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Maintain a smooth pitch
When Vr arrives, an abrupt near-full-scale pull, pitch overshoots, a push, and an oscillation through the first 200 ft. It feels like “this aircraft is twitchy” but the actual fault happened before liftoff. The pitch trace needs to show a clean ramp during liftoff.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,488 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 389 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 0.96 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The A2A Piper Aerostar 600 (NI22PC) taxied to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde and commenced the take-off roll, covering 687 m which represented 28 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 105 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, providing a 1 kt headwind and a 1 kt crosswind component.
Climb began approximately 1 nm north-east of Donderen in the province of Drenthe. The aircraft ascended from 1 000 ft asl to 1 564 ft asl, a gain of 565 ft, in 1 minute while traversing 4 nm.
Cruise was established about 1 nm north-east of Peize, also in Drenthe, and persisted for 3 minutes during which 7 nm were covered.
The final approach to runway 05 at EHGG was executed from the south-west, with a heading of 52.0° at 0 nm and an altitude of 178 ft agl. Weather remained unchanged at 16 °C, wind 1 kt from 270°, now presenting a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind component.
Landing was made on runway 05, whose length is 2 493 m and which featured a good threshold height. The threshold speed was slightly above target at 98 kt. Touchdown occurred after 393 m of roll, at a speed of 72 kt, with a descent rate of minus 85 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 3.8 m from the centreline.
In total the flight covered 12 nm, required 5 minutes, and consumed 8 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 05 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde was flown from the south-west on a heading of 52.0° at 0 nm and 178 ft agl, with ambient temperature 16 °C, wind 1 kt from 270°, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt tailwind component. The overall score for the landing was 99.8%.
At the threshold the aircraft maintained a good height, and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 98 kt.
Touchdown occurred 393 m down the runway, which was judged good, with a touchdown speed of 72 kt described as good. The vertical rate at touchdown was excellent at minus 85 fpm, while the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.8 m from the centreline.
Minor refinements are recommended: fine-tune the approach speed to match the target more closely, and adjust lateral control to achieve centreline alignment within a tighter tolerance.
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