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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 20 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Apply less back pressure in the flare, easing it in more slowly instead of arresting the sink sharply at 57 ft.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 57 ft, ballooning the aircraft before 1,579 fpm of sink rate returned as it settled back toward the runway.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: hold a steady, continuous descent through the normal flare band.
See Arrival Landing
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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3° glideslope, off the centreline and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 5,000 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,363 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 took off from runway 28L at KPDX Portland International Airport, with a 10-minute taxiing duration that covered 1 nautical mile. As the aircraft departed, it began to climb, reaching a liftoff speed of 151 kt. The local temperature was 67 °F.
Following lift-off, the aircraft initiated its enroute climb, starting 1 mile west of KPDX Portland International Airport. In just 3 minutes, it climbed to 7,770 ft asl, a gain of 6,966 ft. This climb phase covered 10 nautical miles.
Once at cruising altitude, the aircaft levelled off for a short period. This was followed by the next climb segment, beginning 3 miles northeast of North Plains, Oregon. It climbed to 26,000 ft asl, a gain of 18,006 ft, over 10 minutes, covering 47 nautical miles.
The aircraft levelled off once more, this time for 3 minutes, cruising 21 nautical miles south east of Estacada, Oregon. Another climb phase came next, from 26,741 ft asl to 31,983 ft asl, over 22 nautical miles, using only 3 minutes.
The aircaft continued level cruising from time to time, including a 14-minute leg, 4 miles northeast of Black Butte Ranch, Oregon, covering an expansive 88 nautical miles. It then initiated another climb from 7 miles east of 1JY2 Mahogany Mtn. Airport Silver Lake, Oregon. Climbing to 36,005 ft asl, a gain of 4,001 ft, over 5 minutes, the aircraft covered 27 nautical miles.
Level cruising continued, and the aircraft covered 104 nautical miles in 16 minutes, from 9 miles southwest of 22S Paisley Paisley, Oregon. A steep descent came next, with the aircraft dropping 27,393 ft in 22 minutes, as it covered 85 nautical miles, descending from 36,000 ft asl to 8,607 ft asl, just south west of NV16 Lackerman Ranch Airport Gerlach, Nevada.
The aircraft then began another climb, reaching an altitude of 10,501 ft asl, an increase of 1,878 ft in just 2 minutes, as it covered 4 nautical miles. Level cruising followed once more, in a 2-minute leg from 3 miles southwest of Golden Valley, Nevada, covering 5 nautical miles.
Another descent phase occurred next, with the aircraft losing a total of 2,870 ft in just 2 minutes as it descended from 10,362 ft asl to 7,492 ft asl, covering 4 nautical miles. Following this was level cruising from 1 mile southeast of NV17 Youngberg Ranch Airport Lemmon Valley, Nevada, which lasted 4 minutes and covered 8 nautical miles.
The final phase of the flight was a steep descent from 1 to 7,492 ft asl, covering 1 nautical mile. The descent slowed down significantly as it descended from 50 ft above ground level to 0 ft at touchdown speed of 150 kt. Touchdown rate was perfect at 65 ft per minute, and the aircraft landed quite far down the runway, using more than half of it.
Taxiing to the parking followed the landing, taking an additional 3 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 435 nautical miles, lasting a total of 97 minutes and consuming approximately 6,312 pounds of fuel.
A safe and successful landing of the Airbus A320 was recorded at Reno Tahoe International Airport. The aircraft achieved a final approach score of 52.4%, indicating room for improvement but ultimately resulting in a secure touchdown.
Throughout the landing, the pilot demonstrated precise control, navigating the aircraft from 1 nautical mile out to a touch down point that spanned more than half of the available runway. This suggests a high degree of concentration and control, especially considering the decrease in altitude from 50 feet to 0 feet in just 15 seconds.
At 1,716 feet above ground level (agl) during the final approach, the aircraft made a smooth descent to the designated runway. Upon touchdown, the aircraft touched down at a speed of 150 knots, which was within the acceptable range for landing operations. The vertical speed at touchdown was also perfectly in line with industry standards, at a rate of 65 feet per minute (fpm).
One potential area for improvement was the long touchdown point, with the aircraft utilizing over 50% or more of the available runway after landing. This highlights the importance of considering factors such as runway length, aircraft speed, and approach conditions when executing a landing.
In terms of environmental factors, the landing was conducted in benign weather conditions, with a temperature of 74 °F recorded locally. This suggests that the landing was not impacted by inclement weather or extreme temperatures, which would have likely increased the complexity of the operation.
The successful landing rollout of the aircraft occurred, with the aircraft reaching an altitude of 4,314 feet above sea level (asl) while covering a distance of 2,723 feet on the runway. This indicates that the pilot effectively managed the deceleration of the aircraft after touchdown, bringing the aircraft to a stop within a reasonable distance.
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