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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 26 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,043 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,043 ft of the 8,618 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,871 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The Airbus A321 then departed from runway 08 at KDEN Denver International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 7,491 feet, which accounted for 62% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 164 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 70°F temperature and winds of 4 knots at 60°. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 3 knots. The enroute climb started 3 miles east of KDEN Denver International Airport and saw the aircraft ascend from 6,373 feet above sea level to 36,970 feet, an increase of 30,597 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 140 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which started 2 miles southeast of 4KS8 Bursch Private Airport in Bird City, Kansas. This phase of the flight lasted 84 minutes and covered a distance of 718 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 1 mile north of TN79 Oakley Airport in Nashville, Tennessee, and descended from 37,222 feet to 13,065 feet in 14 minutes, covering 109 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, which started overhead TN41 Aker Wood Airport in Spring City, Tennessee, and lasted only 2 minutes, covering 9 nautical miles. The descent phase resumed, starting 6 miles south of 3TN2 Merian Seaplane Base in Kingston, Tennessee, and saw the aircraft descend from 13,029 feet to 4,003 feet in 7 minutes, covering 33 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another brief level cruise, which started 3 miles west of Knoxville, Tennessee, and lasted 3 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 23L at KTYS McGhee Tyson Airport was made from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 225.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,268 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 23L was successful, with the aircraft touching down 521 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was slightly above the target at 143 knots, while the touchdown speed was a little fast at 132 knots. The touchdown rate was smooth at -125 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 10 feet from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 5,793 feet, which accounted for 67% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, a process that took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,026 nautical miles, taking 141 minutes, and the aircraft used 12,463 pounds of fuel.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) on runway 23L, achieving a score of 98.7%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 225.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,268 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was properly configured for landing.
Upon touchdown, the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 143 kt, which may have been due to the aircraft's descent rate or the pilot's decision to maintain a higher speed for a smoother touchdown. The touchdown point was 521 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 132 kt was a little fast, but the touchdown rate of -125 feet per minute (fpm) was smooth, indicating a controlled descent.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 10 feet from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's heading or a minor error in the pilot's alignment. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway after touchdown.
The local weather conditions were favorable for landing, with a temperature of 70°F and a wind speed of 2 kt at 260°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 kt, and the headwind component was 2 kt, which helped to stabilize the aircraft during the approach and landing.
The total landing distance was 5,793 feet, which is 67% of the runway length of 8,618 feet. This indicates that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance after touchdown, and the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout. Overall, the landing was successful, and the aircraft was able to come to a stop within a safe distance from the end of the runway.
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