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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 175 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 153 kt against a target of 175 kt, running 22 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 175 kt.
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 0.6 ft, 11 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
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.
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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 1,540 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,540 m of the 2,700 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 460 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight departed from San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) on runway 28L, taking off with a distance of 1,661 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 162 knots, with a local temperature of 24°C and a wind of 19 knots at 280 degrees. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 18 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to cruising altitude, it passed overhead San Bruno, California, and continued to ascend to 37,003 feet above sea level. The enroute climb phase covered 255 nautical miles and took 19 minutes. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted 43 minutes and covered 1,535 nautical miles. This was followed by a second climb phase, which took the aircraft from 36,993 feet to 39,002 feet in just 2 minutes, covering 60 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which lasted 89 minutes and covered 2,917 nautical miles. The descent phase began 1 mile north of Rottingdean, England, and took the aircraft from 39,000 feet to 3,992 feet in 16 minutes, covering 179 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 26L at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (LFPG) was from the east, with a heading of 265.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,239 feet above ground level.
The aircraft landed on runway 26L, with a total landing distance of 1,465 meters, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The touchdown point was 49 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 132 knots, which was slightly fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -323 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.2 meters from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 12.8 meters from the centreline. The total flight distance was 4,977 nautical miles, taking 188 minutes, and the aircraft used 669 kilograms of fuel.
The aircraft touched down on runway 26L at LFPG Charles de Gaulle International Airport, a 2,696-meter-long runway, after a final approach from the east. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 134 knots, which was within the acceptable range. The touchdown point was located 49 meters beyond the touchdown zone, indicating a slight over-run. The touchdown speed of 132 knots was a little fast, resulting in a firm touchdown rate of -323 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was not perfectly aligned with the centreline, being 13.2 meters off-centre. This slight deviation was also observed during the rollout phase, where the aircraft was 12.8 meters off-centreline. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a wind of 9 knots at 330 degrees, contributed to a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 4 knots. The total landing distance of 1,465 meters was 54% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance.
Overall, the landing performance was satisfactory, with a score of 93.5%. While there were some minor deviations from the ideal touchdown and rollout positions, the aircraft's handling and control were maintained throughout the landing sequence. The crew's skills and the aircraft's capabilities were demonstrated in this landing, despite the slight over-run and off-centreline touchdown and rollout.
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