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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 16°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through 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 789 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 1,060 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 2,135 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 473 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.41 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, taking 8 minutes and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. Departure roll occurred on runway 01, with the aircraft taking off after covering 67% of the runway's length. The takeoff distance was 1,476 meters, and the liftoff speed was 149 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 27°C temperature and winds of 8 knots at 59 degrees. The crosswind was 7 knots, and the headwind was 3 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile south of Washington, D.C., and the aircraft ascended from 891 feet above sea level to 27,484 feet above sea level, an increase of 26,593 feet in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 47 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, starting 1 mile east of Centreville, Maryland. This phase lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 21 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 2 miles south of Cheswold, Delaware, and descended from 27,479 feet above sea level to 10,005 feet above sea level, a decrease of 17,474 feet in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 73 nautical miles.
The aircraft entered another level cruise phase, starting 2 miles south of Allentown, New Jersey, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles. The descent phase resumed overhead Yorketown, New Jersey, and the aircraft descended from 9,988 feet above sea level to 1,336 feet above sea level, a decrease of 8,652 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 30 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04 at LaGuardia Airport was made from the southwest, heading 32.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,318 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, which was 2,135 meters long, and the threshold height was above the target at 68 feet above ground level. The threshold speed was well above the target at 147 knots.
The touchdown point was 64 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 136 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was very heavy at -1,058 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.5 meters from the centerline. Local weather conditions at the time of landing were 24°C temperature and winds of 10 knots at 50 degrees, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 10 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,406 meters, which was 66% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, taking 5 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 194 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 46 minutes, with the aircraft using 1,766 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed on runway 04 at KLGA LaGuardia Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the southwest, heading 32.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,318 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 64 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a slight deviation from the ideal landing spot. The touchdown speed of 136 knots was a little faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have applied the brakes slightly too late or not enough. The touchdown rate of -1,058 feet per minute (fpm) was also very heavy, suggesting that the aircraft may have been subjected to a significant amount of deceleration force upon touchdown.
The threshold height at 68 feet agl was above the target, and the threshold speed of 147 knots was well above the target speed, indicating that the aircraft may have been descending too quickly or had too much speed upon reaching the threshold. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 5.5 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's heading or a miscalculation of the runway alignment.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 24°C and a wind speed of 10 knots at 50°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 10 knots, which may have contributed to the aircraft's slightly faster touchdown speed.
Despite some deviations from the ideal landing parameters, the aircraft's runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft and align it with the runway centerline during the rollout phase. The total landing distance of 1,406 meters was 66% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range for a commercial airliner. Overall, while the landing was not perfect, it was still a safe and successful operation.
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