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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.
What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 686 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
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 157 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 380 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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 7 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 146 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,636 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,636 m of the 3,021 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 515 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, the Airbus A330-900 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. As the aircraft lined up on runway 23, the local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 27 °C and a gentle tailwind of 6 knots. The takeoff roll commenced, and the aircraft lifted off the ground at a speed of 159 knots, utilizing 55% of the available runway length of 1,780 meters.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, ascending from 1,559 feet above sea level to 33,672 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 132 nautical miles. The climb phase was followed by a prolonged enroute level cruise, which lasted for 227 minutes and spanned 1,615 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, initially from 33,995 feet to 3,012 feet in 20 minutes, covering 98 nautical miles. A brief level cruise phase followed, lasting only 3 minutes and covering 10 nautical miles. The final descent phase saw the aircraft descend from 3,005 feet to 1,322 feet in just 3 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles.
As the Airbus A330-900 approached Vancouver International Airport, it began its final approach to runway 08L from the west, aligning itself with the runway at a height of 1,305 feet above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed slightly above the target, and the touchdown point was 101 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was a little fast at 138 knots, but the runway touchdown position was well-aligned, with a slight deviation of 3.3 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,558 meters, utilizing 51% of the available runway length. Following a smooth rollout, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, concluding its journey after a total flight distance of 1,872 nautical miles, which took 290 minutes and consumed 28,588 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A330-900 touched down on runway 08L at CYVR Vancouver International Airport with a satisfactory approach quality, despite a slightly above-target threshold speed of 145 kt. The aircraft maintained a good threshold height, allowing for a controlled descent onto the runway. The touchdown point was 101 m beyond the touchdown zone, indicating a slight overrun.
The touchdown speed of 138 kt was a little fast, resulting in a firm touchdown rate of -378 fpm. However, the runway touchdown position was only slightly misaligned by 3.3 m from the centreline, demonstrating good control during the final stages of the approach. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 20 °C and a headwind of 11 kt, contributed to a relatively smooth landing.
The total landing distance of 1,558 m was 51% of the runway length, indicating a reasonable use of the available runway. The rollout alignment was very good, with the aircraft maintaining a consistent path along the centreline. Overall, the landing was considered satisfactory, with a score of 94.2% reflecting the minor deviations from the ideal touchdown conditions.
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