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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 14°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 2,015 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,015 m of the 2,440 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 728 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 36C at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,637 meters, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 14°C temperature and winds of 16 knots at 50°. The crosswind was 13 knots, while the headwind was 10 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile north of the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,590 feet above sea level to 32,380 feet, an increase of 30,790 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 93 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 9 miles northwest of Brevard, North Carolina. This phase of the flight lasted 9 minutes and covered 63 nautical miles. The enroute descent began overhead the TN98 Sky Ranch Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee, with the aircraft descending from 32,311 feet to 9,923 feet, a decrease of 22,388 feet in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 119 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 3 miles west of the City of Murfreesboro Airport in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This phase of the flight lasted 2 minutes and covered 8 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 2 miles south of La Vergne, Tennessee, with the aircraft descending from 9,723 feet to 1,771 feet, a decrease of 7,952 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 20L at Nashville International Airport was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 198.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,171 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 20L was successful, with the touchdown point being 315 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was slightly above the target at 146 knots, while the touchdown speed at 135 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was good at -157 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.9 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 14°C temperature and winds of 4 knots at 90°, with a crosswind of 4 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 1,937 meters, which accounted for 79% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, a process that took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 306 nautical miles, taking 70 minutes, and the aircraft used 2,809 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at KBNA Nashville International Airport on runway 20L, achieving a score of 92.1%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north, heading 198.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,171 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was conducted with a good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was properly configured for landing.
Upon touchdown, the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 146 knots, which may have been due to the aircraft's descent rate or the pilot's decision to flare slightly earlier than expected. The touchdown point was 315 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 135 knots was a little fast, but the touchdown rate of -157 feet per minute (fpm) was good, indicating a controlled descent.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.9 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight drift or a minor deviation in the pilot's alignment. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 14°C and a wind speed of 4 knots from 90°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, and the tailwind component was 1 knot, which may have contributed to the slightly above-target threshold speed. Overall, the landing was successful, and the aircraft came to a stop within 79% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance.
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