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Monitor your taxi speed
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,312 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 205 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A330-900, then departed from runway 25R at Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX). The takeoff distance was 2,581 meters, which accounted for 76% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 189 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 3 knots at 119 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it began its enroute climb 2 miles west of El Segundo, California. The climb from 899 feet above sea level to 35,153 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,254 feet, took 25 minutes and covered a distance of 179 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles east of 3L2 Sky Ranch Sandy Valley in Nevada and lasted for 633 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 5,023 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began 2 miles north of Flims in Switzerland, where the aircraft descended from 35,320 feet above sea level to 20,619 feet above sea level, a decrease of 14,701 feet, in 9 minutes and covered a distance of 67 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 4 miles east of Saviore in Italy and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase continued with the aircraft descending from 20,108 feet above sea level to 14,360 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,749 feet, in 4 minutes and covering a distance of 28 nautical miles. The aircraft then began a climb phase, which started 1 mile southwest of Vestenanova in Italy and took the aircraft from 14,362 feet above sea level to 17,992 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,630 feet, in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 13 nautical miles.
The final descent phase began 2 miles southeast of Brendola in Italy, where the aircraft descended from 17,977 feet above sea level to 1,236 feet above sea level, a decrease of 16,741 feet, in 17 minutes and covering a distance of 34 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 04R at Venice Marco Polo Airport (LIPZ), which was located to the southwest.
The aircraft landed on runway 04R, which had a length of 3,312 meters. The threshold height at 61 feet above ground level was above the target, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 152 knots. The touchdown point was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway, and the touchdown speed was fast at 149 knots. The touchdown rate was heavy at -602 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 27.2 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 0 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 0 knots at 0 degrees.
The total landing distance was 2,863 meters, which accounted for 86% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 18.2 meters from the centerline. The total flight distance was 5,371 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 700 minutes. The aircraft used 60,125 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A330-900 aircraft has successfully landed at LIPZ Venice Marco Polo Airport, but the landing was not without its challenges. The final approach to runway 04R was initiated from the southwest, heading 42.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,215 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the landing was characterized by a number of issues.
One of the primary concerns was the threshold height, which was above the target height at 61 feet agl. This suggests that the aircraft may have been slightly high on its approach, which could have contributed to the subsequent issues. Additionally, the threshold speed was well above the target speed at 152 knots, indicating that the aircraft may have been descending too quickly or that the pilots may have been unable to slow the aircraft down sufficiently.
The touchdown point was also a concern, as it was located more than 50% of the way down the 3,312-meter runway. This suggests that the aircraft may have been unable to slow down sufficiently before touching down, resulting in a long touchdown distance. The touchdown speed of 149 knots was also fast, and the touchdown rate of -602 feet per minute (fpm) was heavy, indicating that the aircraft may have been experiencing a high rate of descent.
Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 27.2 meters from the centerline, which could have made it difficult for the pilots to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 0°C and no wind, did not appear to be a contributing factor to the issues experienced during the landing.
The total landing distance of 2,863 meters was 86% of the available runway, which is a significant portion of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 18.2 meters from the centerline, which could have made it difficult for the pilots to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the Airbus A330-900 aircraft was able to land safely at LIPZ Venice Marco Polo Airport, the landing was characterized by a number of issues, including a high threshold height, excessive threshold speed, long touchdown distance, fast touchdown speed, heavy touchdown rate, and misaligned runway touchdown position and rollout alignment. These issues suggest that the pilots may have experienced difficulties in controlling the aircraft during the approach and landing phases.
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