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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 31 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Steepen the descent on final to rejoin the glideslope, aiming to cross the threshold at 50 ft.
What happened: The approach drifted above the glideslope, carrying the aircraft across the threshold at 63 ft against the 50 ft target. Crossing the threshold high like this usually carries the touchdown point long.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude against 50 ft on short final to confirm the glidepath is recaptured before the threshold.
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.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope 4.3° against the runway's 3°.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 4,416 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 837 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 06 at FALE King Shaka International Airport, a movement that lasted 7 minutes and covered 1 nm.
The departure roll commenced on runway 06, with a takeoff distance of 1,936 m representing 52 % of the runway; rotation was achieved at 158 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 29 °C, wind 2 kt from 140°, with a 2 kt crosswind and no headwind.
Climb began 1 mile north-east of FALE, ascending from 1,288 ft asl to 31,982 ft asl, an increase of 30,694 ft achieved in 16 minutes while covering 103 nm.
The first level cruise started 11 miles south-west of Glencoe, lasting 10 minutes and traversing 71 nm.
Descent initiated 10 miles north of Vrede, descending from 32,001 ft asl to 7,217 ft asl, a loss of 24,784 ft over 20 minutes and a distance of 107 nm.
A second level cruise began 1 mile south-east of Alberton, lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
Final approach to runway 03L at FAOR O.R. Tambo International Airport involved a descent from 1,377 ft agl to 160 ft agl in 92 seconds, with the aircraft scoring on the stabilisation gates.
The aircraft landed on runway 03L, whose length is 4,416 m; the threshold height at 64 ft agl was above target, while the threshold speed of 139 kt was good. Touchdown occurred 421 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 128 kt, with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 109 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.6 m from centreline. Local weather at the time was 28 °C, wind 5 kt from 353°, a 2 kt crosswind and a 4 kt headwind.
Total landing distance measured 1,426 m, representing 32 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a movement that took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 296 nm, required 57 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 2,687 kg of fuel.
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