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Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,271 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,271 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 102 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the TBM 930 began with a 5-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at YMEN Essendon. The departure roll from runway 35 covered 2,407 ft, which was 49% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 109 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 57°F with a wind of 26 knots coming from 270°, resulting in a crosswind of 26 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.
The enroute climb started over Gowanbrae, with the aircraft climbing from 1,365 ft above sea level to 6,933 ft, covering a distance of 9 nm in 5 minutes. The enroute descent began 3 miles north of Oaklands Junction, descending from 7,047 ft to 5,971 ft in 2 minutes while covering 6 nm.
The level cruise portion of the flight began over YPEF Penfield Airfield Sunbury and lasted 8 minutes, covering a distance of 23 nm. The landing took place on runway 23 at YBLT Ballarat, with a runway length of 4,169 ft. The height at threshold was 22 ft above ground level, and the speed at threshold was 137 knots. The touchdown occurred 342 ft from the threshold at a speed of 134 knots, with a vertical speed indicator reading of -786 ft/m. The total landing distance was 2,608 ft, which was 63% of the runway length. The local weather at the time of landing was 55°F with a wind of 16 knots coming from 298°, resulting in a crosswind of 14 knots and a headwind of 9 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 61 nm and lasted 33 minutes, during which time 230 lbs of fuel were used.
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