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Shorten the long landing
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,432 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 409 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche began with a 6-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at EDDG Munster/Osnabruck. The departure roll was from runway 25, with a takeoff distance of 7,534 ft, which was 117% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 71 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 72°F, with a 6 kn wind coming from 49°, resulting in a 2 kn crosswind and a 6 kn tailwind.
The enroute climb started overhead EDDG Munster/Osnabruck, climbing from 1,173 ft to 7,054 ft, covering 8 nm in 5 minutes. The enroute level cruise began 3 miles north of Ostbevern and lasted 34 minutes, covering 88 nm. The descent phase started overhead Appeln, descending from 7,002 ft to 1,608 ft in 6 minutes, covering 16 nm.
Another enroute level cruise commenced 1 mile southeast of Ihlienworth for 3 minutes, covering 5 nm. The subsequent descent started overhead Otterndorf, descending from 1,373 ft to 1,219 ft in less than 1 minute, covering 1 nm. This was followed by another brief level cruise starting 1 mile northeast of Nordleda for 2 minutes, covering 4 nm. The flight then descended 2 miles northwest of Wanna, going from 1,298 ft to 635 ft in 1 minute, covering 2 nm. A final brief level cruise started 1 mile east of ETMN Nordholz Navy for less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
The landing took place on runway 26 at ETMN Nordholz Navy, with a runway length of 7,980 ft. The height at threshold was 86 ft agl, with a speed at threshold of 90 kn. The touchdown occurred 1,236 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 74 kn and a VSI of -185 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing was 67°F, with an 11 kn wind coming from 350°, resulting in an 11 kn crosswind and 0 kn headwind.
The total landing distance was 3,396 ft, which was 43% of the runway length. The taxi from the runway to the parking area took 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance for the journey was 129 nm, taking 61 minutes and consuming 83 lbs of fuel.
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