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Maintain the centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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Events
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.
At the 500 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
The rest of the report
The H500C taxied to runway 01W at NJ00 Ridgefield Park Seaplane Base and commenced the take-off roll, achieving a takeoff distance of 3,812 m which represented 228 % of the available runway. Liftoff occurred at a speed of 8 kt while the ambient temperature was 17 °C, the wind was 4 kt from 050°, providing a 2 kt head-wind component and a 3 kt cross-wind component.
Cruise level was established overhead Little Ferry, New Jersey, and the aircraft maintained that altitude for a period of 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nm before commencing descent.
During the initial descent the aircraft reduced altitude from 74 ft AGL to 55 ft AGL in 4 seconds, a brief vertical segment preceding the final approach.
The final approach to Teterboro Airport was executed with the aircraft passing the stabilisation gates, and the descent continued from 43 ft AGL to ground level over a 7-second interval, resulting in touchdown.
Overall, the flight covered 4 nm, lasted 3 minutes, and consumed 4 kg of fuel.
The H500C established a final approach to runway Teterboro, descending from 74 ft AGL to 55 ft AGL in 4 seconds and receiving a score on the stabilisation gates.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft approached touchdown at Teterboro, dropping from 43 ft AGL to 0 ft AGL, a decrease of 43 ft over 7 seconds.
Touchdown was achieved at 0 ft AGL on the runway.
With an overall score of 82.9 %, the landing was solid; refining the flare timing to keep the descent rate as steady as possible will help tighten the already good performance.
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