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Hold the approach speed
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 841 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 841 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 340 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the PC-24 Air Ambulance taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LETI El Tietar Airfield, a process that took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. Departure roll from runway 22 was smooth, with a takeoff distance of 521 meters, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 116 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 12°C temperature and a wind speed of 19 knots at 223°. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind was 19 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead LETI El Tietar Airfield La Iglesuela in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The climb from 1,993 feet above sea level to 42,168 feet above sea level was a significant increase of 40,175 feet, achieved in just 21 minutes and covering 115 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 3 miles east of Arauzo de Miel in Castilla y Leon, Spain. This phase of the flight lasted 9 minutes and covered 272 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 1 mile northwest of Cresse in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The descent from 41,796 feet above sea level to 1,572 feet above sea level was a decrease of 40,225 feet, achieved in just 11 minutes and covering 169 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting overhead Nogent-le-Phaye in Centre-Val de Loire, France. This phase of the flight lasted 10 minutes and covered 9 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting overhead Meslay-le-Grenet in Centre-Val de Loire, France. The descent from 2,045 feet above sea level to 1,196 feet above sea level was a decrease of 849 feet, achieved in just 2 minutes and covering 3 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a short level cruise, starting overhead Saint-Georges-sur-Eure in Centre-Val de Loire, France. This phase of the flight lasted 2 minutes and covered 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 09 at LFOR Aérodrome de Chartres-Métropole, approaching from the west at a heading of 82.0° and at an altitude of 1 nautical mile and 170 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 09 was smooth, with a touchdown distance of 340 meters and a touchdown speed of 107 knots. The touchdown rate was a bit hard at -485 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.8 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 6°C temperature and a wind speed of 10 knots at 176°, with a crosswind of 10 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 716 meters, which accounted for 85% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 23.2 meters from the centreline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, a process that took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 576 nautical miles, taking 79 minutes and using 1,236 kilograms of fuel.
The PC-24 Air Ambulance aircraft successfully landed at LFOR Aérodrome de Chartres-Métropole, but with some notable areas for improvement. The final approach to runway 09 from the west was executed at a heading of 82.0°, with the aircraft at 1 nautical mile and 170 feet above ground level. The pilot maintained a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 117 knots.
However, the touchdown distance of 340 meters was good, but the touchdown speed of 107 knots was slightly lower than the threshold speed. The touchdown rate was hard at -485 feet per minute, which may indicate a slightly aggressive approach. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.8 meters from the centreline, which could have contributed to the hard touchdown rate.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were not particularly challenging, with a temperature of 6°C and a wind of 10 knots at 176°. The crosswind component was 10 knots, while the headwind component was only 1 knot. Despite these conditions, the pilot managed to maintain control of the aircraft and bring it to a safe stop.
The total landing distance of 716 meters was 85% of the runway length, which is a relatively high percentage. This may indicate that the pilot was not able to fully utilize the available runway length, possibly due to the misaligned touchdown position. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 23.2 meters from the centreline, which could have contributed to the high landing distance.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there are areas for improvement in terms of approach speed, touchdown rate, and alignment with the runway centreline. With some adjustments to the approach and landing technique, the pilot may be able to achieve a more efficient and controlled landing.
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