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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 5.7 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to stop the drift as soon as it starts in the flare.
What happened: On the landing you drifted 18 m off the centreline, and that kind of lateral drift usually carries through to a touchdown point 18 m off centreline and into a rollout that is still skewed off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Heading indicator: track straight down the extended runway centreline through touchdown and rollout.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 2,428 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 408 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from LIPY Marche Airport, the Airbus A320 began its journey with a smooth taxiing process from the parking area to the runway, taking approximately 3 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile. As the aircraft lined up on runway 04, it was met with favorable local weather conditions, with a temperature of 20 °C and a headwind of 17 kt. The takeoff roll commenced, and the aircraft lifted off the ground at a liftoff speed of 161 kt, utilizing 55% of the available runway length of 1,429 m.
As the aircraft climbed to its enroute level, it began its ascent from 994 ft above sea level to 36,992 ft, a vertical increase of 35,999 ft in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 115 nautical miles. The climb phase was followed by a 23-minute cruise at a level altitude, starting 1 mile northeast of Pescocostanzo, Italy, and covering 179 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent from 36,965 ft to 5,301 ft, a decrease of 31,665 ft in 23 minutes, covering 130 nautical miles. The descent phase was punctuated by brief level cruises, including a 2-minute cruise at 36,965 ft over LICE Campo di Volo Cugno Castel di Judica, Italy, and a 5-minute descent from 4,985 ft to 1,363 ft over Ramacca, Sicilia, Italy.
As the aircraft approached its destination, LICC Catania-Fontanarossa Airport, it began its final approach to runway 08 from the west, heading 84.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,323 ft above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed slightly above target at 137 kt, and a touchdown distance of 407 m, which was within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown speed of 127 kt was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was hard at -423 fpm. The aircraft touched down 18.2 m off the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 17.2 m from the centerline. The total landing distance was 940 m, accounting for 42% of the available runway length. After a 4-minute taxiing process, the aircraft arrived at the parking area, having completed a total flight distance of 447 nautical miles, utilizing 2,811 kg of fuel and taking a total of 80 minutes.
The final approach to runway 08 at LICC Catania-Fontanarossa Airport was initiated from the west, heading 84.0° at 4 nm and 1,323 ft above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height achieved. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 137 kt, indicating a slight deviation from the optimal landing configuration.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's performance was notable, with a touchdown distance of 407 m, which was within acceptable limits. Nevertheless, the touchdown speed of 127 kt was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was hard at -423 fpm, suggesting a possible need for adjustment in the landing technique. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 18.2 m from the centreline, which could have contributed to the subsequent rollout issues. The total landing distance of 940 m, accounting for 42% of the runway length, was within the acceptable range.
During the rollout phase, the aircraft's alignment was again found to be misaligned by 17.2 m from the centreline, indicating a persistent issue with centreline tracking. Despite this, the landing was deemed satisfactory, with a final score of 88.9%. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 19 °C and a 10 kt headwind, were conducive to a safe landing.
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