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Reduce power on approach to bring speed back to 91 kt; correcting it early stops it carrying to the threshold and beyond.
What happened: The approach ran fast on speed, and that excess was still present at the threshold, crossing at 118 kt against a target of 91 kt; carrying that much extra speed usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 91 kt on approach, and threshold speed against 91 kt at the threshold.
Departure
Pick a point on the horizon aligned with heading and use small rudder or aileron inputs to track straight.
What happened: During the second climb segment, heading drifted well off the assigned track.
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 · 14 stages, 12 scored
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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: centreline 3.1° off, against a 1° limit and speed 32 kt FAST on the reference speed of 91 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.
Touched down 516 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft departed from runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde, achieving a take-off roll of 684 m, which represents 27 % of the available runway. Liftoff occurred at 109 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, giving a 1 kt head-wind component and a 1 kt cross-wind component.
During the approach the aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 23, covering less than 1 nm in 18 seconds. The subsequent left-hand crosswind leg also spanned less than 1 nm, completed in 10 seconds. The downwind turn extended 1 nm with an angle to the runway of 64.1°, followed by a downwind leg of 3 nm flown in 56 seconds. The base-leg turn covered 2 nm with a 16.4° angle to the runway. The final approach was established from the north-east on a heading of 230.0°, at 1 nm and 529 ft AGL, under the same temperature and wind conditions as reported for departure.
Landing was executed on runway 23, whose length is 2,490 m. The threshold speed was slightly above the target at 118 kt. Touchdown occurred 91 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a speed of 98 kt and a vertical rate of minus 60 fpm. Alignment at touchdown was very good, and the total landing distance measured 1,036 m, equivalent to 42 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout proceeded with perfect alignment, covering the 1,036 m landing distance without deviation.
In total the flight covered 10 nm, required 5 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde was flown from the north-east on a heading of 230.0 ° at 1 nm and 529 ft agl, with local weather reporting a temperature of 16 °C, wind 1 kt from 270 °, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good threshold height and a threshold speed that was slightly above target at 118 kt, indicating the speed was marginally higher than the desired value.
Touchdown occurred 91 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 98 kt that was judged good, a touchdown rate of -60 fpm rated excellent, and runway touchdown alignment described as very good.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,036 m, representing 42 % of the 2,490 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 98.7 % the landing was strong; refining the approach speed to meet the exact target and aiming to touch down within the designated zone will tighten the already high performance.
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