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Improve the pattern downwind leg
The one change that would have gained the most on this flight, and the guide passage for it.
The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,490 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,169 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde and commenced the departure roll, accelerating to a liftoff speed of 74 kt. The take-off run consumed 316 m, representing 13 % of the available runway, under calm wind conditions of 1 kt from 169° with no cross-wind component and an ambient temperature of 8 °C.
During the approach, the flight entered a left-hand pattern for runway 23, covering less than 1 nm in 21 seconds. The subsequent left-hand crosswind leg also spanned less than 1 nm, taking 66 seconds to complete. The downwind turn was executed over a distance of 1 nm, with the aircraft turning to a 45-degree angle to the runway and a heading of 179.1° before final alignment.
Landing was performed on runway 23, whose total length is 2 493 m. The aircraft touched down 364 m beyond the designated touchdown zone at a speed of 51 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 51 fpm, and the threshold speed of 57 kt was noted as good. The touchdown alignment was perfect, and the total landing roll measured 914 m, equivalent to 37 % of the runway, with rollout alignment also perfect.
In the rollout phase the aircraft decelerated along the runway, maintaining the precise alignment achieved at touchdown, and came to a stop without deviation.
Overall, the flight covered a distance of 5 nm, taking 3, and consumed 12 kg of fuel.
The approach was conducted with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 57 kt, matching the conditions reported for the landing on runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft crossed the threshold at the indicated 57 kt and executed a flare that resulted in touchdown occurring 364 m beyond the designated touchdown zone.
Touchdown was achieved at a speed of 51 kt, described as good, with a touchdown rate of minus 51 fpm, rated excellent, and runway touchdown alignment was perfect; the touchdown point remained 364 m beyond the touchdown zone.
Rollout covered a total landing distance of 914 m, representing 37 % of the 2,493 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
To refine the performance, aim to place the touchdown point nearer the aim point of approximately 300 m (1,000 ft) in to reduce the landing distance while preserving the excellent speed and rate already demonstrated.
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