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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 7 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 nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 234 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 499 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 3,365 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 433 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A319 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at TNCA Queen Beatrix International Airport, a process that took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 11, with a takeoff distance of 1,603 meters, which accounted for 59% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 158 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius, a wind speed of 20 knots at 100 degrees, resulting in a 1-knot crosswind and a 20-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it started its enroute climb 1 mile southwest of Santa Cruz on the Aruba Island. The climb took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 128 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,042 feet above sea level to 34,009 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,967 feet. The enroute level cruise began at a latitude of 14.6205868 and a longitude of -70.3120007, and lasted for 246 minutes, covering a distance of 1,693 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started overhead Eldred in Pennsylvania, United States, and took 23 minutes to descend from an altitude of 34,021 feet above sea level to 1,945 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,076 feet. The descent covered a distance of 112 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 33R at CYYZ Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport was made from the southeast, heading 317.0 degrees, at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,389 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 33R was successful, with a touchdown distance of 432 meters, which was good, and a touchdown speed of 118 knots, also within the acceptable range. The touchdown rate was firm at -366 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 20.2 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 4 degrees Celsius, a wind speed of 10 knots at 260 degrees, resulting in an 8-knot crosswind and a 6-knot headwind.
The total landing distance was 1,268 meters, which accounted for 38% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 20.2 meters from the centreline. The taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,942 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 305 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 10,775 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 aircraft successfully landed on runway 33R at CYYZ Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, achieving an overall score of 85.2%. The final approach to the runway was initiated from the south east, with a heading of 317.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,389 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft's performance during the landing was satisfactory, with a threshold height that was well above the target, indicating a safe margin for the aircraft to touch down. The threshold speed was also good, at 128 knots, which is within the acceptable range for a safe landing. The touchdown distance of 432 meters was also within the expected range, and the touchdown speed of 118 knots was good, indicating a controlled descent.
However, there were some areas of concern during the landing. The touchdown rate was firm, at -366 feet per minute (fpm), which may indicate a slightly hard landing. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 20.2 meters from the centreline, which may pose a risk to the aircraft's stability and control during the landing roll.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were moderate, with a temperature of 4°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from 260°. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was 6 knots. These conditions may have contributed to the misaligned touchdown position.
The total landing distance of 1,268 meters was 38% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 20.2 meters from the centreline, which may indicate a loss of control during the landing roll.
Overall, while the Airbus A319 aircraft achieved a satisfactory score during the landing, there were some areas of concern that need to be addressed to improve the safety and efficiency of the landing operation.
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