Apologies, I should have been a little more specific when stating outside of the H.V curve, I was referring to when leveled out at 250 feet/airspeed 50 knots. I should also point out that the airfield elevation is sea level and we're approx 80 pounds under max gross weight. Obviously during the Max T.O/Steep approach I would be inside H.V curve but I was of the understanding that this is always going to be case when doing a Max T.O/Steep approach.
Thanks for the replies so far.