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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 26 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 26 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 26 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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: speed below the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed below 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 3,281 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 510 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún, the Airbus A321 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. As the aircraft lined up on runway 12R, it was cleared for departure roll, and with a takeoff distance of 1,549 meters, which equated to 44% of the runway, the aircraft lifted off at a speed of 160 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 29°C, with a wind speed of 9 knots at 89°, resulting in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 7 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from Cancún, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport. The aircraft ascended from an initial altitude of 1,002 feet above sea level to a cruising altitude of 35,988 feet, an increase of 34,987 feet in just 11 minutes, covering a distance of 153 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise phase followed, during which the aircraft maintained a steady altitude and speed for 37 minutes, covering a distance of 1,064 nautical miles. As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile east of Manito, Illinois. The aircraft descended from 35,013 feet to 2,062 feet in 15 minutes, covering a distance of 141 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached runway 10C at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, it began its final approach from the west, heading 90° at an altitude of 1,389 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft landed on the runway, which had a length of 3,281 meters, and touched down 90 meters beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 133 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -204 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.4 meters from the centerline. The aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 1,369 nautical miles, and the aircraft used 7,696 kilograms of fuel during the flight, which lasted a total of 76 minutes.
The aircraft touched down on runway 10C at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport with a good threshold height, indicating a well-executed approach. The threshold speed of 138 kt was also within acceptable limits, demonstrating the pilot's ability to manage the aircraft's descent and airspeed. As the aircraft made contact with the runway, the touchdown speed of 133 kt was recorded, which was within the desired range.
The touchdown point was located 90 m beyond the touchdown zone, indicating a slight over-run. However, the touchdown rate of -204 fpm was fair, suggesting that the pilot had some control over the aircraft's descent. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.4 m from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach or a minor issue with the aircraft's directional control. Local weather conditions, with a temperature of 2 °C and a headwind of 11 kt, may have also played a role in the landing.
The aircraft's rollout was characterized by very good alignment, indicating that the pilot had successfully transitioned from the landing phase to the rollout phase. The total landing distance of 1,362 m, which accounted for 42% of the runway, was within acceptable limits. Overall, the landing was considered to be of high quality, with a score of 97.2% reflecting the pilot's skill and attention to detail.
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