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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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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 559 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 559 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 255 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 0.53 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England, was a swift process, taking less than a minute to cover the short distance of less than one nautical mile. With the aircraft positioned on runway 08L, the departure roll commenced, and the ICP Savannah S I-C019 began its ascent. The takeoff distance of 228 meters accounted for approximately 41% of the runway length, a testament to the aircraft's efficient performance. Liftoff speed was achieved at 41 knots, marking the beginning of the climb phase.
As the aircraft cleared the airport's airspace, the enroute climb phase commenced, with the pilot navigating the aircraft to a higher altitude. The climb from 754 feet above sea level to 783 feet above sea level was a gradual process, with an increase of 29 feet in less than a minute, covering a distance of less than one nautical mile. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and a gentle wind of 3 knots at 232 degrees, contributed to a smooth and stable climb. The crosswind component was minimal, at 1 knot, while the tailwind component was 2 knots, further facilitating the climb.
The flight was a short one, with a total distance of 1 nautical mile covered in 4 minutes. The aircraft's fuel consumption during this period was -2 kilograms, indicating a slight decrease in fuel weight. The flight's brevity and efficiency were a testament to the aircraft's performance capabilities, as well as the pilot's skill in navigating the aircraft through the local airspace.
The ICP Savannah S I-C019 approached runway 08L at EGBP Cotswold Airport in 20 °C conditions with a wind of 3 kt from 232°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt tail-wind; the threshold speed was slightly above target at 50 kt.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft achieved a good threshold height, a good touchdown distance of 116 m, but the touchdown speed of 43 kt was excessively fast; the touchdown rate was minus 150 fpm and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
At touchdown the speed remained excessively fast at 43 kt, the vertical rate stayed at minus 150 fpm, the aircraft touched down 116 m from the threshold and remained perfectly aligned with the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 2,991 m, representing 535 % of the 559 m runway, and the rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 388.8 m from the centreline.
With a score of 63.0 % the primary areas for improvement are reducing the touchdown speed to the target and maintaining centreline alignment through rollout; achieving a lower speed will help control the vertical rate and distance, while tighter directional control will prevent large lateral deviations after touchdown.
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