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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Improve the rollout
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 1,774 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,774 m of the 3,014 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 529 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 30L at KMSP Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.
During the departure roll the aircraft used 2,106 m of runway, representing 69 % of the available length, and lifted off at 159 kt; ambient temperature was 21 °C with a wind of 16 kt from 280°, a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 15 kt head-wind component.
The initial climb began 1 nm east of Richfield, Minnesota, climbing from 1,819 ft asl to 33,970 ft asl - a gain of 32,150 ft - in 28 minutes while covering 172 nm.
Level cruise commenced 9 nm west of New Effington, South Dakota, and persisted for 179 minutes, during which 1,355 nm were flown.
A subsequent climb segment started at latitude 48.2291995 ° N, longitude -130.296934 ° W, raising the aircraft from 34,948 ft asl to 35,996 ft asl - an increase of 1,048 ft - in 2 minutes over a distance of
The Airbus A350-900 approached runway 34R at RJTT from the south-east on a heading of 330.0° at 4 nm and 1,250 ft agl, descending from 1,302 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 102 seconds. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits, and the pilot was scored on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good threshold speed of 140 kt and the flare produced a touchdown point 106 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed was 137 kt, noted as a little fast, while the vertical rate was good at minus 197 fpm; however the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.8 m from the centreline.
The aircraft rolled out after touching down, covering a total landing distance of 1,686 m, which is 56 % of the 3,014 m runway length. The landing distance remained well within the available runway.
During rollout the aircraft remained slightly misaligned, drifting 9.2 m from the centreline. Local weather was 22 °C with wind 11 kt from 30°, giving a 9 kt cross-wind component and a 5 kt head-wind component.
Focus on tighter centreline control during the flare and touchdown to reduce the 8-9 m lateral deviation, and refine speed management to keep touchdown speed at or below the 140 kt threshold. These adjustments will help convert the solid 76.5 % score into a higher performance rating.
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