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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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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: no landing flap set and centreline 5.8° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 765 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 765 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 212 m short of the threshold. The 1.83 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
Takeoff was executed from runway 03 at EGAI Yorkshire Gliding Club. The aircraft rolled for a take-off distance of 126 m, representing 16 % of the runway, and became airborne at a liftoff speed of 42 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 19 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 318°, resulting in a cross-wind component of 1 kt and no head-wind.
Climb commenced overhead the Angram Grange area of the Yorkshire Gliding Club. The aircraft ascended from 1 375 ft asl to 1 997 ft asl, a gain of 622 ft achieved in 1 minute while covering less than 1 nm.
Cruise was level and began again over Angram Grange. The cruise segment lasted 4 minutes and covered 3 nm.
Final approach was made to runway 03 at EGAI Yorkshire Gliding Club, positioning the aircraft for landing.
During descent the aircraft dropped from 525 ft agl to 111 ft agl in 44 seconds and scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing occurred on runway 03, which is 765 m long and has a good threshold height. The threshold speed was well above target at 52 kt. Touchdown distance measured 128 m, with a touchdown speed of 47 kt that was slightly fast. Touchdown rate was hard at minus 417 fpm, and the touchdown point was significantly misaligned by 23.0 m from the centreline. Weather at the time remained temperature 19 °C, wind 1 kt from 318°, cross-wind 1 kt, head-wind 0 kt.
Rollout recorded a total landing distance of 154 m, representing 20 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 21.7 m from the centreline.
In total the flight covered 5 nm, took 4 minutes, and consumed 2 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 03 at EGAI Yorkshire Gliding Club descended from 525 ft agl to 111 ft agl in 44 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates; local weather was 19 °C with a 1 kt wind from 318°, giving a 1 kt cross-wind component and no head-wind.
At threshold the aircraft entered the flare with a speed of 52 kt, noted as well above target, and a good threshold height; the touchdown point was 128 m down the runway, the touchdown speed was 47 kt, described as a little fast, and the vertical rate was hard at minus 417 fpm, while the touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 23.0 m from the centreline.
The touchdown phase recorded a total landing distance of 154 m, representing 20 % of the 765 m runway, and the aircraft remained offset from the centreline, confirming the earlier 23.0 m misalignment.
During rollout the aircraft’s alignment drifted further, ending 21.7 m off the centreline, while the remaining runway length was ample for a safe stop.
Focus on reducing the centreline offset by refining the final-approach heading and flare timing, and bring the threshold speed closer to the target to avoid the excess speed and hard rate observed.
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