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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 five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: no landing flap set.
At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set and sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,190 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 358 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Beechcraft Duke taxied from the parking area to runway 07 at TUPJ Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport in 15 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 07, the aircraft used 717 m of runway, representing 57 % of the available length, and lifted off at 98 kt. Ambient conditions were 21 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 225°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile north-east of TUPJ, with the aircraft ascending from 982 ft asl to 16 963 ft asl, a gain of 15 982 ft achieved in 13 minutes while covering 29 nm.
The first cruise segment began 17 miles south-east of Cruz Bay, lasting 15 minutes and traversing 57 nm.
Descent started 36 miles east of VI32 Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base, with altitude decreasing from 17 009 ft asl to 5 468 ft asl, a loss of 11 541 ft in 7 minutes over 25 nm.
A brief cruise followed, originating 28 miles north-west of The Bottom, lasting 2 minutes and covering 4 nm.
The next descent began 25 miles north-west of The Bottom, dropping from 5 011 ft asl to 4 030 ft asl, a reduction of 981 ft in 2 minutes across 5 nm.
A further cruise segment started 20 miles west of TNCM Princess Juliana International Airport, lasting 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.
Subsequent descent commenced 15 miles west of TNCM, with altitude falling from 3 991 ft asl to 1 785 ft asl, a decrease of 2 206 ft in 4 minutes while covering 11 nm.
The final approach to runway 10 at TNCM was executed from the west on a heading of 76.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1 748 ft agl.
Landing on runway 10 was performed with a threshold speed of 92 kt; touchdown occurred at 75 kt, 358 m down the runway, and the vertical speed at touchdown was -243 fpm. The touchdown point was 4.8 m off centreline, and the total landing roll measured 766 m, representing 35 % of the runway length. Weather at the time was 20 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 225°, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt tail-wind component.
Rollout alignment was noted to be 14.0 m off the centreline as the aircraft decelerated to a stop.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 143 nm, required 51 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The Beechcraft Duke conducted the final approach to runway 10 at TNCM Princess Juliana International Airport from the west, tracking a heading of 76.0° at 4 nm and 1,748 ft agl; the approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate because the flaps were not set.
At the threshold the aircraft displayed a good threshold height and the threshold speed was good at 92 kt.
Touchdown occurred 358 m down the runway with a good speed of 75 kt; the vertical rate was fair at minus 243 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.8 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 766 m, representing 35 % of the 2,190 m runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.0 m from the centreline.
To improve future performance, ensure the flaps are selected before reaching the 1,000 ft gate to achieve a stable approach, and refine centreline tracking to reduce the small lateral deviations observed at touchdown and during rollout.
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