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Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 2.9°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,653 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 226 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A319, then departed from runway 23 at Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,846 meters, which was 58% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 165 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 5 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 6 knots at an angle of 80 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 5 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile west of the airport and reaching a height of 35,656 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,228 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 86 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 6 miles north of Lawrence Park in Pennsylvania, United States, and lasted for 121 minutes, covering a distance of 813 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles northeast of Okahumpka in Florida, United States, and descending from 35,718 feet to 1,364 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,354 feet in 25 minutes, covering a distance of 131 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 24 at Southwest Florida International Airport was made from the northeast, heading 234.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,326 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 24 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 228 meters, which was good. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 124 knots, and the touchdown rate was very hard at -506 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.3 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 17 knots at an angle of 150 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 17 knots and a headwind of 2 knots. The total landing distance was 960 meters, which was 26% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.0 meters from the centreline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,040 nautical miles, taking 175 minutes, and the aircraft used 6,392 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 aircraft successfully landed at KRSW Southwest Florida International Airport, achieving a score of 92.4%. The final approach to runway 24 was initiated from the north east, heading 234.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,326 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 228 meters, which was considered good. However, the touchdown speed of 124 knots was slightly above the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown rate of -506 feet per minute (fpm) was also very hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have been subjected to a significant amount of deceleration force upon touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 7.3 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 26°C and a wind speed of 17 knots from a direction of 150°. The crosswind component was 17 knots, while the headwind component was 2 knots.
The total landing distance of 960 meters was 26% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centreline by 8.0 meters, indicating that the pilot may have had difficulty maintaining a straight course during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some areas for improvement, including a slightly fast touchdown speed and a hard touchdown rate. Additionally, the pilot may have benefited from more precise alignment during the final approach and rollout phases.
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