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Reduce power on approach to bring speed back to 70 kt; correcting it early stops it carrying to the threshold and beyond.
What happened: The approach ran fast on speed, and that excess was still present at the threshold, crossing at 90 kt against a target of 70 kt; carrying that much extra speed usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 70 kt on approach, and threshold speed against 70 kt at the threshold.
Departure
Raise the gear promptly once a positive rate is confirmed, before reaching the gate altitude.
What happened: Gear retraction was late relative to the target height for this stage of the climb.
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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: sink rate 2,440 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 10.7° against the runway's 3°, centreline 2.6° off, against a 1° limit and speed 42 kt FAST on the reference speed of 70 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,435 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 572 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Piper PA-24 Comanche taxied to runway 10 at LFRC Cherbourg-Maupertus Airport and commenced its departure roll. The aircraft lifted off after a takeoff run of 325 m, representing 13 % of the runway, at a liftoff speed of 72 kt. Ambient temperature was 24 °C with a wind from 100° at 15 kt, providing a 15 kt headwind and zero cross-wind component.
Climb began over Gonneville, Normandy, with the airplane ascending from 938 ft asl to 2,601 ft asl. The altitude gain of 1,663 ft was achieved in 3 minutes while covering 5 nm.
Descent was initiated over Fermanville, Normandy, where the aircraft descended from 2,594 ft asl to 1,100 ft asl. This loss of 1,494 ft occurred over 2 minutes and a distance of 3 nm.
The final approach to runway 10 at LFRC was flown from the west on a heading of 95.0° at 0 nm and an altitude of 622 ft agl. Local conditions at this stage were 23 °C with a wind from 100° at 8 kt, giving an 8 kt headwind and no cross-wind.
Landing was executed on runway 10, whose total length is 2,435 m. The threshold height of 70 ft agl was well above the target and the threshold speed was recorded at 90 kt. Touchdown occurred 129 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, at a speed of 59 kt and a smooth vertical rate of minus 112 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 4.9 m from the centreline. The aircraft rolled out over a distance of 762 m, equivalent to 31 % of the runway, with very good alignment.
Runway rollout continued with the aircraft maintaining the noted alignment and completing the landing roll within the measured 762 m distance.
In total, the flight covered 10 nm, took 6, and consumed 4 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 10 at LFRC Cherbourg-Maupertus was flown from the west on a heading of 95.0° at 0 nm and an altitude of 622 ft agl.
At the threshold the aircraft was 70 ft agl, which was well above the target height, and the threshold speed was recorded at 90 kt, which was excessively high.
Touchdown occurred 129 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 59 kt, described as good, and a smooth vertical rate of minus 112 fpm; the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.9 m from the centreline.
The aircraft rolled out over a total distance of 762 m, representing 31 % of the 2 435 m runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
With a final score of 86.4 %, the primary refinements should address the excessive threshold speed and the touchdown point overshoot, ensuring the approach speed matches the calculated VREF and aiming to land within the touchdown zone to maintain optimal runway usage.
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