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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Departure
Use smooth aileron to roll the wings level in the first climb segment, holding bank angle near wings-level instead of letting it build to 1.9°.
What happened: The wings held 1.9° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 3.6° by the second - this early wing-level drift usually carries through into a larger bank excursion later in the climb.
Watch for: Watch the attitude indicator's bank pointer and keep it at wings level throughout the climb.
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,653 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 246 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a quick taxi from the parking area to the runway, taking less than a minute and covering a distance of less than a nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 06 at the Grand Bahama International Airport (MYGF) in the Bahamas. The takeoff distance was 1,070 meters, which is 32% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 153 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 18°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270°. The enroute climb started 2 miles northeast of the airport and took the aircraft from 874 feet above sea level to 19,993 feet, an increase of 19,120 feet in just 7 minutes. This climb covered a distance of 35 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 20 miles southwest of West End in the Bahamas and lasted for 9 minutes, covering a distance of 64 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 6 miles southeast of the Duda Airstrip in Florida, descending from 20,001 feet to 4,094 feet in 7 minutes and covering 45 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, this time overhead the Kearney Construction Heliport in Riverview, Florida, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 3 miles southwest of the Duda Airstrip in La Belle, Florida, and the aircraft descended from 4,006 feet to 1,778 feet in 2 minutes and covering 5 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, this time 3 miles east of Lehigh Acres, Florida, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 3 miles south of Lehigh Acres, and the aircraft descended from 1,590 feet to 1,008 feet in 2 minutes and covering 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 24 at the Southwest Florida International Airport (KRSW) was made from the northeast, heading 237.0° at 3 nautical miles and 968 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 24, which is 3,653 meters long. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 152 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 248 meters, but the touchdown speed was fast at 150 knots. The touchdown rate was very heavy at -716 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 14.1 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 15°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270°.
The total landing distance was 876 meters, which is 24% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 13.6 meters from the centerline. The taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 173 nautical miles, and the flight took 39 minutes. The aircraft used 713 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 24 at KRSW Southwest Florida International Airport, but the landing was not without some notable issues. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north east, heading 237.0° at 3 nautical miles and 968 feet above ground level. The final approach score was 87.8%, indicating a good but not perfect landing.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down at a speed of 150 knots, which was faster than the target speed. This resulted in a very heavy touchdown rate of -716 feet per minute, which is higher than the typical rate. The touchdown distance of 248 meters was good, but the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 14.1 meters from the centerline. This misalignment could have been due to a variety of factors, including pilot error or a discrepancy in the aircraft's navigation system.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind and headwind, making the landing conditions relatively straightforward. However, the pilots still managed to misalign the aircraft during the rollout, with the runway rollout alignment being slightly off by 13.6 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance of 876 meters was 24% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the high touchdown rate and misaligned touchdown position may have contributed to the short landing distance. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some notable issues that could be addressed in future training or operations.
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