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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 11,060 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,574 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A320 began at KSAN San Diego International Airport, where the taxi from the parking to the runway took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. The departure roll was from runway 27, with a takeoff distance of 4,992 ft, covering 73% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 162 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was a temperature of 67 °F with no wind.
The enroute climb started 1 mile west of KSAN San Diego International Airport and lasted 22 minutes, during which the aircraft climbed from 983 ft asl to 38,008 ft asl, covering a distance of 154 nm. The enroute level cruise began over Toro Canyon and lasted 11 minutes, covering 89 nm. The enroute descent started 4 miles northeast of Cayucos, with a descent from 38,000 ft asl to 1,210 ft asl in 35 minutes, covering 144 nm.
The final approach to runway 28L at KSFO San Francisco International Airport was from the southeast at 4 nm and 1,187 ft agl. The landing on runway 28L was smooth, with a touchdown point 205 ft beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 133 kn, with a perfect touchdown rate of -12 ft/m. The total landing distance was 3,294 ft, covering 30% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 32 ft from the centerline. The local weather at the time of landing was a temperature of 63 °F with no wind.
After landing, the taxi from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 393 nm, with a total flight time of 80 minutes. The aircraft used 6,109 lbs of fuel during the flight.
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