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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,438 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,522 ft past the threshold — beyond 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 19 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Cessna Longitude, then departed from runway 33 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), with a takeoff distance of 2,642 feet, which was 38% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 117 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 56°F and winds of 6 knots at 299°. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the headwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb started overhead KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, with the aircraft climbing from 8,746 feet above sea level to 26,248 feet above sea level, an increase of 17,502 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 70 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 5 miles northeast of KWOL Woodland Park Airport, with the aircraft descending from 26,171 feet above sea level to 7,652 feet above sea level, a decrease of 18,519 feet in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 60 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 6 miles north of KPUB Pueblo Memorial Airport and lasted 6 minutes, covering a distance of 15 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 5 miles south of Pueblo West, with the aircraft descending from 7,650 feet above sea level to 5,966 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,683 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 08R at KPUB Pueblo Memorial Airport was from the west, with the aircraft heading 88.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,284 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 08R at KPUB Pueblo Memorial Airport was successful, with the touchdown point being 2,136 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 104 knots, which was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was fair at -200 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the local weather conditions were a temperature of 75°F and winds of 16 knots at 90°, with a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 16 knots.
The total landing distance was 4,346 feet, which was 42% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 160 nautical miles, taking 47 minutes, and the aircraft used 1,935 pounds of fuel.
The Cessna Longitude aircraft successfully landed at KPUB Pueblo Memorial Airport, but the landing was not without some areas for improvement. The final approach to runway 08R was initiated from the west, heading 88.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,284 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 2,136 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating that the pilot may have been a bit too far back on the approach.
The threshold height at 79 feet agl was well above the target, suggesting that the pilot may have been a bit too high on the approach. Additionally, the threshold speed was excessively high at 145 knots, which is above the recommended speed for landing. This could have contributed to the pilot being too far back on the approach and the subsequent touchdown point being beyond the designated zone.
The touchdown speed of 104 knots was a bit fast, and the touchdown rate of -200 feet per minute was only fair. However, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain a stable and aligned approach to the runway. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 75°F and a headwind of 16 knots at 90°.
The total landing distance of 4,346 feet was 42% of the runway length, which is a relatively long distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase of the landing. Overall, while the landing was not perfect, the pilot was able to bring the aircraft safely to the ground, and there were some positive aspects to the landing, such as the good runway touchdown alignment.
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