Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60; Flight Crew Total 500; Flight Crew Type 200
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
General None Reported / Taken
Airport; Human Factors
During final approach to HLM RWY 23; I may have descended too low for a normal approach due to the short runway & steep approach required over the trees. The trees force a 1;150 ft. displaced threshold for RWY 23; however; the displaced threshold markings (and all runway markings) were extremely faded. Unfortunately; there also were multiple displaced thresholds/rwy markings for RWY 23; making it difficult to discern which threshold should be cleared before landing and how much runway was left. With only ;ft. usable runway; I did not want to be high on approach; however; my clearance over the trees; and more importantly; over a house in the trees; may have been inadequate and too low for a normal 3 deg approach to the displaced threshold.   Ultimately; the inability to identify the proper runway markings during approach led to a lower-than-normal approach close to trees and obstacles.
Pilot reported flying too low to the ground on a visual approach to HLM airport.