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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 152 m above the runway. The 305 m gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,659 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,659 m of the 3,034 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 469 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the A20N started with a 7-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KPDX Portland International Airport, covering less than 1 nm. The departure roll on runway 10L resulted in a takeoff distance of 5,088 ft, which was 64% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 163 kn, with the local weather showing a temperature of 52 °F and calm winds.
After departure, the enroute climb began 1 mile north of Maywood Park, ascending from 1,058 ft asl to 34,967 ft asl over 17 minutes and covering 103 nm. The level cruise portion of the flight started 6 miles east of 2OR1 Big Muddy Ranch Airport Fossil, lasting 7 minutes and covering 52 nm.
The subsequent enroute descent commenced 8 miles north of Mount Vernon, descending from 34,990 ft asl to 7,198 ft asl in 20 minutes over 127 nm. Another brief level cruise period began 4 miles northwest of Meridian, lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nm, before another descent from 6,989 ft asl to 6,132 ft asl over 2 minutes and 7 nm, starting 1 mile east of Meridian.
The next enroute level cruise occurred 3 miles north of KMAN Nampa Mun Nampa, lasting 6 minutes and covering 8 nm. The flight concluded with a landing on runway 10L at KBOI Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, with a touchdown speed of 128 kn and VSI of -198 ft/m. The local weather at the destination showed a temperature of 45 °F and calm winds.
The total landing distance was 5,171 ft, which was 52% of the runway length, and the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. Overall, the flight covered a distance of 311 nm, took 85 minutes to complete, and consumed 5,256 lbs of fuel.
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