target threshold speed more precisely.
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