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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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed and off the runway's 3° glideslope.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed and off the runway's 3° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 689 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 689 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 22 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
A YS-11 aircraft departed from Brustem Airfield in Sint-Truiden, Belgium, with a takeoff distance of 893 meters, taking 75% of the available runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 118 knots and climbed away from the airfield, navigating through local weather conditions of 11 degrees Celsius and a 1-knot wind from 343 degrees, resulting in a negligible crosswind and headwind of 0 knots.
As the aircraft entered into its enroute climb, it started 1 mile southwest of Zepperen in Flanders, Belgium, and climbed to 9,867 feet above sea level, achieving a vertical ascent of 8,646 feet in just 15 minutes while covering a distance of 26 nautical miles. From this point, the plane transitioned into a level cruise mode, flying over Temploux in Wallonia, Belgium, for a brief period of 2 minutes, during which it covered another 6 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase commenced 1 mile southeast of Sart-Saint-Laurent in Wallonia, Belgium, where the aircraft began its descent from 9,944 feet to 1,724 feet above sea level, a decrease of 8,220 feet in merely 3 minutes, while continuing to cover a distance of 6 nautical miles. Finally, the aircraft initiated its final approach towards runway 06L at Namur-Suarlée Airfield, aligning itself at a bearing of 55 degrees and a distance of 2 nautical miles from the airfield, at an altitude of 1,100 feet above ground level.
Upon entering the runway, the aircraft experienced gentle threshold weather conditions of 9 degrees Celsius and a gentle 1-knot wind from 68 degrees, resulting in negligible crosswind but a 1-knot headwind. The pilot successfully landed the aircraft on runway 06R, which was 689 meters long, with an optimal threshold height, reaching a touchdown speed of 100 knots and a short touchdown distance of 12 meters.
Despite a touchdown speed of 100 knots being within limits, the aircraft experienced a very high rate of descent, touching down at a rate of -785 feet per minute. Furthermore, the aircraft landed significantly off-center by 17.9 meters from the runway centerline. The total landing distance turned out to be 414 meters, accounting for 60% of the available runway length. Following the landing, the aircraft underwent a slow rollout, deviating from the runway centerline by 14.9 meters.
The entire flight was completed in a total distance of 41 nautical miles, requiring a flying time of 21 minutes. To the pilot's surprise, the aircraft's fuel consumption was zero kilograms, implying no additional fuel was burned during the flight.
A comprehensive report on the landing of the YS-11 aircraft has been submitted with a final score of 81.3%. The aircraft was approaching the runway 06R at EBNM Namur-Suarlée Airfield from the southwest, aligned with a heading of 55.0° at 2 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,100 feet above ground level.
As the aircraft touched down on the runway, it was observed that the touchdown speed was 100 kt, meeting the threshold speed of 101 kt set for the landing. The touchdown distance was also satisfactory, measuring 12 meters. However, there were concerns with the touchdown rate, which was quite heavy, coming in at -785 feet per minute, indicating a possible risk of excessive deceleration.
Another significant issue observed during the landing was the runway touchdown position, which deviated from the centerline by 17.9 meters, indicating a lack of proper alignment prior to touchdown. Local weather conditions may have contributed to this deviation, as temperatures were near freezing at 9 °C and winds were light and variable, with a gentle 1 kt breeze out of 68°.
In terms of overall landing performance, the total landing distance was 414 meters, which translates to approximately 60% of the available runway length of 689 meters. The rollout alignment from the centerline was also slightly misaligned, by 14.9 meters, which indicates that the pilot may not have fully recovered control after touchdown, leading to a slight drift off the designated centerline.
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