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Hold a little more back pressure through the last of the flare to arrest the sink before 194 fpm develops.
What happened: Touchdown sink rate was 194 fpm, a firm arrival with no other fault on this landing to account for it.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: minimal sink at touchdown
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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: sink rate 1,597 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 6.2° against the runway's 3° and centreline 4.6° 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 1,567 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 LearFan 2100 taxied from the parking area to runway 28 at KGKT Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 28, the aircraft accelerated over a distance of 470 m, representing 30 % of the runway, and lifted off at 99 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 24 °C, wind 5 kt from 0°, with a 5 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind.
The climb commenced overhead KGKT, climbing from 1,965 ft asl to 3,427 ft asl, an increase of 1,462 ft achieved in 1 minute while covering 5 nm.
Level cruise began 2 miles north of Pigeon Forge and persisted for 2 minutes, during which 4 nm were flown.
Descent started over Sevierville, descending from 3,403 ft asl to 1,420 ft asl, a loss of 1,983 ft in 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.
On final approach to runway 28, the aircraft descended from 1,138 ft agl to 16 ft agl in 42 seconds and met the stabilisation gate criteria.
Landing on runway 28, whose length is 1,567 m, the threshold speed was recorded at 104 kt, well above the target. Touchdown occurred 363 m down the runway at 86 kt with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 136 fpm and very good alignment. Weather at the time was temperature 24 °C, wind 5 kt from 310°, with a 3 kt crosswind and a 5 kt headwind.
The total landing distance measured 1,219 m, equivalent to 78 % of the runway, and the rollout maintained very good alignment.
Overall, the flight covered 18 nm, took 8 minutes, and consumed 2 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320neo approached runway 01 at BIAR Akureyri Airport with an unstable assessment at the 1,000 ft gate, reporting a sink rate that was too high and more than 20 kt above VREF. The descent covered 1,947 ft AGL to 83 ft AGL in 105 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft crossed the threshold at a height of 66 ft AGL, which was above target, and at a speed of 137 kt, slightly above target. Touchdown distance was good at 406 m, touchdown speed was 130 kt, a little fast, and the touchdown rate was very hard at minus 543 fpm. The touchdown point was misaligned by 9.7 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance measured 1,450 m, representing 54 % of the 2,692 m runway, and the overall score for the landing was 80.6 %. Local weather was temperature -7 °C, wind 9 kt from 030°, with a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 9 kt head-wind component.
Rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 12.9 m from the centreline.
Focus on achieving a stabilised approach that limits sink rate to within VREF limits, and refine flare technique to reduce the hard touchdown rate. Improving these two areas will convert the solid 80.6 % score into a higher performance landing.
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