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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 23 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,693 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 772 ft 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a TBM 930, then departed from runway 33 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), with a takeoff distance of 1,661 feet, which accounted for 24% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 87 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Aspen, it encountered local weather conditions of 44°F temperature and a 4-knot headwind at 334°. The enroute climb started overhead KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport and continued to 25,808 feet above sea level, an increase of 17,176 feet in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 25 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 9 miles southwest of Cattle Creek and lasted for 7 minutes, covering 36 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its descent 3 miles northwest of Phylcon Ranch Airport Mesa, descending from 25,175 feet to 18,566 feet in 3 minutes, covering 14 nautical miles. Another level cruise phase started 4 miles southeast of Clifton and lasted for 7 minutes, covering 36 nautical miles.
The enroute descent began 12 miles north of Flying M, with a descent from 17,830 feet to 16,410 feet in 2 minutes, covering 9 nautical miles. A short level cruise phase followed, lasting 3 minutes and covering 15 nautical miles. The final descent started 8 miles southeast of Norwood, with a descent from 16,347 feet to 9,872 feet in 2 minutes, covering 10 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 09 at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport was made from the west, with a heading of 105.0° at 4 nautical miles and 818 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 09, which had a length of 6,693 feet. The threshold height was well above the target, and the threshold speed was also well above the target at 78 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 764 feet, with a touchdown speed of 77 knots, which was fast. The touchdown rate was very hard at -563 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 22 feet from the centerline. Local weather conditions at the time of landing were 36°F temperature and a 13-knot tailwind at 280°.
The total landing distance was 1,522 feet, which accounted for 23% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 153 nautical miles, taking 45 minutes, and the aircraft used 281 pounds of fuel.
The TBM 930 aircraft successfully landed at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport, achieving an overall score of 88.8%. The final approach to runway 09 was initiated from the west, with a heading of 105.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 818 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 77 knots, which was slightly faster than the target speed. The touchdown distance of 764 feet was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -563 feet per minute (fpm) was deemed very hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a significant deceleration upon touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 22 feet, which may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 36°F and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 280°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the tailwind component was 13 knots, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment.
The total landing distance of 1,522 feet was 23% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a good touchdown distance and a smooth rollout. However, the hard touchdown rate and slight misalignment from the centerline may indicate areas for improvement in future landings.
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