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Improve the pattern crosswind leg
The one change that would have gained the most on this flight, and the guide passage for it.
Each lap slightly wider and higher than the last, because you're unconsciously using the previous lap as your reference instead of the runway and the numbers. Invisible lap to lap, unmistakable across ten. This is the failure that only measurement catches, because your memory of lap three is gone by lap eight.
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,490 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 234 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Black Square Commander 114, registration N1107L, taxied to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde and commenced its take-off roll. The aircraft used 514 m of runway, representing 21 % of the available length, and became airborne at a liftoff speed of 83 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 12 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 169°, giving a cross-wind component of 1 kt and no head-wind component.
During the approach the aircraft entered a left-hand pattern for runway 23, beginning with a left-hand entry that covered less than 1 nm in 23 seconds. The subsequent left-hand crosswind leg was also less than 1 nm and lasted 20 seconds. A downwind turn of 1 nm was executed at a 45° angle of 83.3°, followed by a downwind leg of 2 nm completed in 71 seconds. The base-leg turn covered 1 nm at a 45° angle of 36.1°, after which the base leg was less than 1 nm and took 26 seconds. The final turn was less than 1 nm and required 18 seconds, after which the aircraft established the final approach from the north-east on a heading of 227.0° at 1 nm and 362 ft AGL.
Landing was performed on runway 23, whose length is 2 493 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 72 kt. Touchdown occurred 237 m down the runway at a speed of 57 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 76 fpm and perfect runway alignment. Weather at the time of landing was a temperature of 11 °C, wind 1 kt from 169°, cross-wind 1 kt and head-wind 0 kt.
In total the flight covered 7 nm, required 5 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed -38 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde was flown from the north-east on a heading of 227.0° at 1 nm and 362 ft agl. Local weather was 11 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 169°, a crosswind component of 1 kt and no headwind.
Threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 72 kt.
Touchdown occurred 237 m down the runway at a speed of 57 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 76 fpm and perfect runway alignment.
The overall score of 97.2 % reflects an excellent landing; a minor refinement is to adjust speed management so that the threshold speed matches the target, ensuring consistent compliance with the approach speed envelope.
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