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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 91 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 106 kt, 15 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 91 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3° glideslope and off the centreline.
At the 500 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope and off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,006 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,141 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 approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a TBM 930, then departed from runway 27 at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport. The takeoff distance was 3,152 feet, which accounted for 47% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 106 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 72°F temperature and a 6-knot wind at 249°. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb started overhead KTEX Telluride Regional Airport, where the aircraft climbed from 9,522 feet above sea level (asl) to 26,063 feet asl, an increase of 16,541 feet in 10 minutes, covering 24 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 3 miles south of 7CO2 Hawkins Ranch Airport, where the aircraft descended from 26,018 feet asl to 14,141 feet asl, a decrease of 11,877 feet in 7 minutes, covering 34 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 7 miles east of Paonia and lasted 9 minutes, covering 35 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent 11 miles northeast of 0CO2 Crested Butte Airpark, where it descended from 13,523 feet asl to 8,933 feet asl, a decrease of 4,590 feet in 5 minutes, covering 16 nautical miles.
The enroute climb started overhead Aspen, where the aircraft climbed from 8,925 feet asl to 14,234 feet asl, an increase of 5,309 feet in 7 minutes, covering 13 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 9 miles northeast of 0CO2 Crested Butte Airpark and lasted 3 minutes, covering 13 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb 4 miles south of 0CO2 Crested Butte Airpark, where it climbed from 13,296 feet asl to 13,931 feet asl, an increase of 636 feet in 2 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 7 miles southeast of 0CO2 Crested Butte Airpark and lasted 3 minutes, covering 14 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 33 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) was made from the south, heading 2.0° at 4 nautical miles and 2,386 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 33 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 1,135 feet and a touchdown speed of 66 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown rate was very heavy at -772 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 49 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 64°F temperature and a 9-knot wind at 180°, with a 3-knot crosswind and a 9-knot tailwind.
The total landing distance was 1,720 feet, which accounted for 25% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 54 feet from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 166 nautical miles, taking 55 minutes, and the aircraft used 294 pounds of fuel.
The TBM 930 aircraft successfully landed at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) with a score of 79.1%. The final approach was initiated from the south, heading 2.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 2,386 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 33, which has a length of 7,006 feet.
The threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 72 knots. The touchdown distance was within acceptable limits at 1,135 feet. However, the touchdown speed of 66 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was very heavy at -772 feet per minute (fpm). This indicates that the aircraft touched down with a significant amount of deceleration, which may have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 49 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to the pilot's alignment or the aircraft's directional control during the approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 64°F and a wind speed of 9 knots from 180°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the tailwind component was 9 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,720 feet, which is 25% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance after touchdown. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 54 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to the pilot's control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement, including the touchdown speed, touchdown rate, and runway alignment. The pilot's ability to control the aircraft during the approach and rollout phases will be crucial in achieving a higher score in future landings.
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