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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: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,091 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,091 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 367 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a TBM 930, then departed from runway 04 at the LFLG Aérodrome de Grenoble Le Versoud. The takeoff distance was 405 meters, which is 50% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 93 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 14°C, with a wind speed of 5 knots at a direction of 3°. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 4 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead the town of Villard-Bonnot in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. The climb took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 59 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,747 feet above sea level to 30,189 feet.
The enroute descent began overhead the town of Massieux, also in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region. The descent took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 80 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 30,187 feet to 3,412 feet. The aircraft then entered a level cruise, starting 1 mile north of the town of Saint-Germain-Chassenay in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region. This cruise phase lasted for 9 minutes and covered a distance of 19 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 12 at the LFQG Nevers-Fourchambault Airport was made from the northwest, with a heading of 122.0°. The aircraft was at an altitude of 1,739 feet above ground level and was 3 nautical miles from the runway. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots at a direction of 220°. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot.
The landing on runway 12 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 366 meters. However, the touchdown speed was slightly fast at 78 knots, and the threshold speed was excessively high at 87 knots. The touchdown rate was perfect at -32 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The total landing distance was 888 meters, which is 81% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.1 meters from the centerline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 164 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 56 minutes. The aircraft used 161 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The TBM 930 aircraft successfully landed at LFQG Nevers-Fourchambault Airport, achieving a score of 90.2%. The final approach was conducted from the northwest, heading 122.0° at 3 nautical miles and 1,739 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 12, which has a length of 1,091 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 87 knots. This indicates that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown distance of 366 meters was good, but the touchdown speed of 78 knots was slightly faster than ideal. However, the touchdown rate of -32 feet per minute (fpm) was perfect, indicating a smooth and controlled descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 6 knots from 220°. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot. Despite these conditions, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained a stable and controlled approach.
The total landing distance of 888 meters was 81% of the runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.1 meters from the centerline. This may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's control inputs during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot demonstrated good control and management of the aircraft during the approach and touchdown phases. However, there is room for improvement in terms of threshold speed and touchdown speed to achieve a more ideal landing.
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