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Shallow the descent on final to re-intercept the glideslope and cross the threshold at 50 ft.
What happened: The aircraft was off the glideslope during the approach, tracking low against the required path.
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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.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope 6.3° against the runway's 3°.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,033 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,033 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 302 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Piper PA-46 taxied from the parking area to runway 12L at KVGT, North Las Vegas Metropolitan International Airport in 7 minutes, covering 2 nm on the taxiways.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 12L, achieving a takeoff distance of 652 m, which represented 51 % of the runway length. Liftoff occurred at 92 kt. Ambient conditions were 33 °C with a wind of 8 kt from 170°, a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind component.
Climb began 1 mile northwest of Las Vegas, with the airplane ascending from 3,106 ft asl to 6,216 ft asl, a gain of 3,110 ft achieved in 2 minutes while covering 5 nm.
The first cruise segment started 1 mile east of Winchester and lasted 3 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 12 nm at level altitude.
Descent commenced 3 miles east of RB18 Lake Las Vegas, descending from 6,299 ft asl to 4,827 ft asl, a loss of 1,472 ft in 2 minutes over a distance of 5 nm.
A second cruise phase began 9 miles east of RB18 Lake Las Vegas, lasting 9 minutes and covering 29 nm at constant altitude.
The next descent started 2 miles northeast of 0L9 Echo Bay, dropping from 3,924 ft asl to 2,971 ft asl, a decrease of 953 ft in 2 minutes while traveling 4 nm.
For the final approach, the aircraft aligned with runway 24 at 0L9 Echo Bay from the east, flying a heading of 261.0° at 2 nm and 1,416 ft agl.
Landing was executed on runway 24, which is 1,033 m long. The threshold speed was slightly above target at 98 kt; touchdown occurred 301 m down the runway at 88 kt with a vertical speed of minus 25 fpm and excellent alignment. Local weather at the time was 32 °C, wind 5 kt from 153°, a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt tail-wind component. The total landing roll measured 793 m, representing 77 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
In total, the flight covered 61 nm, required 29 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 57 kg of fuel.
The Citation X made its final approach to runway 06 at KTEB Teterboro Airport from the south-west on a heading of 47.0° at 4 nm and 1,265 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the aircraft encountered good threshold height and established the required threshold speed of 134 kt. The flare was executed and the aircraft touched down 84 m beyond the touchdown zone with a touchdown speed of 124 kt and a touchdown rate of -151 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.5 m from the centreline.
The landing distance recorded was 1,102 m, representing 60 % of the 1,831 m runway, and the rollout alignment was very good.
With a final score of 99.3 % the landing was excellent; the primary area for refinement is the 3.5 m lateral deviation at touchdown, which can be reduced by fine-tuning the flare to achieve a more centred touchdown. Maintaining the current speed and rate profiles will preserve the overall high performance.
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