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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 497 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Wait for the normal flare band and the correct speed before raising the nose, rather than starting the flare at 51 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 51 ft, 6.2 ft above the normal band, and the touchdown followed at 454 fpm. Starting the flare this early usually carries through to a firmer arrival than a flare begun in the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: hold the flare start within the normal flare band
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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,661 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,661 m of the 4,134 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 874 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport in 23 minutes, covering 5 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 23L, the Airbus A330-900 used a takeoff distance of 2,140 m (58 % of the runway) and lifted off at 181 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 17 °C, wind 10 kt from 219 °, a cross-wind component of 5 kt and a head-wind component of 9 kt.
The initial climb began 1 mile south-west of NZAA, climbing from 1,069 ft asl to 34,003 ft asl - an increase of 32,933 ft - in 27 minutes while covering 165 nm.
Level cruise commenced 117 miles south-west of Ahipara and continued for 85 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 664 nm.
A second climb started 30 miles south-east of YLHI Lord Howe Island Airport, ascending from 34,000 ft asl to 35,998 ft asl - a gain of 1,998 ft - in 5 minutes and covering 40 nm.
The subsequent cruise segment began 9 miles north-west of Lord Howe Island and lasted 466 minutes, traversing 3,724 nm.
Descent 1 initiated 3 miles north-east of WSAC Changi Air Base (East) Singapore, descending from 35,861 ft asl to 34,999 ft asl - a loss of 862 ft - in 2 minutes over 13 nm.
A brief cruise followed 5 miles north-east of Woodlands, lasting 5 minutes and covering 44 nm.
Descent 2 began 4 miles east of Parit Raja, dropping from 35,001 ft asl to 8,001 ft asl - a decrease of 27,000 ft - in 16 minutes while flying 99 nm.
Cruise 4 started 17 miles south-west of Port Dickson and continued for 12 minutes, covering 48 nm.
Descent 3 was initiated 3 miles west of Tanjung Sepat, descending from 8,000 ft asl to 4,499 ft asl - a loss of 3,501 ft - in 5 minutes over 20 nm.
The next cruise segment began 3 miles north-west of Jenjarum and lasted 5 minutes, covering 16 nm.
Descent 4 started 1 mile south of Putra Heights, descending from 4,232 ft asl to 1,341 ft asl - a decrease of 2,891 ft - in 4 minutes while covering 10 nm.
On final approach to runway 14L at WMKK Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the aircraft approached from the north-west on a heading of 146.0 °, at 4 nm and 1,285 ft agl.
Landing on runway 14L (length 4,134 m) occurred with a threshold height of 58 ft agl and a threshold speed of 147 kt, both slightly above target. Touchdown was 458 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 134 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 162 fpm and a runway touchdown position offset 15.1 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 26 °C, wind 6 kt from 90 °, a cross-wind of 5 kt and a head-wind of 3 kt.
The total landing distance measured 1,580 m (38 % of the runway) and the rollout was misaligned by 14.9 m from the centreline.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 4,857 nm, lasted 649 minutes, and consumed 62,534 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A330-900 approached runway 14L at WMKK Kuala Lumpur International Airport on a final approach from the north-west, maintaining a heading of 146.0° at 4 nm and 1,285 ft agl. The local temperature was 26 °C with wind 6 kt from 090°, providing a 5 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt headwind component. The overall landing score was 85.0% Final.
At the threshold the aircraft passed the 58 ft agl marker, which was slightly above target, and entered the flare at a threshold speed of 147 kt, also slightly above target.
Touchdown occurred 458 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 134 kt, noted as a little fast, while the vertical rate was good at -162 fpm. The touchdown point was misaligned by 15.1 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,580 m, representing 38 % of the 4,134 m runway, and the aircraft remained slightly misaligned by 14.9 m from the centreline during rollout.
Refine the touchdown point to reduce the 458 m overshoot and correct the lateral alignment to bring the 15.1 m and 14.9 m deviations within tighter tolerances, which will improve runway usage efficiency and overall precision.
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