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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 6 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 146 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 6 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 146 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,713 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 253 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.88 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 28L at KSFO, a movement that required 13 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 28L, the A21N accelerated through a takeoff distance of 1,628 m, representing 48 % of the runway, and lifted off at 170 kt. Ambient conditions at the time were a temperature of 21 °C, wind 10 kt from 280°, with a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 9 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced overhead San Bruno, climbing from 985 ft asl to 35,008 ft asl, an altitude gain of 34,023 ft achieved in 28 minutes while covering 170 nm.
The first cruise segment began 9 miles north-west of 36CN Blackwell Land Company Airport (Lost Hills) and lasted 2 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 12 nm.
Descent started 4 miles south of the same Lost Hills airport, descending from 35,002 ft asl to 2,241 ft asl, a loss of 32,761 ft over 27 minutes and a distance of 147 nm.
A second cruise phase was initiated overhead Walnut Park, persisting for 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
The final approach to runway 24R at KLAX was conducted from the east, on a heading of 263.0°, at 4 nm and 1,418 ft agl. Local weather reported a temperature of 28 °C, wind 5 kt from 260°, with no cross-wind and a 5 kt head-wind component.
At 945 ft agl the crew executed a go-around on runway 24R at KLAX, climbing away from the approach path before re-establishing a subsequent approach.
Landing on runway 24R followed, with the runway length measured at 2,713 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 140 kt, touchdown occurred after 251 m, at a speed of 138 kt, and the aircraft settled with a firm touchdown rate of minus 395 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 3.1 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 1,386 m, equivalent to 51 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was described as very good, confirming a straight and controlled exit from the runway after touchdown.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area, a taxi-in that lasted 15 minutes and spanned 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 403 nm, required 98 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 3,647 kg of fuel.
Aircraft A21N completed the final approach to runway 24R at KLAX from the east on a heading of 263.0° at 4 nm and 1,418 ft agl. Local conditions were 28 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 260°, giving a 5 kt headwind and zero crosswind. The approach maintained a good threshold height.
At the threshold the aircraft held a good speed of 140 kt and proceeded to flare in accordance with the approach profile.
Touchdown occurred 251 m down the runway at a good speed of 138 kt. The touchdown rate was firm at -395 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.1 m from the centreline. Total landing distance was 1,386 m, representing 51 % of the 2,713 m runway.
Rollout alignment was very good, keeping the aircraft on the centreline through the deceleration phase.
Refine centreline tracking to reduce the 3.1 m lateral offset and adjust flare timing to moderate the firm -395 fpm rate, which will further improve the already high score of 96.9 %.
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