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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 3.5°, 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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,693 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 492 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a TBM 930, then departed from runway 33 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field), with a takeoff distance of 2,204 feet, which accounted for 31% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 101 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Aspen, it encountered local weather conditions of 53°F temperature and a 9-knot headwind. The enroute climb started overhead KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, with the aircraft ascending from 8,641 feet above sea level to 22,293 feet, an increase of 13,652 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 10 miles southwest of CO03 Aspen Gliderport, lasting 3 minutes and covering 15 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its descent overhead 4CO0 Glen-Aspen Airport, descending from 21,846 feet to 18,114 feet, a decrease of 3,732 feet in 3 minutes, covering 14 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise resumed 9 miles southeast of 2CD4 West Divide Airport, lasting 22 minutes and covering 84 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent 5 miles southeast of Norwood, descending from 18,196 feet to 14,071 feet, a decrease of 4,125 feet in 3 minutes, covering 14 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started again 2 miles west of KTEX Telluride Regional Airport, lasting 2 minutes and covering 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent 3 miles north of Mountain Village, descending from 14,265 feet to 13,542 feet, a decrease of 722 feet in 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles.
The enroute climb started 3 miles northwest of Ouray, with the aircraft ascending from 13,548 feet to 14,070 feet, an increase of 522 feet in 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise resumed 4 miles northeast of Ouray, lasting 8 minutes and covering 9 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 7 miles northeast of Silverton, descending from 14,248 feet to 10,450 feet, a decrease of 3,798 feet in 4 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 27 at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 284.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,399 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 27 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 487 feet and a touchdown speed of 86 knots. However, the touchdown rate was very heavy at -947 feet per minute, and the threshold speed was excessively high at 87 knots. The total landing distance was 1,540 feet, which accounted for 23% of the runway.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 184 nautical miles, taking 68 minutes, and the aircraft used 372 pounds of fuel.
The TBM 930 aircraft successfully landed at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport, achieving a score of 86.9%. The final approach was conducted from the east, heading 284.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,399 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft was approaching runway 27, which has a length of 6,693 feet.
Upon landing, the threshold height was reported as good, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct height as it crossed the runway threshold. However, the threshold speed was excessively high at 87 knots, suggesting that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to reduce the touchdown speed. The touchdown distance was good at 487 feet, indicating that the pilot had sufficient control over the aircraft's descent.
Despite the good touchdown distance, the touchdown speed was excessively fast at 86 knots. This may have contributed to the very heavy touchdown rate of -947 feet per minute (fpm), which is significantly higher than the typical touchdown rate. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 48°F. The total landing distance was 1,540 feet, which is 23% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot had good control over the aircraft's descent.
During the rollout, the runway alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft remained aligned with the runway centerline as it slowed down. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of reducing the touchdown speed and touchdown rate.
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