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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°.
What happened: The wings held 3° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 4° 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
Carry more power on short final to hold 87 kt at the threshold instead of letting speed decay before the flare.
What happened: The threshold was crossed at 78 kt against a VREF of 87 kt, already below target, and the sink was fully arrested at 10 ft with speed continuing to bleed off - crossing the threshold slow like this usually carries forward into the aircraft settling on as the speed runs out, rather than flying onto the mains.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 87 kt on short final.
See Arrival Landing
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,329 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 717 m 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a TBM 850, then departed from runway 03 at KRKD Knox County Regional Airport. The takeoff distance was 608 meters, which was 50% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 98 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 19°C. The enroute climb started 1 mile east of Rockland, Maine, and reached an altitude of 6,144 feet above sea level, increasing by 5,132 feet in just 3 minutes while covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 1 mile east of Warren, Maine, and lasted for 30 minutes, covering a distance of 113 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent overhead KIAC Haverhill Airport in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The descent from 5,784 feet to 1,258 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,526 feet, took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 22 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 22L at KBOS Logan International Airport was made from the north, heading 200.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,228 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 22L was successful, with a touchdown point 286 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 73 knots, which was faster than the target speed, but the touchdown rate was smooth at -117 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.7 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.8 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions during landing were a temperature of 26°C, with a wind speed of 5 knots at 210°. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the headwind was 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 874 meters, which was 38% of the runway length. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 147 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 50 minutes. The aircraft used a total of -78 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The TBM 850 aircraft successfully landed at KBOS Logan International Airport, achieving a score of 91.4%. The final approach was conducted from the north, heading 200.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,228 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 22L, which has a length of 2,329 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was above the target at 78 knots. This may indicate that the pilot could have made adjustments to the approach to achieve a more optimal touchdown speed. The touchdown point was 286 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which suggests that the pilot may have been slightly too high on the approach. The touchdown speed of 73 knots was also faster than desired, which could have contributed to the extended touchdown point.
The touchdown rate was smooth at -117 feet per minute (fpm), indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the landing. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.7 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach or during the landing roll.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 26°C and a wind of 5 knots at 210°. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, and the headwind was 5 knots, which helped to stabilize the aircraft during the approach.
The total landing distance was 874 meters, which is 38% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing roll. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the landing roll.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement, such as achieving a more optimal touchdown speed and maintaining a more accurate alignment with the runway centerline.
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