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Departure
Rotate sooner, bringing the nose up at 146 kt rather than letting speed build further.
What happened: You lifted off at 164 kt against a rotation target of 146 kt, rotating late in the ground roll.
Watch for: Watch airspeed and rotate at the target of 146 kt.
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Arrival
Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 0.3 ft, and this flight then touched down at 230 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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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 5,171 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,171 ft of the 9,992 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,133 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A300 taxied from the parking area to runway 18C at KMEM Memphis International Airport, a movement that lasted 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll the aircraft accelerated along runway 18C, using 6,186 ft of runway - 56 % of the available length - and lifted off at 164 kt. Ambient conditions were 99 °F with a wind of 5 kt from 150°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced 1 mile south of KMEM, with the airplane climbing from 1,317 ft asl to 35,000 ft asl, an altitude gain of 33,683 ft achieved in 24 minutes while covering 173 nm.
The first cruise segment began 2 mi south-west of Unionville, Tennessee, and persisted for 32 minutes, during which the flight covered 242 nm at level altitude.
Descent started 3 mi south of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, with the aircraft descending from 35,000 ft asl to 5,070 ft asl, a loss of 29,930 ft over 13 minutes and a distance of 84 nm.
A second cruise phase was initiated 2 mi north of High Point, North Carolina, lasting 8 minutes and spanning 32 nm.
The subsequent descent began 4 mi south of NR33 Warf, North Carolina, where the airplane dropped from 5,027 ft asl to 2,211 ft asl, a decrease of 2,817 ft in 3 minutes while covering 8 nm.
Final approach to runway 23L at KGSO Piedmont Triad International Airport was conducted from the north-east, on a heading of 226.0°, at 4 nm and 1,281 ft agl.
Landing on runway 23L, which is 9,987 ft long, occurred with a threshold speed of 141 kt (slightly above target). Touchdown was recorded at 1,120 ft down the runway, at 136 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 307 fpm and a lateral deviation of 11 ft from the centreline. Weather at the time was 87 °F, wind 4 kt from 189°, a 2 kt cross-wind and a 3 kt head-wind.
The total landing roll measured 4,897 ft, representing 49 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was reported as perfect.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.
In summary, the flight covered 549 nm, required 92 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 18,290 lb of fuel.
The Airbus A300 approached runway 23L at KGSO from the north-east on a heading of 226.0° at 4 nm and 1,281 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.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a speed of 141 kt, noted as slightly above target, and the threshold height was good; the flare was executed with the aircraft still slightly above the ideal speed.
Touchdown occurred 1,120 ft down the runway at a speed of 136 kt, described as a little fast, with a firm vertical rate of minus 307 fpm and a touchdown point 11 ft off the centreline.
The rollout was aligned perfectly, the aircraft travelled a total landing distance of 4,897 ft (49 % of the 9,987 ft runway), and the local conditions were temperature 87 °F, wind 4 kt from 189°, crosswind 2 kt and headwind 3 kt.
Refine the flare to achieve a slightly lower touchdown speed and tighten the lateral alignment to reduce the 11-ft offset, which will further improve the already high landing score.
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