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Keep the approach speed on target
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Add power on short final to hold speed at 103 kt, correcting the slow threshold speed before it carries through to the flare.
What happened: Threshold speed was slow at 103 kt against 103 kt, and touchdown followed short of the aim point at 19 m. Crossing the threshold slow like this usually carries the touchdown short.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 103 kt on short final.
Departure
Hold the nose until reaching 135 kt before rotating.
What happened: Rotation began at 121 kt, 14 kt before the 135 kt target.
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,418 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,418 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 19 m short of the threshold. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The FSReborn-equipped Phenom 300E Oberon taxied from the parking area to the departure runway in nine minutes, covering approximately 1 nm before line-up.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 15 at LJPZ Portorož Airport, accelerating to a liftoff speed of 121 kt. The take-off run consumed 553 m, representing 46 % of the available runway, while ambient conditions were 30 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 209°, a 3 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt headwind.
Climb began over Secovlje (Piran, Slovenia), with the aeroplane rising from 1,011 ft asl to 41,464 ft asl - a gain of 40,453 ft - in fifteen minutes while traversing 80 nm.
The first cruise segment started one mile north-west of Adria (Veneto, Italy) and lasted sixteen minutes, during which the aircraft covered 109 nm at level flight.
Descent commenced two miles west of Bedonia (Emilia-Romagna, Italy), dropping from 41,632 ft asl to 17,994 ft asl - a loss of 23,638 ft - in thirteen minutes and spanning 82 nm.
A brief cruise followed two miles north of Triora (Liguria, Italy), lasting three minutes and covering 18 nm.
The next descent began overhead Castillon (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France), descending from 17,499 ft asl to 12,378 ft asl - a reduction of 5,121 ft - in five minutes and over 28 nm.
A short cruise segment then started twenty miles south of Bordighera (Liguria, Italy), lasting six minutes and encompassing 23 nm.
Descent resumed twenty-four miles south-east of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France), falling from 12,164 ft asl to 3,084 ft asl - a decrease of 9,080 ft - in ten minutes while covering 39 nm.
The aircraft entered another cruise phase seventeen miles south-east of Theoule-sur-Mer (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France), lasting two minutes and covering six nautical miles.
A subsequent descent began thirteen miles south-east of Theoule-sur-Mer, dropping from 3,012 ft asl to 2,068 ft asl - a loss of 944 ft - in two minutes and spanning five nm.
A further cruise segment started nine miles south of Theoule-sur-Mer, lasting five minutes and covering fourteen nautical miles.
The final descent was overhead Mougins (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France), reducing altitude from 2,354 ft asl to 903 ft asl - a decrease of 1,451 ft - in two minutes and over four nautical miles.
The aircraft established the final approach to runway 17 at LFMD Cannes-Mandelieu Airport from the north, tracking a heading of 172.0° at three nautical miles and 884 ft agl.
Touchdown occurred before the runway threshold at a speed of 97 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 578 fpm. The landing distance measured 803 m, representing 57 % of the runway, and alignment on touchdown and rollout was reported as very good; local weather was 30 °C with an 8 kt wind from 150°, a 3 kt crosswind and a 7 kt headwind.
After landing, the aircraft rolled out along the runway and then taxied to the parking area in three minutes, covering less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 414 nm, required 88 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 597 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 17 at LFMD Cannes-Mandelieu was flown from the north on a heading of 172.0° at 3 nm and 884 ft agl, with a temperature of 30 °C and wind 8 kt from 150°, providing a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind component; the overall landing score was 97.9 %.
Touchdown occurred before the runway threshold, indicating that the flare was completed early relative to the intended touchdown zone.
Touchdown speed was 97 kt and was described as good; the vertical rate was very hard at -578 fpm, while runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 803 m, representing 57 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
To refine the already strong performance, focus on moderating the descent rate to avoid a very hard touchdown and adjust the flare timing to achieve touchdown within the threshold.
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