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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 2.5° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 2.4° 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 3.5° 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 1,523 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,523 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 555 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 6 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a TBM 850, then departed from runway 33L at KBOS Logan International Airport. The takeoff distance was 654 meters, which accounted for 23% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 97 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 4 knots at 190 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the tailwind was 2 knots. The enroute climb began overhead Chelsea, Massachusetts, where the aircraft ascended from 1,036 feet above sea level to 5,136 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,100 feet in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 11 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile south of Middleton, Massachusetts, and lasted for 27 minutes, covering a distance of 107 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 1 mile north of ME6 Wales Airport in Wales, Maine, where it descended from 5,145 feet above sea level to 1,538 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,607 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 17 at KAUG Augusta State Airport was made from the northwest, heading 153.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,222 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 17 was successful, with a touchdown point 120 meters beyond the touchdown zone. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 70 knots, and the threshold speed was too high at 80 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 3 knots at 113 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 3 knots. The total landing distance was 694 meters, which accounted for 46% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 139 nautical miles and took 50 minutes to complete, using 131 kilograms of fuel.
The TBM 850 aircraft successfully landed at KAUG Augusta State Airport, achieving a score of 95.7%. The final approach was conducted from the northwest, heading 153.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,222 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft landed on runway 17, which has a length of 1,523 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was slightly too high at 80 knots. This indicates that the pilot may have been able to reduce the approach speed to achieve a more optimal touchdown. The touchdown point was 120 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which suggests that the pilot may have been able to make a more precise touchdown. The touchdown speed of 70 knots was a little fast, but the touchdown rate of -152 feet per minute (fpm) was good, indicating a controlled descent.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.5 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach or during the landing roll. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 22°C and a light wind of 3 knots at 113°. The crosswind was minimal at 2 knots, and the headwind was 3 knots, which helped to stabilize the aircraft during the landing.
The total landing distance was 694 meters, which is 46% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft effectively during the landing roll. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft and align it with the centerline during the landing roll. Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot demonstrated good control and precision during the approach and landing.
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