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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 3.8°.
What happened: The wings held 3.8° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 3.2° 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.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope, off the centreline and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,835 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 360 m 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 3 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a TBM 930, then departed from runway 26 at LFSG Épinal-Mirecourt Airport. The takeoff distance was 478 meters, which accounted for 20% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 95 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 20°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots at 320°. This resulted in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Baudricourt in Grand Est, France. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 2,093 feet above sea level to 3,559 feet, an increase of 1,466 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, starting overhead Oelleville in Grand Est, France. This phase lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, this time starting 1 mile west of Ambacourt. The climb took the aircraft from 4,029 feet to 8,062 feet, an increase of 4,032 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 1 mile west of Evaux-et-Menil in Grand Est, France. This phase lasted for 13 minutes and covered a distance of 76 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 1 mile north of Pirmasens in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. The descent took the aircraft from 7,941 feet to 4,982 feet, a decrease of 2,959 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 1 mile northwest of Hoeheinoed in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. This phase lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 17 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 27 at EDDR Saarbrücken Airport, approaching from the east at a heading of 265.0° and at an altitude of 1,832 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 27 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 360 meters. However, the touchdown speed was slightly too high at 83 knots, and the threshold speed was excessively high at 100 knots. The touchdown rate was good at -193 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 1 knot at 270°.
The total landing distance was 626 meters, which accounted for 34% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took just 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 114 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 30 minutes. Notably, the aircraft used 0 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The TBM 930 aircraft successfully landed at EDDR Saarbrücken Airport, achieving an overall score of 88.6%. The final approach was conducted from the east, heading 265.0° at 2 nautical miles and 1,832 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 27, which has a length of 1,835 meters.
Upon analysis, it was noted that the threshold height at 62 feet agl was above the target, indicating a slight deviation in the aircraft's descent. Additionally, the threshold speed was excessively high at 100 knots, suggesting that the pilot may have been able to maintain a more optimal speed during the approach. However, the touchdown distance of 360 meters was deemed good, indicating a smooth and controlled landing.
The touchdown speed of 83 knots was found to be too fast, which may have resulted in a slightly longer rollout distance. Nevertheless, the touchdown rate of -193 feet per minute (fpm) was considered good, indicating a controlled and stable descent. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, demonstrating the pilot's ability to accurately align the aircraft with the runway.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270°. The crosswind was negligible at 0 knots, and the headwind was 1 knot, which may have contributed to the slightly high threshold speed. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with a total landing distance of 626 meters, which is 34% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating a smooth and controlled rollout.
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