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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 3.1° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 13° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 388 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 526 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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 six checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3.5° glideslope and speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,693 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,345 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departure from Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) commenced with a departure roll on runway 15. The aircraft, a C750, accelerated down the 3,637-foot runway, utilizing 52% of its length, before lifting off at a speed of 130 knots. Local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 37°F, with a gentle wind of 5 knots from a direction of 20°, resulting in a 4-knot tailwind component.
As the aircraft transitioned into the enroute climb phase, it began to ascend from 9,103 feet above sea level to 25,889 feet, a vertical gain of 16,786 feet, in just 8 minutes. This climb phase covered a distance of 44 nautical miles, positioning the aircraft for a level cruise. The subsequent cruise phase lasted 5 minutes, during which the aircraft maintained a steady altitude, covering an additional 47 nautical miles. As the aircraft approached the descent phase, it began to lose altitude, descending from 25,981 feet to 9,901 feet in 7 minutes, covering 43 nautical miles. This descent phase was initiated overhead Montrose Regional Airport.
The final approach to runway 09 at Telluride Regional Airport was initiated from the west, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 108.0° at 4 nautical miles and 786 feet above ground level. However, a go-around was initiated at 256 feet above ground level, resulting in a subsequent landing attempt. The second landing attempt was successful, with the aircraft touching down on the runway at a speed of 120 knots, which was slightly faster than the recommended threshold speed. The touchdown distance of 1,336 feet was within acceptable limits, but the touchdown rate of -674 feet per minute was considered heavy. The aircraft's runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was similarly misaligned. Following a taxiing period of 2 minutes, the aircraft was parked, having completed a total flight distance of 141 nautical miles, utilizing 3 pounds of fuel in the process.
The aircraft, C750, initiated its final approach to runway 09 at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport from the west, aligning with the runway at a heading of 108.0° at 4 nautical miles and 786 feet above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 123 knots, which was within the acceptable range. The aircraft maintained a steady descent, touching down on the runway at a speed of 120 knots, which was slightly faster than the recommended touchdown speed.
However, the touchdown characteristics were not ideal, with a heavy touchdown rate of -674 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was also misaligned by 41 feet from the centreline, indicating a slight deviation from the intended path. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 34°F and a crosswind of 5 knots and a tailwind of 11 knots, may have contributed to the slight misalignment. The touchdown distance of 1,336 feet was within the acceptable range, but the overall performance was affected by the fast touchdown speed and heavy touchdown rate.
The aircraft continued its rollout, maintaining a speed of approximately 60 knots. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 32 feet from the centreline, indicating a continued deviation from the intended path. The total landing distance of 4,060 feet was 61% of the runway length, which was within the acceptable range. Overall, the landing performance of C750 scored 89.2%, indicating a satisfactory but not exceptional performance.
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