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Add power earlier on final to hold VREF of 82 kt by the gates rather than let speed decay.
What happened: The approach was flown too slow through the stabilisation gates, crossing the threshold at 78 kt against a VREF of 82 kt.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 82 kt from the first stabilisation gate onward.
See Arrival Approach
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.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 16 stages, 14 in the score
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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 for a circuit: six checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: speed 5 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 82 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 1,866 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 294 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The DA-50 taxied to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport and commenced the take-off roll, covering 607 m which represents 33 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 84 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 269°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
After departure the aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 23, flying a distance of less than 1 nm in 22 seconds before joining the circuit.
The subsequent left-hand cross-wind leg was also less than 1 nm and was completed in 16 seconds while remaining aligned with runway 23.
The down-wind turn was executed over a distance of 1 nm, turning the aircraft to an angle of 66.4° relative to the runway heading.
During the down-wind leg the aircraft covered 2 nm in 65 seconds, maintaining the prescribed circuit altitude.
The base-leg turn spanned 2 nm and re-oriented the aircraft to an angle of 11.6° to the runway centreline.
On final approach to runway 23 the aircraft descended from 449 ft AGL to 57 ft AGL in 67 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gates criteria.
Touchdown occurred on runway 23, whose length is 1,866 m, with a threshold speed of 79 kt. The aircraft landed 291 m down the runway at a speed of 72 kt, a touchdown rate of minus 272 fpm, and achieved perfect runway-touchdown alignment. Weather remained 16 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.
The rollout was aligned perfectly, and the total landing distance measured 529 m, representing 28 % of the runway length.
In total the flight covered 9 nm, took 6 minutes, and consumed 3 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport was conducted with a descent from 449 ft agl to 57 ft agl over 67 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 79 kt.
Touchdown occurred 291 m down the runway, with a touchdown speed of 72 kt described as a little fast, a fair touchdown rate of minus 272 fpm, and perfect runway touchdown alignment.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 529 m, representing 28 % of the 1 866 m runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
Reducing the touchdown speed slightly and refining the flare to achieve a lower descent rate will tighten the touchdown parameters and further improve the already high score.
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