If you find yourself 100 feet high but with correct airspeed, what is the necessary correction?

When flying at a height of 100 feet with the correct airspeed, the necessary correction involves reducing power slightly and lowering the nose attitude. This is because at lower altitudes, maintaining proper control of your altitude is crucial to avoid potential hazards, such as unintentionally climbing too high or stalling.

By reducing power, you will decrease your climb rate and allow your aircraft to descend, which is particularly important if you're inadvertently above your desired altitude. Lowering the nose attitude simultaneously helps to maintain control of the aircraft while facilitating a steady descent back to a safe flight level.

This combination ensures that you remain in a safe operating envelope, allowing for a more stable and controlled flight profile. In contrast, increasing power and pitching the nose up would exacerbate the situation by potentially leading to a higher altitude inadvertently, while maintaining current settings would ignore the need for correction in altitude. Performing a turn to lose altitude could introduce additional risks or complications, particularly at low altitude where flight parameters need to be managed closely.