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Reduce power earlier on approach to be at 68 kt by the stabilisation gate, not just by the threshold.
What happened: The approach was too fast at the stabilisation gate, crossing the threshold at 69 kt against a VREF of 68 kt.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 68 kt at the stabilisation gate.
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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 300 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 300 ft gate: glideslope 5.5° against the runway's 3°, centreline 16.1° off, against a 1° limit and speed 34 kt FAST on the reference speed of 68 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,225 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 324 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Black Square Commander 114 (N1107L) taxied from its parking position to runway 26 at EGHA Compton Abbas Aerodrome in less than one minute, covering less than one nautical mile.
During the departure roll on runway 26, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 77 kt and became airborne after a take-off distance of 365 m, representing 46 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 14 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 275°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
The climb commenced overhead EGHA Compton Abbas Aerodrome Shaftesbury, climbing from 1,321 ft ASL to 2,497 ft ASL-a gain of 1,176 ft-in one minute while covering two nautical miles.
Level cruise began over Fontmell Magna and was maintained for six minutes, during which the aircraft traversed sixteen nautical miles.
Descent started one mile north of South Newton, reducing altitude from 2,500 ft ASL to 380 ft ASL, a loss of 2,121 ft in two minutes, and covering five nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 05 at EGDM MoD Boscombe Down was flown from the southwest on a heading of 53.0°, with the aircraft at two feet above ground level; weather conditions were 14 °C, wind 1 kt from 274°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
Landing on runway 05 was achieved with a threshold speed of 70 kt, a touchdown distance of 322 m, a touchdown speed of 56 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 22 fpm; runway length is 3,225 m and the alignment at touchdown was very good.
Rollout continued for a total landing distance of 618 m, equivalent to 19 % of the runway, and the aircraft maintained perfect alignment throughout the rollout.
In total, the flight covered twenty-four nautical miles, lasted twelve minutes and consumed nine kilograms of fuel.
The final approach to runway 05 was flown on a heading of 53.0 ° from the south-west, descending to 2 ft agl at the threshold with a distance of 0 nm. Local weather was 14 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 274 °, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt tailwind component.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 70 kt. The aircraft continued the flare and prepared for touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 322 m down the runway at a speed of 56 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 22 fpm and runway-touchdown alignment described as very good.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 618 m, representing 19 % of the 3,225 m runway, and runway-rollout alignment was perfect.
With a score of 99.2 % the landing was excellent; the only noticeable deviation was the threshold speed being slightly below the target, so fine-tuning the approach speed to match the target will tighten the margin. Maintaining the current touchdown point and alignment will preserve the high performance demonstrated.
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