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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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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: centreline 1.1° off, against a 1° limit and speed 6 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 55 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,866 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 TL3000 Sirius taxied to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport and commenced the departure roll, covering 211 m which represents 11 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 56 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 269°, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
The aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 23, flying a distance of less than 1 nm in 29 seconds.
Continuing the left-hand pattern, the crosswind leg was flown for less than 1 nm in 17 seconds.
During the downwind turn the aircraft covered 1 nm and established an angle to the runway of 66.5° measured from the 45° reference.
The downwind leg extended 2 nm and was completed in 94 seconds.
The base turn was executed over 1 nm with an angle to the runway of 40.9° measured from the 45° reference.
The base leg was flown for less than 1 nm in 39 seconds.
The final turn to the approach course covered less than 1 nm and required 25 seconds.
On final approach to runway 23 the aircraft descended from 368 ft AGL to 45 ft AGL in 68 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing was made on runway 23, whose length is 1,866 m and which featured a good threshold height. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 51 kt. Touchdown occurred 300 m down the runway at a speed of 44 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 84 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment. Weather at the time remained 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect and the total landing distance measured 421 m, representing 23 % of the runway length.
In total the flight covered 7 nm, required six minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 1 kg of fuel.
The TL3000 Sirius conducted the final approach to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness, descending from 368 ft AGL to 45 ft AGL in 68 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
At the threshold the aircraft achieved a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 51 kt, which was slightly below the target value.
Touchdown occurred 300 m down the runway; the touchdown speed was 44 kt, noted as a little fast, while the vertical rate was excellent at minus 84 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 421 m, representing 23 % of the 1 866 m runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 95.4 %, the landing was strong; refining speed management to meet the exact threshold speed and to reduce touchdown speed marginally will tighten the performance envelope.
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