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Maintain the centreline
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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
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 910 ft touchdown sits inside 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a TBM 930, then departed from runway 33 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), with a takeoff distance of 2,071 feet, which was 30% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 99 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Aspen, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 65°F and winds of 13 knots at 20°. The crosswind was 8 knots, and the headwind was 10 knots. The enroute climb started overhead KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport and took the aircraft from 8,737 feet above sea level to 28,303 feet above sea level, an increase of 19,566 feet in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 21 nautical miles.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which started 13 miles southwest of Carbondale and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 18 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 12 miles north of 51CO Flying W No.2 Airport Hotchkiss, and descended from 28,291 feet above sea level to 14,234 feet above sea level, a decrease of 14,056 feet in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 48 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, which started 9 miles southwest of 7CO2 Hawkins Ranch Airport Hotchkiss and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 20 nautical miles. The descent from this cruise altitude started 9 miles southeast of Norwood and took the aircraft from 14,060 feet above sea level to 10,387 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,673 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began a climb, starting 1 mile southwest of KTEX Telluride Regional Airport, and climbed from 10,406 feet above sea level to 9,468 feet above sea level, an increase of 938 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 27 at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport was made from the east, heading 289.0° at 1 nautical mile and 409 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 27 was made with a threshold speed that was too high at 83 knots, but the touchdown distance was good at 910 feet. The touchdown speed was 77 knots, which was fast, and the touchdown rate was very hard at -556 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 12 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 59°F and winds of 12 knots at 270°, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 11 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,839 feet, which was 27% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 125 nautical miles, and the flight took 44 minutes, using 258 pounds of fuel.
The TBM 930 aircraft successfully landed at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport, achieving a score of 93.2%. The final approach was conducted from the east, heading 289.0° at 1 nm and 409 ft above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 27, which has a length of 6,693 ft.
The threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was too high at 83 kt. This indicates that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to reduce the touchdown speed. The touchdown distance was good at 910 ft, but the touchdown speed of 77 kt was faster than ideal. This resulted in a very hard touchdown rate of -556 fpm, which may have caused some discomfort for the passengers.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 12 ft from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach or a miscalculation of the landing distance. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 59°F and a wind of 12 kt at 270°. The crosswind was minimal at 3 kt, and the headwind was 11 kt, which helped to reduce the landing distance.
The total landing distance was 1,839 ft, which is 27% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft effectively during the approach and landing. The runway rollout alignment was very good, showing that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there are some areas for improvement, such as reducing the threshold speed and touchdown speed to make the landing more comfortable for the passengers.
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