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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Use smooth aileron to roll the wings level in the first climb segment, holding bank angle near wings-level instead of letting it build to 3.9°.
What happened: The wings held 3.9° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 5.1° by the second - this early wing-level drift usually carries through into a larger bank excursion later in the climb.
Watch for: Watch the attitude indicator's bank pointer and keep it at wings level throughout the climb.
Arrival
Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 0.2 ft, and this flight then touched down at 319 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,584 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 81 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a TBM 850, then departed from runway 33L at KBOS Logan International Airport. The takeoff distance was 631 meters, which accounted for 23% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 102 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 12 knots from a direction of 230 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead Chelsea, Massachusetts. The climb took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 18 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,023 feet above sea level to 8,270 feet above sea level, an increase of 7,247 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which started 2 miles north of Tewksbury, Massachusetts. This phase of the flight lasted 12 minutes and covered a distance of 48 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 2 miles west of Warner, New Hampshire. The descent took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 17 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 8,236 feet above sea level to 2,581 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,655 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, which started overhead Grantham, New Hampshire. This phase of the flight lasted 2 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, which started 3 miles west of Grantham, New Hampshire. The descent took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 2,486 feet above sea level to 1,863 feet above sea level, a decrease of 622 feet.
The final approach to runway 36 at KLEB Lebanon Municipal Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 348.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,296 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 36, which had a length of 1,584 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 64 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 79 meters, and the touchdown speed was 62 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 21 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 160 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 4 knots. The touchdown rate was very hard at -513 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 576 meters, which accounted for 36% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The final phase of the flight involved taxiing to the parking from the runway, which took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 98 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 38 minutes. The aircraft used 100 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The TBM 850 aircraft successfully landed at KLEB Lebanon Municipal Airport, achieving a score of 95.3%. The final approach was conducted from the south, heading 348.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,296 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 36, which has a length of 1,584 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 64 knots, indicating a well-executed approach. The touchdown distance of 79 meters was also within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown speed of 62 knots was slightly lower than the threshold speed, which may indicate a slight flare or a slightly longer than expected touchdown distance.
One area of concern was the touchdown rate, which was very hard at -513 feet per minute (fpm). This may indicate a slightly aggressive approach or a failure to maintain a stable descent rate. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.6 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach or a failure to maintain a straight course.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 21°C and a wind speed of 5 knots from 160°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the tailwind component was 4 knots. These conditions would not have significantly impacted the landing.
The total landing distance of 576 meters was 36% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was well under control during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was satisfactory, but there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of maintaining a stable descent rate and ensuring a more accurate touchdown position.
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