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Departure
Use smoother, smaller aileron inputs to keep the wings level and hold bank angle near wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 2.1°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
Arrival
Lower the gear before the stabilisation gate, not after.
What happened: Gear was not down at the stabilisation gates on approach.
Watch for: Gear indicator: down and locked before the gate
See Arrival Approach
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 13 stages, 12 scored
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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. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: gear still up and centreline 1.4° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,925 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,925 m of the 2,102 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,209 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.74 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna Longitude departed Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (KASE) on runway 15, employing a takeoff run of 2,351 m which represented 96 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 136 kt. Ambient conditions were 19 °C with a wind from 149° at 6 kt, including a 1 kt crosswind component and a 6 kt headwind.
Climb commenced one mile west of Aspen, where the aircraft accelerated from 8,522 ft asl to 34,170 ft asl, a gain of 25,648 ft. The ascent was completed in 9 minutes while covering 50 nm.
Level cruise began seven miles south-west of Aspen and persisted for 9 minutes, during which 71 nm were traversed.
Descent was initiated nine miles west of Gunnison, descending from 34,634 ft asl to 9,768 ft asl, a loss of 24,865 ft. The descent lasted 8 minutes and spanned 72 nm.
The final approach to runway 09 at Telluride Regional Airport (KTEX) was executed from the west, on a heading of 107.0° at 2 nm and 726 ft agl.
Landing on runway 09 occurred with a runway length of 2,102 m; the threshold height of 88 ft agl was above the intended value and the threshold speed was 150 kt. Touchdown was recorded at 136 kt, using more than 50 % of the runway and producing a hard touchdown rate of minus 424 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 10.4 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 21 °C with a wind from 219° at 14 kt, a 13 kt crosswind component and a 6 kt tailwind. Total landing distance measured 1,805 m, equivalent to 86 % of the runway, and the rollout was laterally misaligned by 14.3 m from the centreline.
After rollout, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 197 nm, required 27 minutes, and consumed 641 kg of fuel.
The Cessna Longitude completed a final approach to runway 09 at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport from the west, tracking a heading of 107.0° at 2 nm and 726 ft agl. The aircraft entered the approach with a temperature of 21 °C, wind from 219° at 14 kt, a 13 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt tail-wind component, and the overall landing score was recorded as 62.2 %.
During the threshold and flare phase the threshold height was 88 ft agl, which was significantly above target, and the threshold speed was 150 kt, which was excessively high.
At touchdown the aircraft contacted the runway after using more than 50 % of the available runway, the touchdown speed was 136 kt, which was too fast, and the vertical rate was hard at minus 424 fpm. The touchdown point was misaligned by 10.4 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,805 m, representing 86 % of the 2,102 m runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.3 m from the centreline.
Reduce the approach and touchdown speeds to bring the aircraft within the intended speed envelope and aim for an earlier touchdown point to preserve runway margin. Improving centreline tracking during flare and rollout will also tighten alignment tolerances.
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