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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 300 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 300 ft gate: glideslope 5.0° against the runway's 3°, wings 18° of bank, against a 10° limit and speed 44 kt FAST on the reference speed of 89 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 2,768 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 425 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The TBM 850 departed EGAC George Best Belfast City Airport from runway 22, using a takeoff roll of 565 m which represented 31 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 91 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a cross-wind component of 2 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
During the initial climb the aircraft rose from 970 ft asl to 2 912 ft asl, gaining 1 942 ft in 2 minutes while covering 6 nm. The climb was commenced overhead EGAC.
The flight then entered a level cruise segment over Newtownabbey, lasting 2 minutes and traversing 5 nm.
A subsequent climb began over Ballyclare, increasing altitude from 3 417 ft asl to 6 004 ft asl, an ascent of 2 587 ft achieved in 3 minutes and covering 10 nm.
Descent commenced 1 mile south-east of EGGJ Dunnyvadden Airstrip, descending from 6 225 ft asl to 601 ft asl, a loss of 5 624 ft in 5 minutes while covering 15 nm.
The final approach to runway 07 at EGAA Belfast International Airport involved a descent from 708 ft agl to 41 ft agl over a period of 46 seconds.
Landing on runway 07 was executed on a runway 2 768 m long. The threshold speed was recorded at 69 kt, touchdown occurred at 425 m down the runway with a speed of 54 kt, and the vertical speed at touchdown was minus 82 fpm. The total landing distance measured 742 m, representing 27 % of the runway.
Rollout proceeded with alignment maintained throughout the remaining runway distance.
Taxi-in from the runway to the parking area required 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 39 nm, required 17 minutes, and consumed 48 kg of fuel.
The TBM 850 approached runway 07 at EGAA Belfast International Airport and was scored on the stabilisation gates. Descent began at 708 ft agl and reached 41 ft agl in 46 seconds, with the approach recorded as meeting the required criteria.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft maintained a good threshold height. The threshold speed was 69 kt, noted as well below the target and a reminder to avoid a stall condition.
Touchdown occurred 425 m down the runway at a speed of 54 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 82 fpm and runway touchdown alignment described as very good.
Rollout covered a total landing distance of 742 m, representing 27 % of the 2,768 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Maintain the target threshold speed to provide a larger safety margin above stall speed, and ensure speed management throughout the flare to keep the touchdown speed within the optimal range.
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