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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: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,135 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 135 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 11 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a TBM 930, then departed from runway 16R at KSLC Salt Lake City International Airport. The takeoff distance was 983 meters, which accounted for 27% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 98 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 349°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 8 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile southwest of KSLC Salt Lake City International Airport. The climb took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 8 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 5,223 feet above sea level to 12,991 feet above sea level, an increase of 7,768 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 4 miles east of North Salt Lake, Utah. This phase lasted for 109 minutes and covered a distance of 248 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 4 miles southwest of Aspen, Colorado. The descent took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 12,982 feet above sea level to 10,943 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,039 feet.
The final approach to runway 33 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) was made from the southeast, with a heading of 337.0° and at an altitude of 3,215 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 33, which had a length of 2,135 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 94 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 135 meters, but the touchdown speed was excessively fast at 89 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -311 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.3 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 13°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 20°. This resulted in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 6 knots. The total landing distance was 736 meters, which accounted for 34% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.9 meters from the centerline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 267 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 76 minutes. The aircraft used 389 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The TBM 930 aircraft successfully landed at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) with a score of 85.7%. The final approach was initiated from the southeast, heading 337.0° at 3 nautical miles and 3,215 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 33, which has a length of 2,135 meters.
The threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 94 knots. This indicates that the pilot may have been able to slow down the aircraft more efficiently during the approach. The touchdown distance was good at 135 meters, which is a reasonable distance considering the runway length. However, the touchdown speed was excessively fast at 89 knots, which may have resulted in a firm touchdown rate of -311 feet per minute (fpm).
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.3 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach path. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 13°C and a wind speed of 8 knots at 20°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the headwind component was 6 knots.
The total landing distance was 736 meters, which is 34% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's descent and touchdown effectively. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.9 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the rollout path.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement, such as reducing the threshold speed and touchdown speed, and maintaining a more accurate alignment during the rollout.
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