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Work on the flare
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,501 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,501 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 244 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 30 at EDMV Vilshofen Airfield, with a takeoff distance of 570 meters, which was 65% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 97 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 8°C temperature and a wind speed of 4 knots at 122°. The crosswind was negligible, but there was a tailwind of 4 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Kunzing, Bavaria, Germany, and the aircraft climbed from 1,548 feet above sea level to 26,080 feet above sea level, an increase of 24,532 feet in 9 minutes, covering 24 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 3 miles north of Gangkofen, Bavaria, Germany, and lasted 116 minutes, covering 417 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent from 25,931 feet above sea level to 14,924 feet above sea level, a decrease of 11,007 feet in 3 minutes, covering 13 nautical miles. This was followed by another enroute level cruise, which started 2 miles south of La Chapelle-Laurent, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France, and lasted 11 minutes, covering 41 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 1 mile south-west of Lafeuillade-en-Vezie, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France, and the aircraft descended from 14,830 feet above sea level to 4,050 feet above sea level, a decrease of 10,781 feet in 10 minutes, covering 35 nautical miles. Another enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Tour-de-Faure, Occitanie, France, and lasted 2 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles.
The final enroute descent started 1 mile north-west of Concots, Occitanie, France, and the aircraft descended from 4,048 feet above sea level to 1,508 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,540 feet in 3 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 31 at LFCC Aérodrome de Cahors-Lalbenque from the south-east, heading 306.0° at 0 nautical miles and 91 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 31 at LFCC Aérodrome de Cahors-Lalbenque was successful, with a touchdown distance of 244 meters. However, the threshold speed was excessively high at 111 knots, and the touchdown speed was also excessively fast at 110 knots. The touchdown rate was very heavy at -1,050 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 14.2 meters from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 1,166 meters, which was 78% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 18.1 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 548 nautical miles, taking 165 minutes, and the aircraft used 445 kilograms of fuel.
The PC-12 aircraft successfully landed at LFCC Aérodrome de Cahors-Lalbenque, but the landing was not without its issues. The final approach was conducted from the southeast, heading 306.0°, and the aircraft was at 0 nm and 91 ft above ground level (agl) at the start of the approach. The landing was made on runway 31, which has a length of 1,501 meters.
The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 111 knots. This indicates that the pilot may have been a bit too aggressive in their approach, which could have put the aircraft at risk of overshooting the runway. The touchdown distance was good at 244 meters, but the touchdown speed was excessively fast at 110 knots. This could have put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear and could have made it more difficult to control the aircraft during the rollout.
The touchdown rate was very heavy at -1,050 feet per minute, which is a significant deceleration. This could have been due to the excessive touchdown speed and the fact that the pilot may not have fully extended the landing gear. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 14.2 meters from the centerline, which could have made it more difficult to control the aircraft during the rollout.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 14°C and a wind of 9 knots at 102°. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the tailwind was 8 knots, which could have made the landing more challenging. However, the pilot was able to successfully land the aircraft, although the landing distance was 1,166 meters, which is 78% of the runway length.
The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 18.1 meters from the centerline, which could have made it more difficult to control the aircraft during the rollout. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were several issues that the pilot needs to work on to improve their landing technique.
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