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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 10 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final so speed is back to 116 kt before the gate, not after it.
What happened: Speed control was already loose at the stabilisation gate, and this flight crossed the threshold at 131 kt against a target of 116 kt, 15 kt fast. Carrying excess speed into the gate like this usually carries straight through to a fast threshold crossing.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator, targeting 116 kt by the gate and held to 116 kt at the threshold.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 17 stages, 15 scored
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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 305 m and 152 m above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 305 m gate: speed 45 kt FAST on the reference speed of 116 kt.
At the 152 m gate: speed 40 kt FAST on the reference speed of 116 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,889 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 485 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320-ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 27 at EGGD Bristol Airport in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 149 kt and left the ground after a takeoff distance of 759 m, representing 40 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were 19 °C with a wind of 12 kt from 290°, including a 5 kt cross-wind component and an 11 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 1 mile north-east of Wrington, with the aeroplane ascending from 439 m asl to 3 965 m asl, a gain of 3 526.5 m achieved in 5 minutes while covering 26 nm.
The first cruise segment began 1 mile south of Iron Acton and was maintained for 10 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 65 nm at level flight.
Descent started 1 mile north-west of Farnborough, with a reduction in altitude from 3 964 m asl to 852 m asl, a loss of 3 112.9 m over 7 minutes and a distance of 33 nm.
A second level cruise was established overhead Blackheath, lasting 4 minutes and covering 14 nm before the final approach began.
The final approach to runway 27R at EGLL London Heathrow was conducted from the east, on a heading of 270.0°, at 4 nm and 398.9 m agl.
Landing on runway 27R, which is 3 889 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 132 kt. Touchdown was recorded 61 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 118 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 1.3 m/s and a lateral deviation of 8.0 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was 22 °C with a wind of 13 kt from 260°, including a 2 kt cross-wind and a 13 kt head-wind. The total landing distance measured 1 379 m, equivalent to 35 % of the runway.
Rollout alignment was noted to be slightly off centreline by 7.9 m as the aircraft decelerated and exited the runway.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 146 nm, required 37 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 1 272 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320-ceo entered the final approach to runway 27R at EGLL from the east on a heading of 271.0° at 4 nm and 1,234 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits. Local weather was 14 °C with wind 4 kt from 100°, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 4 kt tailwind.
At threshold the aircraft encountered a height of 71 ft agl, which was well above the target. The threshold speed was slightly above target at 139 kt. The flare produced a touchdown distance of 320 m, considered good, while the touchdown speed of 138 kt was a little fast. The vertical speed at touchdown was very heavy at minus 835 fpm and the touchdown point was significantly misaligned by 19.6 m from the centreline.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft crossing the runway threshold at 138 kt, descending at minus 835 fpm, and contacting the runway 320 m down the strip. Lateral alignment remained off centre by 19.6 m, reflecting the same deviation noted at the flare.
Rollout continued with the aircraft remaining misaligned by 19.5 m from the centreline and the total landing distance recorded at 940 m, representing 24 % of the 3,889 m runway length.
Focus on achieving a smoother flare to reduce the vertical speed at touchdown and on maintaining tighter lateral control to keep the aircraft within a few metres of the centreline through touchdown and rollout. These adjustments will help convert the solid overall score of 78.9 % into a higher rating.
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