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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 17 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Reduce power on approach to bring the threshold speed back to 132 kt.
What happened: Threshold speed was fast at 139 kt against 132 kt, the flare then started early at 82 ft, and the touchdown usually follows long - this flight's touchdown was 2,237 ft past the aim point, 737 ft beyond target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 132 kt at the threshold
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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,565 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,237 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-700 taxied from the parking area to runway 18R at KAUS Austin Bergstrom International Airport, a movement that lasted 12 minutes and covered 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 18R, the aircraft accelerated to a rotation speed of 139 kt and lifted off after a takeoff distance of 5,742 ft, representing 47 % of the runway. Local weather at the time was Temperature 69 °F, Wind 2 kt at 279 °, Crosswind 2 kt, Headwind 0 kt.
Climb began 1 mile southwest of KAUS, with the airplane ascending from 1,543 ft asl to 35,554 ft asl, an increase of 34,011 ft achieved in 16 minutes while covering 93 nm.
The first level cruise segment started 7 miles east of 52TE Robinson Ranch Airport and continued for 80 minutes, during which the aircraft traveled 549 nm.
Descent commenced 4 miles east of 02AZ Winchester Farm Airstrip, with altitude decreasing from 35,476 ft asl to 6,999 ft asl, a loss of 28,477 ft over 22 minutes and a distance of 130 nm.
A brief cruise followed 1 mile southwest of AZ90 Hangar Haciendas Airpark, lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
The subsequent descent began 4 miles west of Laveen, dropping from 6,995 ft asl to 2,337 ft asl, a reduction of 4,658 ft in 6 minutes and spanning 17 nm.
Final approach to runway 08 at KPHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport involved a descent from 1,266 ft agl to 89 ft agl in 102 seconds, with the aircraft scoring on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 08 was executed with a threshold speed of 139 kt, a touchdown point 874 ft beyond the touchdown zone, and a touchdown speed of 136 kt; the touchdown rate was minus 190 fpm and runway alignment was very good. The runway length is 10,565 ft, and the total landing distance recorded was 3,959 ft, representing 37 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect, completing the landing phase without deviation.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 7 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 804 nm, required 143 minutes, and consumed 11,904 lbs of fuel.
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