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Departure
Use smooth aileron to roll the wings level in the first climb segment, holding bank angle near wings-level instead of letting it build to 3.3°.
What happened: The wings held 3.3° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 0.9° by the second - this early wing-level drift usually carries through into a larger bank excursion later in the climb.
Watch for: Watch the attitude indicator's bank pointer and keep it at wings level throughout the climb.
Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 403 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 516 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 3,345 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 565 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway at London Luton Airport, taking approximately 9 minutes and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 25, with the aircraft lifting off after a takeoff distance of 771 meters, which was 37% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 149 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 8°C temperature and a wind of 17 knots at 239 degrees. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was 16 knots. The enroute climb started overhead London Luton Airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,430 feet above sea level to 3,849 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,419 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 2 miles south of Studham, Central Bedfordshire, and lasting for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 15 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting overhead Hadley Wood, Greater London, and descending from 3,666 feet above sea level to 2,880 feet above sea level, a decrease of 786 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting overhead Camden Town, Greater London, and lasting for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The final descent began 1 mile southwest of Battersea, Greater London, with the aircraft descending from 2,878 feet above sea level to 1,367 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,511 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 27L at London Heathrow Airport was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 270 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,281 feet above ground level. The landing took place on the runway, with the threshold height being above the target at 62 feet above ground level. The threshold speed was slightly above the target at 133 knots.
The touchdown point was 142 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with the touchdown speed being 120 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was hard at -492 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the local weather conditions remained the same, with a temperature of 8°C and a wind of 14 knots at 239 degrees.
The total landing distance was 1,264 meters, which was 38% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking approximately 27 minutes and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 45 nautical miles, taking 22 minutes, and the aircraft used 736 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A319 successfully landed on runway 27L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport, achieving a score of 90.1%. The aircraft approached the runway from the east, heading 270.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,281 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 142 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is slightly beyond the ideal spot. However, the touchdown speed of 120 knots was within the acceptable range, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown rate of -492 feet per minute (fpm) was considered hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have touched down with a slightly higher than ideal rate of descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 8°C and a wind speed of 14 knots from 239°. This resulted in a crosswind of 7 knots and a headwind of 12 knots, which the pilots successfully managed during the landing. The runway length of 3,345 meters was sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance of 1,264 meters, which accounted for 38% of the runway.
The runway touchdown alignment was reported as very good, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown. Similarly, the runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the aircraft maintained its alignment with the runway centerline during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score despite some minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters.
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