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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.
What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 0 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final to bleed speed back to 127 kt before crossing the threshold.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 137 kt, 10 kt above the 127 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed, targeting 127 kt at the threshold.
See Arrival Landing
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,173 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,531 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A319 taxied from the parking area to runway 24 at KBDL Bradley International Airport, a movement that lasted 13 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 24, the aircraft accelerated through a takeoff distance of 3,784 ft, representing 40 % of the runway, and lifted off at 143 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 64 °F, wind 1 kt from 4 °, with a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind.
Climb commenced overhead KBDL, with the airplane climbing from 1,160 ft asl to 34,537 ft asl, an increase of 33,377 ft achieved in 16 minutes while covering 91 nm.
The first level cruise began over Blauvelt, New York, and persisted for 18 minutes, during which the aircraft traveled 125 nm.
Descent started 1 mile southeast of MD94 Farmington Airport, Maryland, descending from 35,004 ft asl to 3,179 ft asl, a loss of 31,825 ft in 32 minutes and covering 127 nm.
A brief level cruise followed over Bennsville, Maryland, lasting 2 minutes and spanning 4 nm.
The next descent segment began over Fort Washington, Maryland, dropping from 2,824 ft asl to 1,294 ft asl, a decrease of 1,531 ft in 2 minutes while covering 5 nm.
The final approach to runway 01 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was flown from the south, on a heading of 355.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,270 ft agl.
Landing on runway 01, which is 7,173 ft long, the aircraft touched down after a distance of 1,543 ft. The threshold speed was 137 kt, while touchdown speed was 131 kt. The vertical speed at touchdown was minus 111 fpm, and runway alignment was perfect. Local weather reported a temperature of 80 °F, wind 2 kt from 43 °, with a 2 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.
Total landing distance measured 3,547 ft, representing 49 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment remained perfect.
After rollout, the Airbus A319 taxied to the parking area, a movement that took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 360 nm, required 84 minutes, and consumed 4,876 lbs of fuel.
The Airbus A319 received a final score of 99.8 % on a final approach to runway 01 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport from the south, flying a heading of 355.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,270 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 the threshold the runway length was 7,173 ft and the threshold height was good. The threshold speed was well above target at 137 kt.
Touchdown occurred 1,543 ft down the runway, a good distance, with a touchdown speed of 131 kt that was a little fast. The touchdown rate was smooth at minus 111 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance was 3,547 ft, representing 49 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather was 80 °F with wind 2 kt at 43 °, crosswind 2 kt and headwind 2 kt.
Reduce the threshold and touchdown speeds toward the target values to tighten the margin while preserving the excellent alignment and smooth rate already demonstrated. Maintaining the current approach stability will allow the speed adjustments to be integrated without affecting the high overall score.
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