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Departure
Use smooth aileron to roll the wings level in the first climb segment, holding bank angle near wings-level instead of letting it build to 1.8°.
What happened: The wings held 1.8° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 6.3° by the second - this early wing-level drift usually carries through into a larger bank excursion later in the climb.
Watch for: Watch the attitude indicator's bank pointer and keep it at wings level throughout the climb.
Arrival
Begin raising the nose sooner, at 11 ft, rather than waiting until 7.6 ft.
What happened: The flare began late at 7.6 ft, below the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter approaching 11 ft as the cue to start the flare.
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: gear still up, no landing flap set and off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,127 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 765 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 area to the runway, which took 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a TBM 850, then departed from runway 21 at KRKD Knox County Regional Airport. The takeoff distance was 648 meters, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 102 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 16°C and a wind speed of 1 knot at 270°. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the headwind was 0 knots. After departing from the airport, the enroute climb started 1 mile south east of South Thomaston, Maine. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,009 feet above sea level to 6,168 feet above sea level, an increase of 5,158 feet in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 3 miles south east of Friendship, Maine, and lasted for 31 minutes, covering a distance of 109 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 3 miles east of North Andover, Massachusetts. The descent from 6,168 feet above sea level to 868 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,291 feet, took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 20 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 27 at KBOS Logan International Airport was made from the east, heading 257.0° at 3 nautical miles and 840 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 27 was performed with a runway length of 2,127 meters. The threshold height was well above the target, and the threshold speed was too high at 82 knots.
The touchdown point was 326 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 66 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was smooth at -124 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 11.3 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 28°C and a wind speed of 21 knots at 320°. The crosswind was 19 knots, and the headwind was 9 knots.
The total landing distance was 947 meters, which accounted for 45% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 11.3 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 144 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 54 minutes. The aircraft used -299 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The TBM 850 aircraft successfully landed at KBOS Logan International Airport, but the landing was not without some issues. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 257.0° at 3 nautical miles and 840 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 27, which has a length of 2,127 meters.
However, there were some discrepancies in the landing performance. The threshold height at 76 feet agl was well above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been too high during the approach. Additionally, the threshold speed was too high at 82 knots, which could have contributed to the issues with the landing. The touchdown point was 326 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed of 66 knots was a little fast.
Despite these issues, the touchdown rate was smooth at -124 feet per minute (fpm), which is a positive aspect of the landing. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 11.3 meters from the centreline, which could have been due to a combination of factors including wind and pilot error.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 28°C and wind speeds of 21 knots at 320°. The crosswind was 19 knots, and the headwind was 9 knots. These conditions may have contributed to the issues with the landing, particularly the misalignment of the runway touchdown position.
The total landing distance was 947 meters, which is 45% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, but it could have been shorter if the aircraft had touched down closer to the touchdown zone. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 11.3 meters from the centreline, which could have been due to the same factors that contributed to the initial misalignment.
Overall, while the TBM 850 aircraft successfully landed at KBOS Logan International Airport, there were some issues with the landing performance that need to be addressed. These issues include the high threshold height, threshold speed, and touchdown speed, as well as the misalignment of the runway touchdown position and rollout alignment.
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