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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 500 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 500 ft gate: no landing flap set, sink rate 1,457 ft/m, more than the glideslope needed, centreline 7.4° off, against a 1° limit and wings 17° of bank, against a 10° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 593 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 593 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 220 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Piper PA-24 Comanche taxied to runway 33 at LFHM Megève Altiport and commenced the take-off roll, using 424 m which represented 68 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 71 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 16 °C, wind from 326° at 5 kt with a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind component.
During the climb the aircraft departed the vicinity of Megève, rising from 4,980 ft asl to 6,677 ft asl - a gain of 1,697 ft - over a period of 3 minutes while covering 4 nm.
Level cruise began over Cordon and was maintained for 2 minutes, during which the airplane progressed 3 nm.
The descent phase started over Sallanches, descending from 6,437 ft asl to 2,379 ft asl - a loss of 4,058 ft - in 2 minutes and traversing 4 nm.
On final approach to runway 35 at LFHZ Ancien aérodrome de Sallanches Mont-Blanc the aircraft descended from 1,047 ft agl to -251 ft agl in 90 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing was executed on runway 35, whose length is 593 m. The threshold speed was slightly above the target at 75 kt. Touchdown occurred 219 m down the runway at a speed of 64 kt with a vertical speed of minus 57 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 5.4 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 22 °C, wind from 325° at 5 kt, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind. Total landing distance measured 477 m, representing 80 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was judged very good, with the aircraft remaining on the centreline after touchdown.
In total the flight covered 15 nm, took 9 minutes and used 6 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 35 at LFHZ was conducted from 1,047 ft agl down to -251 ft agl in 90 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates, meeting the required criteria for a stabilised approach.
At threshold the aircraft established a speed of 75 kt, noted as slightly above the target, and the height over the threshold was good, setting up the flare for touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 219 m down the 593 m runway at a speed of 64 kt, with a touchdown rate of -57 fpm described as excellent; the touchdown point was offset 5.4 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 477 m, representing 80 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
To raise the overall score, the pilot should aim to achieve the exact target threshold speed and tighten centreline tracking to reduce the 5.4 m offset, which will further improve alignment and consistency.
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