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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.
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 2,014 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 635 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 area to the runway, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a PC-12, then departed from runway 33 at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field). The takeoff distance was 1,119 meters, which accounted for 52% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 93 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 0 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb overhead Woody Creek, Colorado, and ascended from an altitude of 8,246 feet above sea level to 21,011 feet above sea level, a total increase of 12,765 feet in 8 minutes and covering a distance of 21 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began 2 miles northwest of Carbondale, Colorado, and lasted for 245 minutes, covering a distance of 1,251 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 10 miles east of Eufaula, Alabama, and the aircraft descended from an altitude of 20,992 feet above sea level to 1,262 feet above sea level, a total decrease of 19,731 feet in 16 minutes and covering a distance of 62 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 05 at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport was made from the southwest, heading 42.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,048 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 05 was successful, with a touchdown point 201 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was slightly above the target at 87 knots, and the touchdown speed at 84 knots was a little fast. However, the touchdown rate was excellent at -86 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.2 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 130 degrees.
The total landing distance was 911 meters, which accounted for 45% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,342 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 277 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 958 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft in question, a PC-12, successfully landed at KABY Southwest Georgia Regional Airport, achieving a score of 97.0%. The final approach was conducted from the southwest, heading 42.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,048 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 05, which has a length of 2,014 meters. The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 87 kt. The touchdown point was located 201 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 84 kt was slightly faster than the desired speed, but the touchdown rate of -86 feet per minute (fpm) was excellent, demonstrating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.2 meters from the centerline, which may require some adjustments in the approach or landing technique.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 18°C and a wind speed of 2 kt from a direction of 130°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 kt, while the headwind component was negligible at 0 kt. The total landing distance of 911 meters was 45% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
During the rollout, the aircraft maintained a very good alignment with the runway centerline, indicating a high degree of control and stability. Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot's skills and techniques were well-executed, resulting in a high score of 97.0%.
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