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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 4.3°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
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.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,135 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 657 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with taxiing from the parking area to the runway, which took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 07 at KEGE Eagle County Regional Airport, with a takeoff distance of 767 meters, which accounted for 32% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 87 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 6 knots coming from a direction of 269 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 5 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 2 miles west of Eagle, Colorado, and rising from an altitude of 7,455 feet above sea level to 13,024 feet above sea level, an increase of 5,568 feet, in just 3 minutes and covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 4 miles southeast of CO47 Goldys Field Gypsum, Colorado, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The enroute descent then began 7 miles northeast of Basalt, Colorado, and the aircraft descended from an altitude of 13,004 feet above sea level to 9,160 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,844 feet, in 3 minutes and covering a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 15 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) was made from the north, heading 161.0 degrees, at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,451 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 15, which had a length of 2,135 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 90 knots.
The touchdown point was 232 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 78 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate was perfect at 60 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 9.1 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at departure, with a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 6 knots coming from a direction of 269 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 5 knots and a tailwind of 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,209 meters, which accounted for 57% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centerline by 11.9 meters. Taxiing to the parking area from the runway took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 28 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 14 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 41 kilograms.
The aircraft in question, a M500, successfully landed at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) with a score of 90.1%. The final approach to runway 15 was initiated from the north, with the aircraft heading 161.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,451 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway with a threshold speed of 90 kt, which was considered good. The touchdown point was located 232 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 78 kt, also deemed satisfactory. The touchdown rate of 60 feet per minute was perfect, indicating a smooth and controlled descent.
However, there were some minor issues with the landing. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.1 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly off by 11.9 meters from the centerline. Despite these minor deviations, the total landing distance of 1,209 meters was only 57% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 6°C and a wind speed of 6 kt from 269°. The crosswind component was 5 kt, while the tailwind component was 2 kt. These conditions did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing, and the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft throughout the approach and landing phases.
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