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Departure
Reduce climb power to bring speed back to 139 kt and hold it there.
What happened: Climb speed was 29 kt fast at 168 kt during the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 139 kt in the climb
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final so the speed is back to 99 kt before the stabilisation gate, not just by the threshold.
What happened: Speed was still fast at the stabilisation gate, and crossing the threshold 18 kt above target usually carries a fast touchdown with it.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 99 kt at the threshold.
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: glideslope 5.2° against the runway's 3° and centreline 1.8° off, against a 1° limit.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate 2,249 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 6.3° against the runway's 3°, centreline 1.1° off, against a 1° limit and speed 48 kt FAST on the reference speed of 99 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,145 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,145 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 364 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The ATR 72 taxied from the parking area to runway 12 at TFFR Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet International Airport in 7 minutes, covering 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 12, the aircraft used 2,284 m of runway (80 % of the available length) and rotated at 122 kt; ambient temperature was 30 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 120°, giving a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead Les Abymes, climbing from 981 ft asl to 11,994 ft asl - an increase of 11,012 ft - in 7 minutes while covering 23 nm.
The first cruise segment began 4 mi north-west of Anse-Bertrand and lasted 20 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 94 nm.
Descent phase one started 18 mi north-east of Nicola Town, descending from 11,782 ft asl to 8,017 ft asl - a loss of 3,765 ft - in 5 minutes and covering 22 nm.
A short cruise followed 8 mi south-west of TFF1 St Barthelemy Seaplane, lasting 3 minutes and spanning 15 nm.
Descent phase two began 9 mi south-west of TNCM Princess Juliana International Airport, dropping from 7,786 ft asl to 3,613 ft asl - a decrease of 4,173 ft - in 5 minutes while covering 20 nm.
The next cruise segment originated 11 mi west of The Valley, persisted for 8 minutes and covered 25 nm.
Descent phase three started 8 mi north-west of Marigot, falling from 2,999 ft asl to 1,790 ft asl - a loss of 1,209 ft - in 3 minutes and traversing 7 nm.
Final approach to runway 12 at TFFG Grand Case-Espérance Airport reduced altitude from 1,946 ft agl to 31 ft agl in 104 seconds, with the aircraft scoring on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 12 at TFFG, whose length is 1,145 m, occurred with a threshold speed of 118 kt; touchdown was recorded 364 m down the runway at 108 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 296 fpm and a lateral deviation of 5.3 m from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 26 °C and a wind of 6 kt from 127°, providing a 2 kt cross-wind and a 6 kt head-wind. Total landing distance measured 626 m, representing 55 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was described as very good, confirming the aircraft remained on the centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 215 nm, required 59 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 599 kg of fuel.
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