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Steady the 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.
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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: wings 18° of bank, against a 10° limit.
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 219 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft departed Inverness Airport (EGPE) from runway 23, employing a take-off run of 403 m which represented 22 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 79 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 269°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a head-wind component of 2 kt.
During the final-approach descent the aeroplane reduced altitude from 396 ft AGL to 27 ft AGL in 51 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gate requirements.
The inbound pattern was conducted left-hand. Entry to the pattern covered 1 nm in 22 seconds, followed by a left-hand cross-wind segment of less than 1 nm in 26 seconds. The down-wind turn spanned 2 nm at a 51.8° angle to the runway, after which the down-wind leg extended 3 nm in 88 seconds. The base-leg turn covered 2 nm at a 55.4° angle, the base leg itself was less than 1 nm in 47 seconds, and the final turn was less than 1 nm in 26 seconds before establishing the final approach to runway 23.
Touchdown occurred on runway 23, whose total length is 1 866 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 66 kt. The aircraft landed 217 m from the threshold at 53 kt with a vertical speed of minus 87 fpm, and the touchdown alignment was judged very good. Local weather at landing was 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a cross-wind of 1 kt and a head-wind of 2 kt. The total landing roll measured 397 m, representing 21 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment remained very good throughout the deceleration phase.
In total the flight covered 10 nm, took 6 (units as given), and consumed 3 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport was conducted with a descent from 396 ft agl to 27 ft agl in 51 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good threshold height and a threshold speed a little below target at 66 kt.
Touchdown occurred 217 m down the runway at a speed of 53 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 87 fpm and runway touchdown alignment described as very good.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 397 m, representing 21 % of the 1 866 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
Maintain the current flare timing and alignment while adjusting the approach speed to meet the target threshold speed, which will bring the overall score even closer to the optimum.
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