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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 175 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 157 kt against a target of 175 kt, running 18 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 175 kt.
Arrival
Nothing to change in the speed, the height or the flare. Keep the landing attitude held until the mains are on, so the aircraft is not let down onto the runway in the last moment.
What happened: The touchdown rate was 453 fpm. Nothing before it explains that: threshold speed and height were within limits and the flare was flown normally.
Watch for: Touchdown rate: a little less than 453 fpm next time
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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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 1,702 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,702 m of the 3,530 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 395 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 07C at EDDF Frankfurt Airport in 12 minutes, covering 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 07C the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 160 kt and left the ground after a takeoff distance of 1,854 m, which represented 47 % of the runway; local weather was 29 °C with an 8 kt headwind from 71 ° and no crosswind.
The initial climb began overhead Frankfurt, climbing from 1,297 ft asl to 37,980 ft asl, an altitude gain of 36,683 ft in 31 minutes while covering 212 nm.
The first cruise segment started over Driebruggen, Netherlands and continued for 93 minutes, during which 729 nm were flown at level altitude.
A subsequent climb segment commenced at latitude 54.4985964 ° N, longitude -14.9607718 ° W, rising from 38,113 ft asl to 39,002 ft asl, a gain of 889 ft in 2 minutes and covering 16 nm.
The following cruise leg began at latitude 54.6210161 ° N, longitude -15.5416423 ° W and lasted 176 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 1,384 nm at cruise altitude.
A third climb started 68 mi east of St. Anthony, Newfoundland, climbing from 38,999 ft asl to 39,988 ft asl, an increase of 989 ft in 2 minutes while traversing 14 nm.
The next cruise segment originated 50 mi east of St. Anthony and continued for 174 minutes, covering 1,335 nm.
Descent began 4 mi south of Owosso, Michigan, descending from 39,999 ft asl to 14,550 ft asl, a loss of 25,448 ft in 17 minutes and spanning 126 nm.
A brief level segment followed 31 mi west of South Haven, Michigan, lasting 4 minutes and covering 20 nm.
The subsequent descent started 19 mi east of Zion, Illinois, dropping from 14,000 ft asl to 9,002 ft asl, a decrease of 4,998 ft in 5 minutes over 27 nm.
A short cruise then occurred 18 mi east of Uptown, Illinois, lasting 2 minutes and covering 7 nm.
The final descent segment began 13 mi east of Uptown, Illinois, descending from 8,551 ft asl to 1,965 ft asl, a loss of 6,586 ft in 6 minutes while covering 20 nm.
During the final approach to runway 27C at KORD Chicago O’Hare International Airport the aircraft descended from 1,341 ft agl to 94 ft agl in 104 seconds; the approach was scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 27C was executed with a threshold speed of 138 kt; touchdown occurred at 395 m down the runway with a speed of 136 kt, a firm touchdown rate of minus 327 fpm and perfect alignment; local weather was 26 °C with a 10 kt wind from 210 °, a crosswind component of 8 kt and a headwind component of 5 kt; total landing distance was 1,615 m, representing 46 % of the runway.
The rollout alignment was measured 8.4 m off the centreline after touchdown.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 8 minutes, covering 2 nm.
In total the flight covered 3,902 nm, required 534 minutes of elapsed time and consumed 50,371 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 conducted the final approach to runway 27C at KORD, Chicago O’Hare International Airport, with a stabilised assessment at the 1,000 ft gate; gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed were all within limits. The aircraft descended from 1,341 ft agl to 94 ft agl in 104 seconds and earned points on the stabilisation gates.
During the threshold and flare phase the threshold speed was good at 138 kt and the touchdown distance was good at 395 m. Touchdown speed was a little fast at 136 kt, the touchdown rate was firm at minus 327 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Contact with the runway occurred 395 m from the threshold at 136 kt, with a firm rate of minus 327 fpm and perfect alignment. The total landing distance measured 1,615 m, representing 46 % of the 3,530 m runway length.
Rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.4 m from the centreline, while the aircraft continued to decelerate within the remaining runway length.
Reduce the touchdown speed slightly to bring it closer to the target threshold speed, and focus on maintaining centreline alignment through the rollout to eliminate the 8.4 m deviation.
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