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Add power on approach to bring the speed up to 51 kt before the stabilisation gate, not after it.
What happened: The approach was already slow at the stabilisation gate, and a slow gate like that usually carries through to a slow threshold crossing - here 40 kt against the 51 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 51 kt on approach, carrying through to 51 kt at the threshold.
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.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 15 stages, 14 in the score
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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 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: speed 12 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 51 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 2,490 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 327 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone.
The rest of the report
The Aeroprakt A-32 Vixxen departed from runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde. The departure roll covered 685 m, which is 27 % of the runway, and liftoff was achieved at 50 kt. Local weather was temperature 11 °C, wind 1 kt from 169°, cross-wind 1 kt and head-wind 0 kt.
The aircraft entered a left-hand pattern for runway 23. The entry segment was less than 1 nm and was completed in 21 seconds.
Continuing the left-hand pattern, the cross-wind leg was less than 1 nm in length and lasted 23 seconds.
The downwind turn was executed at a 45-degree angle to the runway, covering 1 nm with a heading change to 91.6°.
The downwind leg extended 2 nm and was flown in 55 seconds.
The base-leg turn, also at a 45-degree angle, spanned 1 nm with a heading of 48.0°.
The base leg itself was less than 1 nm and lasted 36 seconds.
The final turn to align with the runway was less than 1 nm and required 35 seconds.
Final approach to runway 23 was from the north-east on a heading of 231.0°, commencing at 1 nm and 379 ft AGL.
Touchdown occurred at 329 m down the runway, with a speed of 32 kt and a vertical speed of minus 32 fpm. The threshold speed was 40 kt and the total landing distance was 390 m, representing 16 % of the runway. Runway alignment was maintained throughout.
Runway rollout alignment remained perfect until the aircraft came to a stop.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 7 nm, taking 7, and used 1 kg of fuel.
The Aeroprakt A-32 Vixxen established the final approach to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde from the north-east, tracking a heading of 231.0° at 1 nm and 379 ft agl. Local weather was 11 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 169°, giving a crosswind component of 1 kt and no headwind.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good height and the threshold speed was good at 40 kt, indicating an appropriate energy state for the flare.
Touchdown occurred 329 m down the runway, with a speed of 32 kt that was noted as a little fast. The vertical rate was perfect at minus 32 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance measured 390 m, representing 16 % of the 2 ,493 m runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect throughout the deceleration.
With a final score of 98.2 % the landing was strong; reducing touchdown speed slightly will tighten the margin to the target speed while preserving the excellent alignment and rate already demonstrated.
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