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Fly a steeper descent on final so you cross the threshold at 50 ft agl instead of 76 ft agl.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 76 ft agl against a 50 ft agl target, well above the normal profile. The touchdown point was also long at 1,693 ft against a 1,500 ft target, a pattern often seen after high threshold crossings.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the 50 ft threshold crossing target on short final.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,497 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,693 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 10L at KBOI Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, covering 3 nm in 6 minutes.
During the departure roll on runway 10L, the aircraft traveled 3,835 ft, representing 39 % of the runway, and lifted off at 98 kt. Ambient conditions were 71 °F with a wind of 7 kt from 130°, a 2 kt crosswind component and a 7 kt headwind component.
Climb commenced 1 mile east of KBOI, with the aircraft ascending from 3,853 ft asl to 30,007 ft asl, a gain of 26,154 ft achieved in 22 minutes while covering 70 nm.
Level cruise began 9 miles north-east of Huntington, Oregon, and persisted for 43 minutes, during which 196 nm were flown.
Descent started 1 mile north-east of West Valley, Washington, with the aircraft descending from 30,008 ft asl to 1,660 ft asl, a loss of 28,348 ft in 21 minutes over a distance of 93 nm.
The final approach to runway 34L at KSEA Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was executed from the south, on a heading of 4.0° at 4 nm and 1,237 ft agl.
Landing on runway 34L, which is 8,490 ft long, occurred with a threshold height of 76 ft agl and a threshold speed of 87 kt. Touchdown was recorded 248 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 71 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 53 fpm and a lateral deviation of 12 ft from the centreline. Local weather was 70 °F with a wind of 8 kt from 19°, a 3 kt crosswind and an 8 kt headwind. The total landing distance was 3,870 ft, representing 46 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area, covering 1 nm in 6 minutes.
In total, the flight covered 370 nm, taking 103, and used 693 lbs of fuel.
The Cirrus Vision SF50 approached runway 34L at KSEA from the south on a final approach at a heading of 4.0° while 4 nm out and 1,237 ft above ground level, under a temperature of 70 °F, wind 8 kt from 19°, with a 3 kt cross-wind component and an 8 kt head-wind component, and recorded a final approach score of 88.6 %.
At threshold the aircraft was 76 ft agl, which was well above target, and the threshold speed was good at 87 kt.
Touchdown occurred 248 ft beyond the touchdown zone with a good speed of 71 kt, an excellent rate of -53 fpm, and the wheel track was slightly misaligned by 12 ft from the centreline; the total landing distance measured 3,870 ft, representing 46 % of the 8,490 ft runway.
Rollout alignment was very good as the aircraft decelerated along the runway.
Refine the approach to achieve the intended threshold height and aim to touch down within the designated touchdown zone to reduce the overshoot distance. Maintaining precise alignment through the flare will further improve centreline tracking at touchdown.
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