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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 13 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the attitude instead of letting the nose drop.
What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it, and that pattern usually carries the touchdown long - here it landed at 1,074 m against the 457 m aim point.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, shallow rate through the flare with no renewed sink before touchdown
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,996 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,074 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A319 taxied from its parking position to runway 35 at VTSM Samui Airport in 5 minutes, covering a ground distance of 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 35, the aircraft accelerated over a measured distance of 1,095 m, representing 61 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 150 kt; ambient conditions were 35 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 280°, including a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile north of VTSM, with the flight ascending from 978 ft asl to 20,009 ft asl-a gain of 19,031 ft-over 9 minutes while traversing 46 nm.
The first cruise segment began 11 nm west of Don Sak and lasted 5 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 29 nm at level altitude.
Descent was initiated 6 nm east of Tha Khanon, descending from 20,002 ft asl to 3,022 ft asl, a loss of 16,980 ft in 13 minutes while flying 64 nm.
A subsequent cruise phase started 11 nm north-east of VTSW Phuket Airpark Talang, lasting 2 minutes and covering 5 nm at constant altitude.
The next descent began 7 nm north-east of the same airpark, dropping from 2,886 ft asl to 1,460 ft asl-a reduction of 1,426 ft-in 2 minutes and spanning 4 nm.
For the final approach to runway 27 at VTSP Phuket International Airport, the aircraft approached from the east on a heading of 265.0° at 4 nm and 1,400 ft agl.
Landing on runway 27, which is 2,995 m long, the aircraft touched down 656 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 125 kt; the touchdown rate was firm at minus 328 fpm and the touchdown point was offset 8.8 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 30 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 317°, including a 2 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.
In total, the flight covered 155 nm, required 36 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 1,619 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A319 approached runway 27 at VTSP Phuket International Airport from the east on a heading of 265.0° at 4 nm and 1,400 ft agl. The final approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 128 kt. Touchdown point was 656 m beyond the touchdown zone and touchdown speed was good at 125 kt.
Touchdown rate was firm at minus 328 fpm and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.8 m from the centreline. Local weather was 30 °C, wind 3 kt from 317°, with a 2 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.
Maintain precise centreline tracking to reduce the 8.8 m offset and refine flare technique to soften the firm touchdown rate, which will help raise the overall score from the current 81.3 %.
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