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Departure
Ease the back pressure on the yoke after rotation so the pitch change is smoother and g force stays lower.
What happened: During the initial climb the average g force reached 1.3 g, a high value for that phase.
Watch for: G meter: smooth, steady value in the normal climb band
Arrival
Apply small rudder corrections at touchdown, aiming at a point at the far end of the runway, to stay on the centreline.
What happened: Touchdown drifted 7.6 m off the centreline, and landings like this usually carry that drift into the rollout, where the alignment error grew to 13 m.
Watch for: Runway centreline: aircraft tracking directly over it through touchdown and rollout.
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,919 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,919 m of the 2,710 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 762 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 28L at KSFO, covering 2 nm in 6 minutes.
The departure roll on runway 28L at KSFO required a takeoff distance of 1,457 m, representing 43 % of the runway length, and liftoff was achieved at 163 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 24 °C, wind 8 kt from 340°, with a 5 kt crosswind component and a 6 kt headwind.
En-route climb commenced overhead San Bruno, California, climbing from 975 ft asl to 36,586 ft asl, an altitude gain of 35,611 ft attained in 44 minutes while covering 343 nm.
Level cruise began 7 miles south of OR09 Whitehorse Ranch Airport, Oregon, and continued for 193 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 1,680 nm.
A subsequent climb started 67 miles south of CYSK Sanikiluaq Airport, Nunavut, rising from 37,070 ft asl to 38,821 ft asl, an increase of 1,751 ft in 3 minutes over a distance of 29 nm.
The next cruise segment originated 51 miles south of CYSK Sanikiluaq Airport and lasted 306 minutes, encompassing 2,717 nm of flight.
Descent began overhead Newhaven, East Sussex, England, descending from 38,680 ft asl to 1,642 ft asl, a loss of 37,038 ft completed in 25 minutes and covering 150 nm.
The final approach to runway 09L at LFPG was executed from the west, on a heading of 85.0° at 4 nm and 1,287 ft agl.
Landing on runway 09L, which is 2,710 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 140 kt, slightly above target, and a touchdown speed of 159 kt. The touchdown point was 354 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a vertical speed of minus 168 fpm. The touchdown location was offset 9.1 m from the centreline. Local conditions were 15 °C, wind 8 kt from 20°, a 7 kt crosswind and a 3 kt headwind. Total landing distance measured 1,847 m, representing 68 % of the runway.
During rollout the aircraft remained slightly misaligned, with a centreline deviation of 14.6 m.
After landing, the Airbus A350-900 taxied to the parking area, covering less than 1 nm in less than 1 minute.
Overall, the flight covered 4,928 nm, taking 578, and consumed 59,757 kg of fuel.
On final approach to runway 09L at LFPG, the Airbus A350-900 was established on a heading of 85.0° at 4 NM and 1,287 ft agl, with ambient temperature 15 °C, wind 8 kt from 020°, a 7-kt cross-component and a 3-kt headwind component.
The threshold height was good and the aircraft crossed the threshold at a speed slightly above target, recorded at 140 kt.
Touchdown occurred 365 m beyond the designated touchdown zone; the touchdown speed of 159 kt was noted as too fast, while the vertical rate of -168 fpm was good, and the touchdown point was laterally misaligned by 7.9 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total distance of 1,858 m, representing 69 % of the 2,700 m runway, and the aircraft’s path was slightly misaligned by 13.5 m from the centreline during rollout.
Reduce the approach speed to the target value and adjust the flare to achieve touchdown within the touchdown zone, which will also help bring the touchdown point closer to the centreline and improve rollout alignment.
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