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Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 138 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 156 kt, 18 kt past the 138 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the 138 kt rotation target.
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Arrival
Lower the gear before the stabilisation gate; configuring early prevents the extra drag delay and speed carrying through to the threshold.
What happened: Gear was still not down at the stabilisation gates, and the aircraft crossed the threshold fast at 350 kt against the 123 kt target. Crossing the threshold fast like this usually carries through to a fast touchdown speed as well.
Watch for: Gear position indicator - confirm down before the gate, then watch airspeed trend back toward 123 kt on short final.
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: 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: gear still up, sink rate 8,206 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 8.2° against the runway's 3°, wings 20° of bank, against a 10° limit and speed 230 kt FAST on the reference speed of 123 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 26 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 25 at EDDS Stuttgart Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 25, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,210 m, representing 36 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 157 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 24 °C, wind from 210° at 5 kt, with a 4 kt headwind component and a 4 kt crosswind component.
Climb commenced about 1 mile southeast of Leinfelden-Echterdingen, with the airplane climbing from 2,191 ft asl to 14,428 ft asl, a gain of 12,237 ft achieved in 3 minutes while covering 10 nm.
Level cruise was established overhead Hildrizhausen and was maintained for 3 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 11 nm.
In total, the flight covered 23 nm in 14 minutes and used 2,078 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 05 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde was flown from the south-west on a heading of 51.0 ° at 1 nm and 807 ft agl, with local temperature 15 °C, wind 1 kt from 270 °, a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good height and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 58 kt.
Touchdown occurred 359 m down the runway; the touchdown speed of 44 kt was a little fast, the vertical rate was excellent at minus 50 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 501 m, representing 20 % of the 2 488 m runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
Minor refinements should focus on achieving the target threshold speed and reducing touchdown speed slightly to bring them within the desired windows, which will help convert the already strong 92.7 % score into an even tighter performance.
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