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Improve the touchdown
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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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 1,553 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,553 m of the 2,444 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 540 m 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 the departure runway, a movement that lasted 10 minutes and covered 2 nm.
Takeoff was executed on runway 27 at GMAD Al Massira Airport; the ground roll measured 1,712 m, representing 54 % of the available runway, and liftoff was achieved at 163 kt. Ambient conditions were 32 °C with a wind of 23 kt from 230°, producing a cross-wind component of 15 kt and a head-wind component of 17 kt.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile west of GMAD, ascending from 1,136 ft asl to 35,790 ft asl, a gain of 34,654 ft achieved in 21 minutes while covering 146 nm.
The first cruise segment began 16 miles west of GMSI Sidi Bou Othmane Airport and continued for 154 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 1,261 nm at level flight.
Descent started overhead Bibiche in France, descending from 35,998 ft asl to 4,321 ft asl, a loss of 31,677 ft over 20 minutes and a distance of 117 nm.
A brief cruise followed, originating 1 mile southwest of Nuembrecht, Germany; it lasted 2 minutes and covered 5 nm.
The subsequent descent began 1 mile west of Wiehl, Germany, dropping from 3,989 ft asl to 1,573 ft asl, a reduction of 2,417 ft in 3 minutes while traveling 11 nm.
Final approach to runway 24 at EDDK Cologne Bonn Airport was conducted from the northeast, on a heading of 244.0°, at 4 nm and 1,308 ft agl.
Landing on runway 24 was completed with a threshold speed of 151 kt; touchdown occurred 132 m beyond the touchdown zone at 144 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 416 fpm. Local weather at the time was 14 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 150°, yielding a cross-wind of 5 kt and no head-wind component.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,480 m, equivalent to 60 % of the runway, and alignment was maintained perfectly throughout the deceleration phase.
Taxi-in from the runway to the parking position required 7 minutes and spanned 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,549 nm, lasted 219 minutes, and consumed 7,727 kg of fuel.
The Beechcraft King Air 350 entered the final approach to runway 05 at FAMG Margate Airport from the south on a heading of 23.0° at 4 NM and 1,016 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the aircraft displayed a good threshold height and the threshold speed was good at 105 kt, indicating an appropriate energy state for the flare.
Touchdown occurred 276 m down the runway at a speed of 98 kt, both rated good, while the vertical rate was fair at minus 236 fpm. The touchdown point was misaligned by 9.1 m from the centreline and the total landing distance was 556 m, representing 42 % of the 1,336 m runway.
During rollout the aircraft remained slightly off centreline, with a measured deviation of 9.2 m from the centreline.
With a final score of 94.5 % the landing was solid; focus on tightening centreline alignment on touchdown and rollout, and on refining the descent rate to move the touchdown rate from fair toward good.
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