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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 18 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 18 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 18 ft to touchdown.
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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 91 kt with 6.6° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 316 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,719 ft of runway left; then climbing at 710 fpm on average to 316 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 6,693 ft runway.
Rolled from 2,869 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 13 ft at the widest, and lifted off 13 ft left. Airborne 48 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
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.
At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set.
When the approach was stable
Never every check met at once: fast all the way, left of the centreline until 1.7 nm, banked until 1.4 nm and sinking too fast until 1.4 nm.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3.5° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 2.3 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 300 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3.5° here, which is about 370 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 60 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 1,710 ft left of the centreline at 2.3 nm, then inside the band from 1.7 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 46 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 28 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 2.3 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +44 kt).
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Very poor landing flare
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 280° at 15 kt · 15 kt tail · 1 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 128 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 22 s, an average deceleration of 0.24 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 5,473 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 50 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 3,050 ft in, 2,050 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 5,473 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 680 fpm at 48 ft to 130 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.6° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the first 5,473 ft of the 6,693 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 19 ft left of the centreline, and steered back to 8 ft right by the end of the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Touched down 3,050 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 27 at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport, a small regional airport in Colorado, United States. The Baron 58P aircraft accelerated down the runway, reaching a takeoff speed of 92 kt and covering a distance of 441 ft, which accounted for 7% of the runway's length. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 61 °F and a wind speed of 14 kt blowing from the west at 270 °.
As the aircraft lifted off the ground, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport. The climb was a gradual one, with the aircraft ascending from an initial altitude of 9,382 ft above sea level to a final altitude of 9,710 ft, an increase of 328 ft over a period of 2 minutes. This climb covered a distance of less than 1 nm, demonstrating the aircraft's ability to efficiently gain altitude.
The final approach to runway 09 at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport was made from the west, with the aircraft heading 103.0 ° and flying at an altitude of 660 ft above ground level. The approach was a critical phase of the flight, requiring precise control and navigation to ensure a safe landing.
The landing itself was a bit rough, with the touchdown point being 1,689 ft beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed of 93 kt was slightly higher than desired, but the touchdown rate of -43 fpm was perfect. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned, being 19 ft off the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were the same as at departure, with a temperature of 61 °F and a wind speed of 14 kt blowing from the west at 270 °.
The total landing distance was 5,212 ft, which accounted for 78% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot had successfully controlled the aircraft's descent and touchdown. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 2 minutes and covering a distance of less than 1 nm.
The flight was a relatively short one, covering a total distance of 4 nm and lasting 5 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 5 lbs of fuel during the flight, demonstrating its efficiency and economy. Overall, the flight was a successful one, with the pilot demonstrating good control and navigation skills throughout the various phases of the flight.
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