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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
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 136 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 426 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
Make sure that you retract the landing gear once you have a positive rate of climb and there is no usable runway left to land back on.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,657 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 612 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A330-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 06L at RJBB Kansai International Airport in 14 minutes, covering 4 nm on the ground.
During the departure roll on runway 06L, the aircraft used 1,634 m of runway, representing 41 % of the available length, and lifted off at 168 kt. Ambient temperature was 30 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 030°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a head-wind component of 2 kt.
The initial climb began overhead RJBB, climbing from 660 ft asl to 35,577 ft asl - an altitude gain of 34,917 ft - in 21 minutes while traversing 131 nm.
A level cruise segment started 12 mi south-east of Takehara, lasting 10 minutes and covering 71 nm.
A subsequent climb commenced 15 mi south of Hofu, raising the aircraft from 36,291 ft asl to 37,688 ft asl, an increase of 1,397 ft, in 2 minutes over a distance of 11 nm.
The next cruise phase originated 11 mi north of Bungo-Takada-shi, persisting for 50 minutes and encompassing 361 nm.
A further climb began at latitude 29.8201471, longitude 126.30349, lifting the airplane from 38,508 ft asl to 39,986 ft asl - a gain of 1,479 ft - in 3 minutes while covering 24 nm.
The following cruise segment started at latitude 29.4633367, longitude 126.0409568, lasting 38 minutes and spanning 297 nm.
Descent commenced 49 mi north-east of Jiufen, dropping from 39,830 ft asl to 4,010 ft asl, a loss of 35,820 ft, in 15 minutes across 93 nm.
A short cruise then occurred 8 mi north of RCPO Hsinchu Air Base, lasting 3 minutes and covering 11 nm.
The next descent began 9 mi north-east of Hsinchu, descending from 3,860 ft asl to 1,377 ft asl - a reduction of 2,483 ft - in 3 minutes over 8 nm.
Final approach to runway 05L at RCTP Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport reduced altitude from 1,339 ft agl to 89 ft agl in 101 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 05L, which is 3,657 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 145 kt. Touchdown occurred 196 m beyond the touchdown zone at 138 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 256 fpm and very good alignment. Local weather reported a temperature of 29 °C, wind 7 kt from 030°, cross-wind 2 kt and head-wind 7 kt. The total landing roll measured 1,343 m, representing 37 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the aircraft came to a stop without incident.
In total, the flight covered 1,018 nm, lasted 162 minutes, and consumed 13,751 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A330-900 conducted the final approach to runway 05L at RCTP Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and was assessed as stabilised at the 1 000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. The aircraft descended from 1 339 ft agl to 89 ft agl in 101 seconds and earned points for meeting the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 145 kt. The flare produced a touchdown point 196 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 138 kt that was judged good, a touchdown rate of minus 256 fpm rated fair, and runway touchdown alignment described as very good.
The landing covered a total distance of 1 343 m, representing 37 % of the 3 657 m runway, and the runway rollout alignment was perfect.
With a score of 98.1 % the performance was strong; refining the flare to reduce the descent rate and aiming to touch down closer to the intended aim point will tighten the remaining margins.
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