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Keep the approach speed on target
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 482 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Beechcraft Baron 55 taxied to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport and commenced the departure roll. The takeoff run covered 466 m, representing 14 % of the runway, and the aircraft lifted off at 88 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 33 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 1°, including a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
The aircraft entered a right-hand pattern from runway 05R, covering less than 1 nm in 19 seconds.
Subsequently, the right-hand pattern cross-wind leg was flown, also less than 1 nm in length and completed in 21 seconds.
During the downwind turn the aircraft described a 2 nm arc with an angle to the runway of 102.6°.
The downwind leg extended 4 nm and was flown in 110 seconds.
The base-leg turn was a 4 nm maneuver with an angle to the runway of 27.6°.
The base leg itself was 1 nm long and was completed in 29 seconds.
The final turn to the runway measured 1 nm and required 45 seconds to execute.
On final approach to runway 05R the aircraft descended from 956 ft AGL to 48 ft AGL over 119 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 05R, which is 3 284 m long, occurred with a threshold speed that was excessively high at 103 kt. Touchdown was made 54 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 89 kt, which was excessively fast, and the vertical speed was smooth at minus 110 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 4.5 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was a temperature of 32 °C, wind 5 kt from 0°, with a 5 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind. The total landing roll measured 819 m, representing 25 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to parking in less than one minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 14 nm, lasted 7 minutes, and consumed 277 kg of fuel.
The Beechcraft Baron 55 approached runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport with a score of 88.0 %. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable, being more than 20 kt above VREF, and the aircraft descended from 956 ft AGL to 48 ft AGL in 119 seconds, receiving a stabilisation-gate score for the final approach.
During the threshold and flare phase the threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 103 kt. Touchdown occurred 54 m beyond the touchdown zone with an excessively fast touchdown speed of 89 kt, while the vertical rate was smooth at minus 110 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.5 m from the centreline.
The aircraft rolled out after touching down 819 m down the runway, representing 25 % of the 3,284 m runway length, and the rollout alignment was very good.
Coaching should concentrate on achieving a stabilised approach that meets VREF and reduces the touchdown speed, allowing the aircraft to land within the designated touchdown zone. Maintaining target speed will also help keep the touchdown point closer to the aim point and further improve runway utilisation.
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