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Shorten the long landing
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,077 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,111 ft past the threshold — beyond 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a TBM 930, then departed from runway 36 at Colonel James Jabara Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,999 feet, which accounted for 33% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 99 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 78°F and a wind speed of 4 knots at 79°. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the headwind was 1 knot. After departing the airport, the enroute climb started 1 mile north of the airport, where the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 2,211 feet above sea level to 2,313 feet, an increase of 102 feet, in less than 1 minute and covering less than 1 nautical mile.
The enroute level cruise then began 1 mile north of the airport and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 36 at Colonel James Jabara Airport was made from the south, with a heading of 5.0° at an altitude of 183 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 716 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 104 knots, which was excessively fast. The touchdown rate was very hard at -571 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 77°F and a wind speed of 6 knots at 80°, with a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 3,234 feet, accounting for 53% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. After landing, the aircraft took 19 minutes to taxi to the parking, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 7 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 27 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 155 pounds.
The TBM 930 aircraft successfully landed at Colonel James Jabara Airport (KAAO) with a score of 72.4%. The final approach was made from the south, heading 5.0° at 0 nm and 183 ft above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 36, which has a length of 6,077 ft.
However, there were some areas of concern during the landing. The threshold height at 70 ft agl was significantly above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been too high during the approach. Additionally, the threshold speed was excessively high at 112 kt, which could have put the aircraft at risk of overshooting the runway. The touchdown point was 716 ft beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed of 104 kt was also excessively fast. Furthermore, the touchdown rate was very hard at -571 fpm, which could have put a lot of stress on the aircraft's landing gear.
Despite these issues, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained a stable and aligned approach. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 77°F and a relatively light wind of 6 kt at 80°. The crosswind was 6 kt, and the headwind was 2 kt, which may have contributed to the aircraft's high touchdown speed.
The total landing distance was 3,234 ft, which is 53% of the runway length. This is a relatively long landing distance, but it may be due to the aircraft's high touchdown speed and the excessive distance beyond the touchdown zone. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there were several areas of concern that need to be addressed to improve the pilot's performance. These include maintaining a more stable and aligned approach, reducing the threshold speed, and improving the touchdown speed and rate.
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