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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 0.7° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 18° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Carry more power on approach to hold 142 kt at the threshold instead of letting speed decay into the flare.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 32 ft while already below the speed target, and the aircraft settled as the remaining energy ran out, usually carrying a firm touchdown with it at 965 fpm.
Watch for: Watch airspeed on short final against 142 kt, keeping it there through the flare.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,443 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,443 m of the 3,202 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,212 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 15 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 36C at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (KCLT). The takeoff distance was 2,147 meters, which accounted for 70% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 181 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and winds of 10 knots at 119 degrees. The crosswind component was 9 knots, while the tailwind component was 6 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile north of KCLT, and rose from an altitude of 1,818 feet above sea level to 34,010 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,192 feet, in 23 minutes and covering a distance of 125 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile north of Bryson City, North Carolina. This phase lasted for 228 minutes and covered a distance of 1,434 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase began 23 miles northeast of Grand Canyon Caverns Airport (L37), and the aircraft descended from 34,043 feet above sea level to 3,530 feet above sea level, a decrease of 30,512 feet, in 24 minutes and covering a distance of 112 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 26L at Harry Reid International Airport (KLAS) was made from the east, heading 270.0 degrees, at an altitude of 1,400 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 26L, which had a length of 3,202 meters. The threshold height was excessively over target, but the threshold speed was good at 141 knots.
The touchdown point was 791 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 122 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was very heavy at -703 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 27.0 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius and winds of 15 knots at 150 degrees. The crosswind component was 13 knots, while the tailwind component was 8 knots.
The total landing distance was 2,357 meters, which accounted for 74% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 31.8 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 15 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 1,683 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 296 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 12,904 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed on runway 26L at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport, but the landing was not without its issues. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 270.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,400 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 791 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot.
The threshold height at 111 feet agl was excessively over target, suggesting that the aircraft may have been higher than desired at the point of touchdown. However, the threshold speed of 141 knots was within the acceptable range, indicating that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft's speed during the approach. The touchdown speed of 122 knots was also good, suggesting that the pilot had successfully managed the aircraft's descent and speed.
Despite the successful touchdown speed, the touchdown rate was very heavy at -703 feet per minute (fpm), which may have contributed to the aircraft's deviation from the centerline. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 27.0 meters from the centerline, indicating that the aircraft had not landed directly on the center of the runway.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 19°C and winds of 15 knots at 150°. The crosswind component was 13 knots, while the tailwind component was 8 knots. These conditions may have contributed to the aircraft's deviation from the centerline, but the exact cause of the misalignment is unclear.
The total landing distance of 2,357 meters was 74% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 31.8 meters from the centerline, indicating that the aircraft had not maintained a straight course during the rollout phase of the landing.
Overall, while the Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed on runway 26L at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport, the landing was not without its issues. The pilot may have benefited from additional training or practice to improve their skills in managing the aircraft's descent, speed, and alignment during the approach and rollout phases of the landing.
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