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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: 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 910 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 910 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 270 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 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 27 at William P Gwinn Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,119 meters, which accounted for 57% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 109 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb 2 miles west of William P Gwinn Airport, Jupiter, Florida, and reached an altitude of 1,158 feet above sea level, an increase of 100 feet in less than 1 minute. The climb covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then entered a level cruise, lasting 12 minutes and covering 32 nautical miles, 3 miles west of William P Gwinn Airport.
The flight continued with another enroute climb, this time starting 10 miles south of FA69 Duda Airstrip, Belle Glade, Florida. The aircraft climbed from 1,129 feet to 7,856 feet above sea level, an increase of 6,726 feet in 7 minutes, covering 19 nautical miles. Following this, the aircraft entered another level cruise, lasting 4 minutes and covering 15 nautical miles, 13 miles west of 7FD0 Baptist Emergency Center Clay Heliport, Orange Park, Florida.
The flight then experienced another enroute climb, starting 10 miles east of KTNT Dade Collier Training and Transition Airport, Miami, Florida. The aircraft climbed from 8,283 feet to 13,451 feet above sea level, an increase of 5,168 feet in 4 minutes, covering 12 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 10 miles west of FL31 Mjd STOLport, Miami, Florida. The descent from 13,610 feet to 683 feet above sea level, a decrease of 12,926 feet in 8 minutes, covered 14 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 28 at X51 Homestead Gen Aviation was made from the east, heading 268.0 degrees at 2 nautical miles and 658 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 28 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 269 meters and a touchdown speed of 96 knots, which was excessively fast. The touchdown rate was smooth at -140 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions during the landing were a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 8 knots at 90 degrees. The crosswind was 0 knots, and the tailwind was 8 knots. The total landing distance was 669 meters, accounting for 73% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.7 meters from the centerline. The taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 100 nautical miles, taking 43 minutes, and the aircraft used 98 kilograms of fuel.
The aircraft in question, identified as an M500, successfully landed at X51 Homestead Gen Aviation, with a final approach score of 91.9%. The pilot navigated the aircraft towards the runway 28 from the east, heading 268.0° at a distance of 2 nautical miles and an altitude of 658 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 269 meters, which was considered good. However, the touchdown speed of 96 knots was excessively fast, indicating that the pilot may have been able to slow down the aircraft more effectively before touchdown. The touchdown rate was smooth, at -140 feet per minute (fpm), and the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot had maintained a stable and controlled approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 22°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 90°. This resulted in a crosswind of 0 knots and a tailwind of 8 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly faster touchdown speed. The total landing distance was 669 meters, which was 73% of the runway length of 910 meters.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 7.7 meters. This may have been due to the pilot's reaction to the wind conditions or other factors, but it did not appear to have a significant impact on the overall safety of the landing. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the pilot demonstrating good control and navigation skills, but with some room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and rollout alignment.
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