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Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 307 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 94°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
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 flight began with a departure roll from runway 26L at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport. The aircraft, MH60 Tango, took off with a takeoff distance of 125 meters, which accounted for 4% of the runway. The liftoff speed was a relatively low 6 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were hot, with a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius, and a moderate wind blowing at 5 knots from a direction of 187 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead KLAS Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 2,116 feet above sea level to 2,170 feet above sea level, an increase of 54 feet in just 1 minute, while covering a distance of 2 nautical miles.
The flight then proceeded to KLSV Nellis Air Force Base, where it performed a go-around on runway 03R at an altitude of 307 feet above ground level. Following the go-around, the aircraft began its final approach to runway 03R, which was located to the southwest, at a heading of 41.0 degrees and an altitude of 1,464 feet above ground level. The aircraft was 4 nautical miles from the runway threshold at this point.
The landing on runway 03R was notable for several reasons. The threshold height was significantly above the target, and the threshold speed was 62 knots. The touchdown distance was good, at 116 meters, and the touchdown speed was 32 knots. However, the touchdown rate was very heavy, at -1,251 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was excessively misaligned from the centerline by 55.5 meters.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at departure, with a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius and a wind blowing at 5 knots from a direction of 187 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a tailwind of 4 knots. The total flight distance was 11 nautical miles, and the flight used 50 kilograms of fuel.
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