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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 11°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Hold a little more back pressure through the last of the flare to arrest the sink before 274 fpm develops.
What happened: Touchdown sink rate was 274 fpm, a firm arrival with no other fault on this landing to account for it.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: minimal sink at touchdown
Below 10,000 ft you are typically limited to 250 kt indicated (a US rule that much of the world mirrors in some form, though not universally). This forces a deceleration around 10,000 ft whether the profile wants one or not, so plan for it rather than discovering it.
Start to finish · 13 stages, 12 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,602 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 473 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 departed EGNT Newcastle Airport on runway 25, employing a take-off run of 1,725 m which represented 78 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 154 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 26 kt from 162°, producing a 26 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced one mile south-east of Darras Hall, Northumberland, from an initial altitude of 1,266 ft asl to a cruise altitude of 27,000 ft asl, an increase of 25,734 ft. The ascent was completed in 13 minutes while covering 84 nm.
The first cruise segment began one mile south-east of Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, and lasted 5 minutes, during which 31 nm were traversed.
Descent started one mile west of Goostrey, Cheshire East, descending from 27,000 ft asl to 3,949 ft asl, a loss of 23,051 ft. This phase took 21 minutes and covered 107 nm.
A second cruise interval was flown overhead Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, lasting 3 minutes and spanning 15 nm.
The next descent began one mile north of Reading, descending from 3,949 ft asl to 1,361 ft asl, a reduction of 2,588 ft. The aircraft completed this segment in 4 minutes, covering 14 nm.
Final approach to runway 09L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport was conducted from the west, on a heading of 90.0° at 4 nm and 1,275 ft agl.
Landing on runway 09L, which is 3,594 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 59 ft agl and a threshold speed slightly above target at 137 kt. Touchdown was recorded 121 m beyond the touchdown zone, at a speed of 131 kt and a vertical rate of minus 274 fpm; runway alignment was perfect. Local weather remained 15 °C with a wind of 26 kt from 162°, yielding a 25 kt cross-wind component and an 8 kt head-wind.
Rollout distance measured 1,163 m, representing 32 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was perfect.
In total, the flight covered 256 nm, taking 49 and used 0 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 09L at EGLL was conducted from the west on a heading of 90.0° at 4 nm and 1,275 ft agl, with a temperature of 15 °C, wind 26 kt from 162°, a cross-wind component of 25 kt and a head-wind component of 8 kt. The threshold height of 59 ft agl was slightly above target and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 137 kt.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft passed the threshold at the slightly high height and speed noted, maintaining the required glide path before initiating the flare.
Touchdown occurred 121 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 131 kt, which was a little fast, and a fair vertical rate of minus 274 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,163 m, representing 32 % of the 3,594 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
To tighten the landing envelope, reduce the touchdown speed toward the target value and aim to arrest the aircraft within the touchdown zone rather than beyond it; these adjustments will further improve the already high score of 98.6 %.
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