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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.
What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 0 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 6.8 ft, 4.4 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
Make sure that you retract the landing gear once you have a positive rate of climb and there is no usable runway left to land back on.
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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 1,535 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,535 m of the 2,864 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 364 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.95 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The A21N taxied from the parking area to runway 28R at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport, a movement that lasted 19 minutes and covered 2 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 28R, using 2,123 m of runway (54 % of the available length). Liftoff was achieved at 163 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 20 °C, wind 1 kt from 178°, with a 1 kt cross-wind and no head-wind component.
Climb began overhead Bensenville, Illinois, with the airplane ascending from 1,637 ft asl to 37,782 ft asl, an increase of 36,145 ft in 23 minutes while covering 146 nm.
The first cruise segment started 2 mi west of 86IL Sharp Airport Bethany, Illinois, and continued for 68 minutes, during which 522 nm were flown.
Descent commenced 4 mi north-east of Saint Maurice, Louisiana, with the aircraft descending from 38,011 ft asl to 10,013 ft asl, a loss of 27,998 ft in 20 minutes over 130 nm.
A second cruise phase began 6 mi north of TT19 Circle C Ranch Airport Hardin, Texas, lasting 2 minutes and covering 8 nm.
The subsequent descent started 1 mi south of TT19 Circle C Ranch Airport Hardin, Texas, with the airplane descending from 9,821 ft asl to 1,366 ft asl, a decrease of 8,455 ft in 9 minutes while traveling 33 nm.
Final approach to runway 26L at KIAH George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport was conducted from the east, on a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,264 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26L, which is 2,864 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 134 kt. Touchdown occurred 366 m down the runway at 130 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 237 fpm and perfect alignment. Local weather at the time was 26 °C, wind 1 kt from 172°, with a 1 kt cross-wind and no head-wind.
The total landing distance recorded was 1,459 m, representing 51 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 848 nm, took 145 minutes, and consumed 4,981 kg of fuel.
Aircraft A21N completed the final approach to runway 26L at KIAH from the east, tracking a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,264 ft agl. Ambient conditions were 26 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 172°, providing a 1 kt cross-wind and zero head-wind component.
The threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 134 kt.
Touchdown occurred 366 m down the runway, a good distance, with a touchdown speed of 130 kt that was good. The vertical rate at touchdown was fair at minus 237 fpm and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 1,459 m, representing 51 % of the 2,864 m runway, and the rollout alignment was perfect.
To refine the already excellent performance, focus on moderating the descent rate to bring the touchdown vertical speed closer to the target range, which will further improve the already high score.
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