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Departure
Use smoother, smaller aileron inputs to keep the wings level and hold bank angle near wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 0.8°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
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 1.1 ft, 10 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.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 35 kt FAST on the reference speed of 130 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,712 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,712 m of the 2,743 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 272 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.80 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 22R at KBOS Logan International Airport, a movement that required 19 minutes and covered 4 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 22R, the Airbus A220-300 accelerated to a liftoff speed of 144 kt, using a takeoff distance of 1,124 m (51 % of the runway). Ambient conditions were 25 °C with a wind of 17 kt from 180°, including a 6 kt crosswind component and a 16 kt headwind.
Climb commenced overhead MA17 Avco/Lowell Heliport, with the aircraft ascending from 694 ft asl to 37,825 ft asl-a gain of 37,131 ft-over 25 minutes while covering 157 nm.
The first cruise segment began 9 mi south of Westhampton Beach, New York, and lasted 11 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 77 nm at level flight.
Descent started 17 mi east of Barnegat Light, New Jersey, with altitude decreasing from 37,801 ft asl to 29,805 ft asl, a loss of 7,996 ft in 5 minutes while covering 38 nm.
A second cruise phase originated 13 mi southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, lasting 9 minutes and encompassing 63 nm.
The next descent began 2 mi south of Ocean Pines, Maryland, dropping from 29,828 ft asl to 10,115 ft asl-a reduction of 19,713 ft-in 11 minutes and spanning 64 nm.
A brief cruise segment followed, starting 10 mi west of Boston, Virginia, lasting 3 minutes and covering 16 nm.
Descent resumed 1 mi northeast of W75 Hummel Field, Saluda, Virginia, with the aircraft descending from 10,111 ft asl to 5,118 ft asl, a loss of 4,993 ft in 3 minutes over 16 nm.
The subsequent cruise began 5 mi northeast of VG64 Lee Field, West Point, Virginia, lasting 2 minutes and covering 7 nm.
A further descent started 4 mi southeast of King William, Virginia, reducing altitude from 4,412 ft asl to 3,023 ft asl-a decrease of 1,389 ft-in 2 minutes while traveling 7 nm.
The next cruise segment originated 3 mi south of 0VI1 Brooklyn Airport, King William, Virginia, lasting 3 minutes and covering 13 nm.
Descent continued 2 mi north of Mechanicsville, Virginia, with altitude falling from 2,923 ft asl to 1,420 ft asl, a loss of 1,504 ft in 2 minutes and a distance of 6 nm.
Final approach to runway 16 at KRIC Richmond International Airport was conducted from the northwest, on a heading of 143.0° at 3 nm and 1,240 ft agl.
Landing on runway 16, which is 2,743 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 130 kt, touchdown distance of 273 m, touchdown speed of 130 kt, and a touchdown rate of minus 701 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather reported a temperature of 22 °C, wind 7 kt from 22°, a 6 kt crosswind component and a 4 kt tailwind. Total landing distance recorded was 1,636 m (60 % of the runway), and rollout alignment was slightly off centreline by 7.8 m.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 473 nm, lasted 88 minutes, and consumed -3,584 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A220-300 established a final approach to runway 16 at KRIC Richmond International Airport from the north-west, tracking a heading of 144.0° at 4 NM and 1,240 ft AGL. Local conditions were 22 °C with a wind from 220° at 7 kt, a 6-kt crosswind component and a 4-kt tailwind component.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft touched down before the runway threshold. Touchdown speed was 130 kt and was described as good, while the vertical rate was very heavy at -701 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
At touchdown the aircraft’s speed remained 130 kt, the descent rate remained very heavy at -701 fpm, and alignment stayed perfect. The total landing distance recorded was 1,318 m, representing 58 % of the runway length.
Rollout alignment was very good and the aircraft decelerated within the remaining runway distance, completing the landing safely.
Target the aim point about 300 m (1,000 ft) down the runway and fine-tune the flare to achieve a smoother, lower vertical speed. Reducing the descent rate will help keep touchdown within the intended zone while preserving the high overall score.
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