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Reduce power earlier on final so the threshold speed comes back to 47 kt, removing the excess energy before the flare.
What happened: Threshold speed was 6 kt above 47 kt. Crossing the threshold fast like this usually carries into a pumped flare, with the pitch reversing direction several times instead of one smooth input, and that pattern usually carries through into a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 47 kt at the threshold.
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 · 12 stages, 10 scored
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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: seven 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: no landing flap set, sink rate 1,649 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 5.3° against the runway's 3°, centreline 3.1° off, against a 1° limit, wings 10° of bank, against a 10° limit and speed 32 kt FAST on the reference speed of 47 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 3,310 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 3,310 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 34 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Savage Cub taxied to runway 35 at CYBW Calgary / Springbank Airport and commenced the departure roll. The takeoff run measured 948 ft, representing 19 % of the available runway, and the aircraft lifted off at 46 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 52 °F with wind from 110° at 7 kt, including a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt tail-wind component.
During the final approach the aircraft descended from 569 ft AGL to 16 ft AGL in 21 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gate requirements. This controlled descent preceded the final alignment for landing.
The final approach to runway 08 was executed from the west on a heading of 87.0° at 0 nm and 101 ft AGL. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 53 °F, wind from 110° at 8 kt, with a 3 kt cross-wind and a 7 kt head-wind component.
Touchdown occurred on runway 08, whose length is 3,317 ft. The threshold speed was recorded at 54 kt, above the target, and the aircraft contacted the surface 10 ft beyond the threshold at the same speed. The touchdown rate was hard at minus 450 fpm and the touchdown point was offset 25 ft from the centreline. The total landing distance was 663 ft, equivalent to 20 % of the runway, and the subsequent rollout maintained very good alignment.
In summary, the flight covered a total distance of 2nm taking 2 and used 0 lbs of fuel.
The Cessna 208B entered the final approach to runway 23L at Auckland International Airport from the east on a heading of 254.0° at 1 NM and 461 ft agl, descending from 932 ft agl to 64 ft agl in 90 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 68 kt; the flare was executed with the aircraft maintaining the indicated parameters while the local weather was 13 °C with a wind of 16 kt from 200°, comprising a 12 kt cross-wind component and a 10 kt head-wind component.
Touchdown occurred 462 m down the runway at a speed of 60 kt, both judged good, with a touchdown rate of minus 186 fpm also good; the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 5.9 m from the centreline.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 892 m, representing 24 % of the 3 671 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
To raise the overall score, focus on reducing the 5.9 m centreline deviation at touchdown by refining the aim point and flare timing, which will tighten alignment without altering speed or rate.
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