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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 1,389 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,389 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 348 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 11 at Kulusuk Airport (BGKK) in Greenland. The takeoff distance was 789 meters, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 90 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Kulusuk Airport, it encountered local weather conditions of -2°C temperature and a wind of 9 knots at 325 degrees. The crosswind was 8 knots, and the tailwind was 4 knots. The enroute climb started overhead the airport, where the aircraft climbed from 341 feet above sea level to 22,443 feet above sea level, an increase of 22,102 feet in 18 minutes and covering 42 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 42 miles east of Kuummiit, Greenland, and lasted 28 minutes, covering 99 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent from 22,478 feet above sea level to 15,573 feet above sea level, a decrease of 6,906 feet in 7 minutes and covering 25 nautical miles. This was followed by another enroute level cruise, which started at a latitude of 65.9148789 and a longitude of -30.357943, and lasted 32 minutes, covering 116 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 47 miles west of Ingjaldssanður Airport in Iceland, where the aircraft descended from 15,121 feet above sea level to 3,064 feet above sea level, a decrease of 12,057 feet in 16 minutes and covering 50 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute level cruise, which started 11 miles north of Sudureyri, Iceland, and lasted 2 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles.
The final enroute descent started 9 miles northeast of Sudureyri, where the aircraft descended from 2,975 feet above sea level to 731 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,245 feet in 4 minutes and covering 11 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 26 at Ísafjörður Airport (BIIS) from the northeast, heading 241.0 degrees at 0 nautical miles and 143 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 26 at Ísafjörður Airport was successful, with a touchdown distance of 348 meters and a touchdown speed of 84 knots, which was slightly fast. The touchdown rate was excellent at -94 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 15.2 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 0°C temperature and a wind of 12 knots at 30 degrees, with a crosswind of 6 knots and a tailwind of 10 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,068 meters, which accounted for 77% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.5 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 355 nautical miles, taking 115 minutes, and the aircraft used 209 kilograms of fuel.
The aircraft in question, a M500, successfully landed on runway 26 at BIIS Ísafjörður Airport, achieving an overall score of 88.3%. The final approach was initiated from the north east, heading 241.0° at an altitude of 143 feet above ground level (agl) and 0 nautical miles (nm) from the runway. The pilot demonstrated good control and precision during the approach, with a threshold height that met the required standards.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was recorded at 94 knots, which is within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown speed of 84 knots was slightly faster than the recommended speed, indicating that the pilot may have been able to maintain a more controlled descent. The touchdown rate of -94 feet per minute (fpm) was an excellent achievement, demonstrating the pilot's ability to smoothly and safely bring the aircraft to the ground.
Despite the successful touchdown, there were some areas for improvement. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 15.2 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.5 meters from the centerline, which could have been caused by the pilot's difficulty in maintaining a straight course during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 0°C and a wind speed of 12 knots at 30°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the tailwind component was 10 knots. The total landing distance of 1,068 meters was 77% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. Overall, the pilot demonstrated good skills and control during the landing, but there is room for improvement in terms of alignment and touchdown speed.
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