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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 1.8° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 19° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Make one smooth continuous pitch input through the flare rather than chasing the runway with the elevator.
What happened: The flare was pumped, with pitch reversing direction several times on the way down instead of one smooth input.
Watch for: Watch the pitch attitude trend through the flare, aiming for a single steady rise through 3.2° with no reversals.
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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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,971 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,332 ft 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 a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a TBM 930, then departed from runway 34 at PHBK Barking Sands Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,818 feet, which accounted for 60% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 104 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 84 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 300 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The aircraft climbed out of PHBK Barking Sands Airport, reaching an altitude of 21,709 feet above sea level in 12 minutes and covering a distance of 32 nautical miles.
The enroute climb started overhead PHBK Barking Sands Airport and ended at an altitude of 21,709 feet. The aircraft then entered a level cruise, which began 8 miles south east of PHLI Lihue Airport and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, which started 26 miles south east of PHLI Lihue Airport and ended at an altitude of 2,023 feet above sea level in 16 minutes and covering a distance of 58 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise was restarted 6 miles south of Ocean Pointe and lasted for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 04L at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport was made from the south west, with a heading of 54.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,240 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 04L was characterized by a touchdown point that was 1,526 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 70 knots, which was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was fair at -205 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 20 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 15 knots from a direction of 70 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 14 knots.
The total landing distance was 3,184 feet, which accounted for 46% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 6 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 124 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 54 minutes. The aircraft used 327 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The TBM 930 aircraft successfully landed on runway 04L at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport, but with some areas for improvement. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 54.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,240 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 1,526 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot.
The landing performance was affected by the local weather conditions, with a temperature of 82°F and a wind speed of 15 knots at 70°. The crosswind component was minimal at 4 knots, while the headwind component was 14 knots. Despite these conditions, the aircraft's touchdown speed of 70 knots was slightly higher than the target speed, resulting in a touchdown rate of -205 feet per minute (fpm), which was considered fair.
The threshold height at 64 feet agl was above the target, and the threshold speed was too high at 82 knots. These factors may have contributed to the slightly fast touchdown speed and the deviation from the touchdown zone. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft's directional control was maintained during the landing roll.
The total landing distance of 3,184 feet was 46% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. Overall, while the landing was successful, there are areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown speed and threshold speed management.
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