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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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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: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,135 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 809 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna Longitude began with a departure roll on runway 15 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin Co/Sardy Field. The takeoff distance was 405 meters, which accounted for 19% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 128 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was a temperature of 10°C, with a 9 knot wind coming from 201° resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 7 knots.
The enroute climb started 1 mile west of Aspen, Colorado, climbing from 8,850 feet above sea level to 10,061 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,210 feet in 1 minute and covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The enroute descent began 2 miles southeast of Woody Creek, Colorado, descending from 10,037 feet above sea level to 7,792 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,245 feet in 2 minutes and covering 2 nautical miles.
The landing occurred on runway 15 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin Co/Sardy Field, with a runway length of 2,135 meters. The height at the threshold was 42 feet above ground level, and the speed at the threshold was 114 knots. The touchdown was 809 meters from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 102 knots and a vertical speed indicator reading of 27 feet per minute. The local weather at the time of landing was a temperature of 9°C, with a 9 knot wind at 200° resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 7 knots. The total landing distance was 1,288 meters, which accounted for 60% of the runway.
Taxiing to the parking area from the runway took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 7 nautical miles, taking 158 minutes and using 59 kg of fuel.
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