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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5.8 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 48 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 48 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 48 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 2,741 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 694 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 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a PC-12, then departed from runway 27 at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport. The takeoff distance was 729 meters, which accounted for 36% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 94 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 4°C, with a wind speed of 9 knots at 239°. The crosswind and headwind components were both 7 knots. The aircraft climbed from 9,906 feet above sea level to 26,064 feet above sea level, an increase of 16,157 feet, in 10 minutes and covering 27 nautical miles.
The enroute climb started overhead KTEX Telluride Regional Airport, and the aircraft then transitioned to a level cruise. The first level cruise segment began 15 miles northeast of Ouray, Colorado, and lasted 3 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began a descent from 25,605 feet above sea level to 25,140 feet above sea level, a decrease of 464 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 10 nautical miles.
The second level cruise segment started 13 miles southwest of KGUC Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport Gunnison, Colorado, and lasted 169 minutes, covering 710 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent, this time from 24,461 feet above sea level to 6,115 feet above sea level, a decrease of 18,346 feet, in 13 minutes and covering 66 nautical miles.
The third level cruise segment began 2 miles east of Weldon Spring, Missouri, and lasted 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles. The aircraft then began a final descent from 5,603 feet above sea level to 1,837 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,766 feet, in 4 minutes and covering 9 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 29 at KSTL St. Louis Lambert International Airport was made from the southeast, heading 304.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,211 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 29, which had a length of 2,741 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was too high at 104 knots.
The touchdown point was 340 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 83 knots, which was a little fast. However, the touchdown rate was perfect at -31 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -3°C.
The total landing distance was 1,030 meters, which accounted for 38% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 6 minutes and covered 2 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 842 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 186 minutes. The aircraft used 550 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft in question, a PC-12, successfully landed at KSTL St. Louis Lambert International Airport, with a final approach from the southeast. The aircraft was at an altitude of 1,211 feet above ground level (agl) and 4 nautical miles from the runway when it began its descent. The pilot successfully aligned the aircraft with the runway, heading 304.0 degrees, and executed a smooth landing on runway 29.
The landing was deemed satisfactory, with a score of 92.6%. However, there were a few areas for improvement. The threshold speed was too high at 104 knots, which is above the recommended speed for a safe landing. Additionally, the touchdown speed of 83 knots was a bit fast, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to reduce the touchdown speed.
Despite these minor issues, the pilot performed well in other areas. The touchdown point was 340 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively safe distance. The touchdown rate was perfect at -31 feet per minute (fpm), indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's descent smoothly. The runway touchdown alignment was also very good, indicating that the pilot was able to align the aircraft with the runway effectively.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were cold, with a temperature of -3 degrees Celsius. However, this did not appear to affect the pilot's performance. The total landing distance was 1,030 meters, which is 38% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft effectively throughout the landing.
Finally, the runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft after touchdown and bring it to a stop safely. Overall, the pilot performed well, and with a bit of practice and attention to detail, they should be able to improve their performance and achieve a perfect score.
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