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Arrival
Level off and trim for level flight earlier after the turn, holding the standard circuit altitude on downwind.
What happened: You flew the downwind leg at 199 ft agl, above the correct circuit height for this pattern.
Watch for: Altimeter: the normal circuit height on downwind.
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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.
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 350 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Black Square Commander 114TC N177AQ taxied to runway 05 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde and commenced the take-off roll. The aircraft accelerated through a takeoff distance of 536 m, representing 22 % of the available runway, and lifted off at 78 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 273°, no cross-wind component and zero head-wind.
After departure, the aircraft entered a left-hand pattern for runway 05, covering a distance of less than 1 nm in 42 seconds.
Subsequently, the aircraft proceeded onto the left-hand crosswind leg of the pattern, again traveling less than 1 nm and completing the segment in 31 seconds.
The downwind leg followed, with the aircraft covering less than 1 nm in 4 seconds before turning for final.
For the final approach the aircraft was aligned with runway 23, approaching from the north-east on a heading of 231.0° at 0 nm and 116 ft AGL.
Landing was executed on runway 23, which is 2,493 m long. The threshold speed was slightly above the target at 68 kt, and touchdown occurred 351 m down the runway at 50 kt with a descent rate of minus 20 fpm. Alignment at touchdown was very good. Weather at the time was 20 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 222°, no cross-wind and a 3 kt head-wind. The total landing distance measured 562 m, equivalent to 23 % of the runway, and rollout alignment remained very good.
During rollout the aircraft remained on the centreline and decelerated safely, completing the landing roll without deviation.
In total the flight covered 3 nm, required a duration of 3, and consumed 1 kg of fuel.
The aircraft Black Square Commander 114TC N177AQ established the final approach to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde from the north-east, maintaining a heading of 231.0° at 0 nm and 116 ft AGL. Local conditions were 20 °C with a wind from 222° at 3 kt, providing a 3 kt headwind and no crosswind.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 68 kt. The wind component remained a 3 kt headwind, supporting the flare.
Touchdown occurred 351 m down the runway at a speed of 50 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 20 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance was 562 m, representing 23 % of the 2 493 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
Maintain the current technique but fine-tune speed control to achieve the exact target threshold speed, which will further optimise the landing profile and preserve the excellent overall score.
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