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Work on the flare
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,099 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 618 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 27 at Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (LGIR). The TBM 850 aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 77 meters, which was 3% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 103 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots at 320°. The crosswind was 6 knots, and the headwind was also 6 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb overhead Nea Alikarnassos, a town in Crete, Greece. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 395 feet above sea level to 4,091 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,696 feet in just 8 minutes. During this time, the aircraft covered a distance of 25 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 1 mile north of Kritsa, another town in Crete. The descent took the aircraft from 4,091 feet above sea level to 2,258 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,833 feet in just 2 minutes. The aircraft covered a distance of 7 nautical miles during this descent.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile northwest of Pacheia Ammos, a town in Crete. The cruise lasted for 4 minutes and covered a distance of 12 nautical miles. The aircraft then started another enroute descent 4 miles southwest of Sitia, a town in Crete. The descent took the aircraft from 1,655 feet above sea level to 148 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,506 feet in just 2 minutes. The aircraft covered a distance of 5 nautical miles during this descent.
The enroute climb started overhead Sitia, taking the aircraft from 153 feet above sea level to 2,993 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,840 feet in just 4 minutes. The aircraft covered a distance of 14 nautical miles during this climb.
The enroute level cruise started 7 miles east of Palekastro, a town in Crete. The cruise lasted for 16 minutes and covered a distance of 41 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 30L at Karpathos Airport (LGKP) was made from the southeast, heading 305.0° at 4 nautical miles and 937 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 30L at LGKP was made with a runway length of 2,099 meters. The threshold height at 57 feet above ground level was slightly above the target, and the threshold speed was too high at 86 knots. The touchdown point was 180 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 72 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was smooth at -145 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.5 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 827 meters, which was 39% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.0 meters from the centerline. Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 9 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 110 nautical miles, and the flight took 48 minutes. The aircraft used 122 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The TBM 850 aircraft successfully landed on runway 30L at Karpathos Airport (LGKP) with a score of 87.9%. The final approach was initiated from the southeast, heading 305.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 937 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, which has a length of 2,099 meters.
However, there were some minor discrepancies during the landing. The threshold height at 57 feet agl was slightly above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly high on its approach. Additionally, the threshold speed was too high at 86 knots, suggesting that the pilot may have been pushing the aircraft to land more quickly than necessary. The touchdown point was 180 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed of 72 knots was a little fast.
Despite these minor issues, the touchdown rate was smooth at -145 feet per minute (fpm), indicating that the aircraft was able to absorb the impact of landing smoothly. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.5 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 8 knots at 320°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 8 knots. The total landing distance was 827 meters, which is 39% of the runway length.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.0 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the same deviation in alignment during the approach. Overall, while there were some minor issues during the landing, the TBM 850 aircraft was able to land safely and smoothly on runway 30L at Karpathos Airport.
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