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Adjust power to bring the approach speed onto 143 kt and hold it through the gates.
What happened: The approach speed deviated from the target through the stabilisation gates. This kind of deviation usually carries through to an unstable threshold crossing.
Watch for: Watch the airspeed indicator against 143 kt.
Departure
Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 155 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 170 kt, 15 kt past the 155 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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 9 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 143 kt.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 9 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 143 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,740 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 2,740 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,915 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A321 taxied from the parking area to the departure runway for 17 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nm before lining up on runway 17L at KDEN Denver International Airport.
During the departure roll the aircraft used 1,657 m of runway, representing 45 % of the available length, and lifted off at 170 kt. Ambient temperature was 21 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 210°, a cross-wind component of 3 kt and a head-wind component of 5 kt.
Climb commenced 2 mi southeast of KDEN, with the airplane ascending from 6,431 ft asl to 35,036 ft asl - an increase of 28,605 ft - in 20 minutes while covering 138 nm.
The first cruise segment began 13 mi southeast of La Junta, Colorado, and lasted 65 minutes, during which 498 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent started 4 mi east of Mart, Texas, with the aircraft descending from 34,960 ft asl to 5,985 ft asl - a loss of 28,975 ft - in 22 minutes over a distance of 122 nm.
A brief cruise followed 4 mi southeast of Porter Heights, Texas, lasting 5 minutes and covering 16 nm.
The next descent began overhead 3TE9 Pinoak Airport, Dayton, Texas, dropping from 5,994 ft asl to 5,116 ft asl - a decrease of 878 ft - in 2 minutes while traveling 5 nm.
A short cruise segment then started 1 mi north of Dayton, lasting 2 minutes and encompassing 5 nm.
Subsequent descent commenced overhead 3TS7 Pavlat Airport, Dayton, with altitude falling from 4,514 ft asl to 2,996 ft asl - a loss of 1,519 ft - in 2 minutes across 3 nm.
The following cruise began 1 mi northeast of 1TE2 Flying F Ranch Airport, Crosby, Texas, lasting 3 minutes and covering 7 nm.
The final descent started 1 mi east of Atascocita, Texas, descending from 2,993 ft asl to 1,387 ft asl - a reduction of 1,607 ft - in 3 minutes over 6 nm.
The aircraft entered final approach to runway 26R at KIAH George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport from the east, flying a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,285 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26R, which is 2,740 m long, the threshold height of 64 ft agl was above target and the threshold speed was 133 kt. Touchdown occurred beyond 75 % of the runway length with a speed of 132 kt; the vertical speed at touchdown was minus 291 fpm and the touchdown point was laterally offset by 50.4 m from the centreline. Ambient temperature was 27 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 220°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt. Total landing distance measured 3,479 m, equivalent to 127 % of the runway, and
The Airbus A321 on a final approach to runway 26R at KIAH George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport maintained a heading of 270.0° from 4 nm out and 1,285 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.
At threshold the aircraft was 64 ft AGL, a height above the target, and the threshold speed was recorded as good at 133 kt.
Touchdown occurred excessively long, using more than 75 % of the available runway, with a touchdown speed of 132 kt judged good and a touchdown rate fair at minus 291 fpm. The runway touchdown position was excessively misaligned by 50.4 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 3,479 m, 127 % of the runway length.
During rollout the aircraft remained excessively misaligned, deviating 83.8 m from the centreline.
Future landings should target the standard aim point about 300 m (1,000 ft) down the runway to reduce the touchdown point distance, and focus on maintaining centreline alignment through flare and rollout to keep deviations within acceptable limits.
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