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Reduce power earlier on final so threshold speed settles at 78 kt instead of carrying it into the flare.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 87 kt, well above the 78 kt target speed, and that excess speed was still showing at touchdown. Crossing the threshold fast usually carries straight through to a fast touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 78 kt on short final.
Departure
Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 84 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 96 kt, 12 kt past the 84 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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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 full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 161 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone.
The rest of the report
At 1Z1 Grand Canyon Bar Ten Airstrip, the Beechcraft A36 Bonanza began its departure by taxiing from the parking area to runway 16, a maneuver that required 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The takeoff roll measured 518 meters, representing 48 % of the available runway length, and the aircraft achieved a liftoff speed of 97 kt. Weather conditions at departure were 5 °C with a 2 kt wind from 10°, yielding a 1 kt tailwind and no crosswind component.
During the outbound leg, the aircraft executed a climb from 4,573 ft to 5,398 ft, an ascent of 825 ft completed in 1 minute over 2 nm. A subsequent descent commenced 2 mi southeast of the departure point, dropping from 5,408 ft to 1,842 ft-a reduction of 3,565 ft in 2 minutes across 5 nm. Further climbing occurred 6 mi south of the airstrip, raising the altitude from 1,786 ft to 6,184 ft, an increase of 4,398 ft in 3 minutes over 7 nm. The flight total distance amounted to 15 nm and consumed 188 kg of fuel.
The approach and landing phase unfolded 12 mi south of the departure airstrip. A go-around was initiated at 0 ft AGL, followed by a descent that returned the aircraft to 0 ft AGL with no vertical change over 0 seconds. Touchdown occurred at 83 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 2,856 fpm and a touchdown distance of 47 m. Weather at the landing site was 14 °C with a 1 kt wind from 287°, providing a 1 kt headwind and no crosswind.
Approach to the runway was conducted from 12 miles south of 1Z1 Grand Canyon Bar Ten Airstrip Littlefield, Arizona. The descent profile was a straight line from 0 ft AGL to 0 ft AGL, with no vertical change over the 0-second interval reported.
Touchdown occurred before the threshold at a speed of 172 kt, which was noted as excessively fast. The vertical touchdown rate was very heavy at minus 11,594 fpm. A second touchdown event, also before the threshold, was recorded at 83 kt, again described as fast, with a heavy rate of minus 2,856 fpm and a touchdown distance of 47 m. Local weather conditions were 14 °C, wind 1 kt at 287°, crosswind 1 kt, and headwind 0 kt.
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