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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.
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 1.7° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,866 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 431 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Lancair Legacy taxied to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport and commenced its take-off roll, covering 744 m which represents 40 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 118 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind from 269° at 2 kt, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
During the descent phase the aircraft reduced altitude from 614 ft AGL to 45 ft AGL in 45 seconds while remaining within the stabilisation gates.
The approach began with a left-hand pattern entry to runway 23, traversing 2 nm in 30 seconds. The subsequent left-hand crosswind segment covered less than 1 nm in 18 seconds. The downwind turn spanned 3 nm with an angle to the runway of 44.5°, followed by a downwind leg of 4 nm completed in 77 seconds. The base-leg turn covered 2 nm at an angle of 42.4°, after which the base leg was less than 1 nm in 17 seconds. The final turn was 1 nm and lasted 36 seconds, after which the final approach to runway 23 was flown, descending from 614 ft AGL to 45 ft AGL in the previously noted 45 seconds. Local weather remained 15 °C with wind from 270° at 2 kt, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.
Landing was executed on runway 23, whose length is 1,866 m. The threshold speed was slightly above target at 108 kt. Touchdown occurred 428 m down the runway at a speed of 93 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 56 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment.
Rollout distance totaled 738 m, representing 40 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was perfect.
In total the flight covered 14 nm, took 6 (units as provided), and consumed 2 kg of fuel.
The Lancair Legacy made its final approach to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport, descending from 614 ft agl to 45 ft agl in 45 seconds and meeting the stabilisation-gate criteria. Local conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, including a 1 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt head-wind.
At the threshold the aircraft’s speed was slightly above the target at 108 kt, and the threshold height was reported as good.
Touchdown occurred 428 m down the runway; the speed at touchdown was a little fast at 93 kt, while the vertical rate was excellent at minus 56 fpm and runway alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance measured 738 m, representing 40 % of the 1 866 m runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect.
With a score of 96.4 % the landing was strong; reducing the touchdown speed a few knots to match the target will tighten the margin further, and maintaining the current descent profile will preserve the excellent vertical rate and alignment.
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