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Slow down before tight turns
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: 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 8,995 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,304 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 11 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, a TBM 930, then departed from runway 26 at PHTO Hilo International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,597 feet, which accounted for 16% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 95 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 61°F and a wind speed of 1 knot at 270°. The crosswind was negligible, and the headwind was 1 knot. The enroute climb started overhead PHTO Hilo International Airport, where the aircraft climbed from 952 feet above sea level to 10,909 feet above sea level, an increase of 9,958 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 26 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 5 miles southwest of HI27 Upper Paauilo Airstrip and lasted for 25 minutes, covering a distance of 106 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 8 miles west of Lanai City, descending from 10,908 feet above sea level to 1,991 feet above sea level, a decrease of 8,916 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 27 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise resumed 14 miles west of HI49 Panda Airport and lasted for 29 minutes, covering a distance of 30 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 04R at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport was made from the southwest, heading 53.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,267 feet above ground level.
However, the aircraft performed a go-around at 596 feet above ground level. The landing was eventually made on runway 04R at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport, with a runway length of 8,995 feet. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 79 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 1,297 feet, and the touchdown speed was 68 knots, which was good. The touchdown rate was also good at -159 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 14 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 1 knot at 270°, with a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 1,757 feet, which accounted for 20% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 200 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 106 minutes. The aircraft used 745 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The TBM 930 aircraft successfully landed at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport, achieving a high score of 99.2%. The final approach was conducted from the southwest, heading 53.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,267 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 04R, which has a length of 8,995 feet, with a good threshold height.
The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 79 knots, but the touchdown distance of 1,297 feet was considered good. The touchdown speed of 68 knots was also within acceptable limits, and the touchdown rate of -159 feet per minute (fpm) was good. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 14 feet from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind and tailwind of 1 knot each. The total landing distance of 1,757 feet was 20% of the runway length, which is considered acceptable.
The rollout alignment after touchdown was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the landing process. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft meeting most of the performance criteria.
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