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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5.1 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
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 146 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 335 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 13 stages, 11 scored
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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 34 kt FAST on the reference speed of 139 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,779 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,779 m of the 2,604 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 594 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 26 at EGJJ Jersey Airport in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 26, the aircraft used 1,059 m of runway, representing 66 % of the available length, and lifted off at 156 kt. Ambient conditions were 23 °C with a wind of 19 kt from 270°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 19 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile west of EGJJ, with the aircraft ascending from 1,048 ft asl to 19,356 ft asl, a gain of 18,309 ft achieved in 8 minutes while covering 46 nm.
Cruise began about 1 mile north-east of Negreville, France, and persisted for 61 minutes, during which the flight covered 148 nm at level altitude.
Descent was initiated roughly 1 mile south of Flamstead, England, with a reduction from 19,122 ft asl to 1,643 ft asl, a loss of 17,479 ft over 15 minutes and a distance of 63 nm.
The final approach to runway 33 at EGBB Birmingham International Airport was flown from the south-east, on a heading of 326.0° at 4 nm and 1,310 ft agl.
Landing on runway 33 employed the full runway length of 2,604 m; the threshold height at 60 ft agl was slightly above target and the threshold speed was 137 kt. Touchdown occurred 160 m beyond the touchdown zone at 131 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 237 fpm and very good alignment. Local weather reported 19 °C, wind 20 kt from 260°, a cross-wind of 18 kt and a head-wind of 8 kt.
Rollout distance measured 1,679 m, equivalent to 65 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s centre-line alignment was offset by 13.2 m.
In total, the flight covered 262 nm, taking 50 and consuming 1,994 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 approached runway 33 at EGBB Birmingham International Airport from the south-east on a heading of 326.0° while 4 nm out and at 1,310 ft agl, with a temperature of 19 °C, wind 20 kt from 260°, a cross-wind component of 18 kt and a head-wind component of 8 kt.
At the threshold the aircraft was slightly above the target height of 60 ft agl, while the threshold speed was recorded as good at 137 kt.
Touchdown occurred 160 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 131 kt, noted as a little fast, and a fair vertical rate of minus 237 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was very good and the total landing distance measured 1,679 m, representing 65 % of the runway length.
During rollout the aircraft was slightly misaligned by 13.2 m from the centreline.
Refine the flare to achieve the aim point approximately 300 m (1,000 ft) down the runway and modestly reduce touchdown speed to bring the landing point closer to the intended zone; these adjustments will tighten alignment and further improve the already strong 91.1 % score.
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