Unstable approach — N217LG

KCOS · 17R

2026-08-10 21:11 UTC· RC LEASING LLC· BE20

N217LG (RC Leasing) was inbound to KCOS on 2026-08-10. SkyMeter detected a low approach-stability score at City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (KCOS) on runway 17R at 21:11 UTC. Trace data at the event: 7248 ft AGL, 123 kt GS. Approach stability score: 32/100. Scores below 50 occur on under 10% of approaches at this runway and indicate the v2 scorer flagged the approach as highly anomalous (three or more gates exceeded the runway's P90 envelope simultaneously). METAR at the time reported 12 kt wind, 9 kt crosswind component, 16,093 m visibility. The approach-stability score rates the final approach against stabilized-approach gates (glideslope, lateral deviation, descent rate, and IAS) at defined altitudes. A low score means one or more of those were outside the normal envelope for how the approach was flown. The score is graded by guidance type, so instrument approaches (ILS or an aligned straight-in) are held to the full gate set, while visual and pattern arrivals are surfaced only when the score is clearly low. The score is advisory and observational, a deviation measure, not an assertion of an accident. Detection algorithm and known limitations: see SkyMeter methodology.

Active FAA TFR during this flight

Source: FAA TFR archive (hourly snapshot)
  • HAZARDS6/0409 2026-07-30 04:00Z – 2026-08-12 04:00Z SFC–15,000 ft

    9NM SW PUEBLO, CO, Thursday, July 30, 2026 through Wednesday, August 12, 2026 UTC

    View FAA NOTAM →
  • HAZARDS6/1462 2026-08-04 13:00Z – 2026-09-01 04:00Z SFC–15,000 ft

    20NM SW PUEBLO, CO, Tuesday, August 4, 2026 through Tuesday, September 1, 2026 UTC

    View FAA NOTAM →
  • HAZARDS6/3101 2026-08-09 13:00Z – 2026-08-24 03:00Z SFC–15,000 ft

    24NM SW PUEBLO, CO, Sunday, August 9, 2026 through Monday, August 24, 2026 UTC

    View FAA NOTAM →

SkyMeter cross-referenced this flight against FAA-published TFRs that were active during its window and within its geographic bounding box. Overlap doesn't necessarily mean violation — the aircraft may have been outside the TFR’s precise polygon or flying under air-traffic-control coordination.

Pilot review data

  • Runway 17R
  • 7248 ft AGL at event
  • 123 kt ground speed
  • 0 fpm vertical
  • Approach stability 32/100
  • 12 kt wind
  • 9 kt crosswind component
  • 16,093 m visibility
  • KCOS 161554Z 18005KT 10SM FEW130 SCT180 BKN220 16/08 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP209 T01560083 $

Flight context

  • N217LG
  • RC Leasing
  • BE20
  • 2026-08-10 21:11 UTC
  • KCOS runway 17R

All events on this flight

Unstable approach 21:11:47 UTC · KCOS runway 17R · 7,248 ft AGL · 123 kt GS
Unstable approach 21:11:47 UTC · KCOS runway 17R · 7,248 ft AGL · 123 kt GS

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