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Speed on the fast side
Next time
Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 142 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 167 kt, 25 kt past the 142 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the 142 kt rotation target.
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final to bring threshold speed back to 127 kt.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 141 kt against a target of 127 kt, and touchdown ended up well past the normal point. Carrying excess threshold speed usually carries the touchdown long as the aircraft floats before settling.
Speed at this height is usually bought with gradient. It's rarely dangerous and it's often just an early acceleration, but with flaps still out you may be heading towards the flap limit and a flat fast climb puts you at the acceleration altitude with the cleaning-up still to do.
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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 1,828 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,828 m of the 2,620 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 809 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A300 taxied to runway 27 at East Midlands Airport (EGNX) and positioned for departure.
During the take-off roll the aircraft used 1,952 m, representing 71 % of the available runway, and lifted off at 168 kt. Ambient conditions were 18 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 180°, a cross-wind component of 4 kt and no head-wind.
Climb commenced over Melbourne, Derbyshire, with the aeroplane accelerating from 1,237 ft asl to 23,792 ft asl, an altitude gain of 22,555 ft achieved in 9 minutes while covering 54 nm.
The first cruise segment began above Acton Bridge, Cheshire West and Chester, and lasted 3 minutes during which 21 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent started 1 mile north of Hoylake, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, descending from 23,797 ft asl to 7,753 ft asl, a loss of 16,043 ft over 18 minutes and a distance of 93 nm.
A subsequent cruise phase originated 17 miles north-east of Loughshinny, Leinster, lasting 6 minutes and covering 27 nm at constant altitude.
The next descent began 18 miles east of Howth, Leinster, with the aircraft dropping from 7,764 ft asl to 1,485 ft asl, a reduction of 6,278 ft in 8 minutes while traveling 26 nm.
For the final approach the Airbus A300 aligned with runway 28L at Dublin Airport (EIDW) from the east, tracking a heading of 275.0° at 4 nm and 1,260 ft agl.
Landing on runway 28L, which is 2,620 m long, the aircraft touched down 397 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 136 kt, slightly above the threshold speed of 141 kt. The touchdown rate was minus 172 fpm and the wheel track was offset 3.8 m from the centreline. Local weather reported 15 °C, wind 6 kt from 229°, a cross-wind of 4 kt and a head-wind of 4 kt. Total landing distance measured 1,751 m, equivalent to 67 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 8 minutes, covering 2 nm.
In total the flight covered 229 nm, required 56 minutes of airborne time and consumed 5,236 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A220-300 made its final approach to runway 14 at FMEE Roland Garros Airport from the west on a heading of 116.0° at 4 nm and 1,304 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the local weather was 20 °C with wind 10 kt from 140°, a 4 kt cross-wind component and a 9 kt head-wind.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was a little below target at 119 kt. The aircraft continued the flare and prepared for touchdown within the established parameters.
Touchdown occurred 324 m down the runway at a speed of 111 kt, with a touchdown rate of -51 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance was 772 m, representing 30 % of the 2,549 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
With a final score of 99.5 % the landing was excellent; a minor refinement is to increase the approach speed slightly to meet the target threshold speed while preserving the current flare and alignment technique.
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