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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 15 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the speed to bleed before raising the nose, starting the flare within the normal band instead of 52 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 52 ft, 6.5 ft earlier than the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: start the flare within the normal flare band
See Arrival Landing
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,908 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,908 m of the 3,001 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 677 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, an Airbus A319, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, taking 7 minutes and covering a distance of 1 nautical mile. Departure roll took place on runway 06L, with the aircraft lifting off at a speed of 164 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of -9 °C, with a wind speed of 10 knots at 280 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 8 knots and a tailwind of 5 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Montreal, it began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile north of the airport and reaching an altitude of 36,009 feet above sea level. This climb phase covered a distance of 82 nautical miles and took 17 minutes to complete, with the aircraft increasing its altitude by 34,876 feet. Following this, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 186 minutes and covered a distance of 1,251 nautical miles.
The enroute cruise phase was interrupted by a series of descents and level cruises. The first descent started 42 miles south of Congo Town Airport in the Bahamas, where the aircraft descended from 36,013 feet to 2,767 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,246 feet in 16 minutes. Following this, the aircraft entered a short level cruise phase, lasting 5 minutes and covering 18 nautical miles, before beginning another descent. This descent started 9 miles northeast of Jardines Del Rey Airport in Cuba and took 4 minutes to complete, with the aircraft decreasing its altitude by 1,616 feet and covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 26 at Jardines Del Rey Airport was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 251.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,363 feet above ground level. The landing took place on a runway with a length of 3,001 meters, and the aircraft touched down 223 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 119 knots, which was good, while the touchdown rate was fair at -226 feet per minute.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 25 °C, with a wind speed of 10 knots at 130 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 9 knots and a tailwind of 5 knots. The total landing distance was 1,789 meters, which was 60% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centreline.
Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 2 minutes and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,448 nautical miles, taking 237 minutes to complete, and the aircraft used 8,728 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 aircraft successfully landed at MUCC Jardines Del Rey Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 251.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,363 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 26, which has a length of 3,001 meters.
The threshold height at 101 feet agl was significantly higher than the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly high on its approach. However, the threshold speed of 129 knots was only slightly above the target, suggesting that the pilot maintained control and managed the aircraft's speed effectively. The touchdown speed of 119 knots was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -226 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, indicating a relatively smooth landing.
The touchdown point was 223 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which may indicate that the pilot was slightly late in initiating the flare or that the aircraft's descent rate was not perfectly controlled. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 7.0 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's heading or a miscalculation of the wind drift.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 25°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from 130°. The crosswind component was 9 knots, and the tailwind component was 5 knots, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment of the runway touchdown position.
The total landing distance of 1,789 meters was 60% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centerline, which may indicate that the pilot was not fully aware of the aircraft's position on the runway or that the aircraft's brakes were not functioning optimally.
Overall, the landing was successful, but with some notable deviations from the ideal parameters. The pilot's skills and experience were likely sufficient to manage the aircraft safely, but there may be opportunities for improvement in terms of approach and landing technique.
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