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Departure
Use small, coordinated rudder and aileron inputs to hold your assigned climb heading as soon as drift begins.
What happened: During the second climb segment, you let the aircraft drift off the assigned heading.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the assigned climb heading
Arrival
Add power on approach to hold 100 kt by the stabilisation gate, and keep that speed through to the threshold.
What happened: This flight was slow at the stabilisation gate, crossing the threshold at 86 kt, and the touchdown followed hard at 0.7 g. Carrying low speed into the approach usually carries through to a slow threshold crossing and a firmer touchdown than normal.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 100 kt at the threshold.
When Vr arrives, an abrupt near-full-scale pull, pitch overshoots, a push, and an oscillation through the first 200 ft. It feels like “this aircraft is twitchy” but the actual fault happened before liftoff. The pitch trace needs to show a clean ramp during liftoff.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 13 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 100 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,619 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 433 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 0.94 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Piper Aerostar 600 taxied from the parking area to the departure runway at KSAF Santa Fe Municipal Airport, a movement that required 11 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 20, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 94 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,074 m, which represented 42 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 32 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 319°, a cross-wind component of 5 kt and a tail-wind component of 1 kt.
Climb commenced 2 mi southwest of KSAF, where the aerostat rose from 7,197 ft asl to 9,093 ft asl, gaining 1,896 ft in 3 minutes while covering 8 nm.
The first cruise segment began 4 mi north of KSAF and persisted for 13 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 38 nm at level flight.
Descent was initiated 4 mi northeast of Dixon, NM, with the aircraft descending from 9,244 ft asl to 8,247 ft asl, a loss of 997 ft over 2 minutes and a distance of 4 nm.
A second cruise phase started 8 mi southwest of Ranchos de Taos, lasting 4 minutes and covering 11 nm before the final approach was established.
The final approach to runway 31 at KSKX Taos Regional Airport was flown from the southeast on a heading of 317.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,205 ft agl.
Landing on runway 31 was executed with a threshold speed of 86 kt; touchdown occurred 433 m down the runway at 75 kt and a vertical rate of minus 92 fpm, with runway alignment described as very good. Local conditions were 28 °C, wind 10 kt from 278°, a cross-wind component of 6 kt and a head-wind component of 8 kt. The total landing distance measured 1,118 m, equivalent to 43 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout proceeded with perfect alignment, completing the landing phase without deviation.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 7 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In summary, the flight covered a total of 71 nm, required 38 minutes from departure to arrival, and consumed 43 kg of fuel.
The Piper Aerostar 600, scored 97.5 %, entered the final approach to runway 31 at KSKX Taos Regional Airport from the south-east on a heading of 317.0° at 4 nm and 1,205 ft agl. The approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate, being off the glideslope, while local weather was 28 °C with wind 10 kt from 278°, a 6 kt crosswind component and an 8 kt headwind.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft exhibited a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 86 kt.
Touchdown occurred with a good distance of 433 m from the threshold and a good touchdown speed of 75 kt. The touchdown rate was excellent at minus 92 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was very good; total landing distance was 1,118 m, representing 43 % of the 2,619 m runway.
Rollout was completed with perfect runway rollout alignment.
Maintain a stabilized approach by the 1,000 ft gate to keep the aircraft on the glideslope, and manage speed and descent rate accordingly to avoid the instability observed. This minor refinement will help preserve the high overall score.
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