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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 802 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 802 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 317 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Tecnam P2008, registration JC, departed LSZL Locarno Airport on runway 26R. The aircraft used a takeoff distance of 343 m, representing 43 % of the runway, and achieved liftoff at 57 kt. Ambient conditions were 26 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 240°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced over Magadino in Ticino, Switzerland, where the aircraft rose from 969 ft asl to 2,055 ft asl, a gain of 1,086 ft in 2 minutes while covering 2 nm.
Level cruise began again over Magadino and continued for 3 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 4 nm.
The final approach to runway 26R at LSZL was executed from the east on a heading of 259.0° at 1 nm and 820 ft agl.
Landing was performed on runway 26R, whose length is 802 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 61 kt, above the target. Touchdown occurred after 314 m, at a speed of 38 kt, with a descent rate of minus 50 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 3.1 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 27 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 214°, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.
Rollout distance measured 534 m, equivalent to 67 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s alignment drifted 9.6 m from the centreline during the rollout.
The aircraft taxied to parking from the runway in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 8 nm, required 7 minutes, and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The Tecnam P2008 JC, scored 92.3%, entered the final approach to runway 26R at LSZL Locarno Airport from the east on a heading of 259.0° at 1 nm and 820 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable, being off the glideslope.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft achieved a good threshold height, while the threshold speed was well above target at 61 kt.
Touchdown occurred at a distance of 314 m down the runway, with a touchdown speed of 38 kt that was judged good and a touchdown rate of minus 50 fpm that was rated excellent. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.1 m from the centreline.
In rollout the aircraft remained slightly misaligned by 9.6 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 534 m, representing 67 % of the 802 m runway length.
Reduce the threshold speed to meet the target value and refine lateral alignment during touchdown and rollout to bring centreline deviations within tighter tolerances.
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