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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Lower the gear before the stabilisation gate, not after.
What happened: Gear was not down at the stabilisation gates on approach.
Watch for: Gear indicator: down and locked before the gate
See Arrival Approach
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.
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: gear still up and centreline 6.4° off, against a 1° limit.
At the 500 ft gate: gear still up and speed 52 kt FAST on the reference speed of 90 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,664 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,664 m of the 2,687 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 420 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The TBM 850 taxied from the parking area to the departure runway at LFRN Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport in 17 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 10, the aircraft used 1,412 m of runway, representing 70 % of the available length, and lifted off at 92 kt; ambient conditions were 16 °C with a 2 kt wind from 269°, no cross-wind and a 2 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced one mile north of Chatillon-sur-Seiche, where the airplane rose from 1,117 ft asl to 14,462 ft asl, a gain of 13,344 ft achieved in 11 minutes while traversing 25 nm.
Cruise began two miles north-west of Notre-Dame-des-Landes and lasted 5 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 13 nm at level flight.
The first en-route descent started one mile north of Saint-Ganton; altitude decreased from 14,480 ft asl to 2,991 ft asl, a loss of 11,489 ft in 7 minutes over 24 nm.
A subsequent descent segment began overhead Carquefou, with the aircraft descending from 2,995 ft asl to 678 ft asl, a reduction of 2,317 ft in 3 minutes while covering 7 nm.
On final approach to runway 21 at LFRS Nantes Atlantique Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,426 ft agl to 59 ft agl in 109 seconds and successfully met the stabilisation gate criteria.
Landing on runway 21 was executed with a threshold speed of 90 kt; touchdown occurred 419 m down the runway at 76 kt with a vertical speed of minus 152 fpm, and the total landing distance measured 1,564 m (58 % of the runway). Weather at the time was 15 °C with a 2 kt wind from 270°, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as perfect, confirming the aircraft remained on the centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 81 nm, required 40 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 103 kg of fuel.
The TBM 850 began the final approach to runway 21 at LFRS Nantes Atlantique Airport. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable, with the landing gear not down and the aircraft off the centreline; the descent proceeded from 1,426 ft agl to 59 ft agl in 109 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 90 kt, both rated as good.
Touchdown was recorded 419 m down the runway at a speed of 76 kt, both judged good, with a vertical rate of -152 fpm rated good and runway touchdown alignment perfect.
The rollout remained perfectly aligned and the total landing distance was 1,564 m, representing 58 % of the 2,687 m runway.
Future approaches should ensure the gear is lowered and the aircraft is centered by the 1,000 ft gate to achieve a stabilised profile, which will help raise the already strong score of 91.2 % even further.
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