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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 9.5 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 2.9° of bank in the first climb segment and 4.2° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Arrival
Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 4.1 ft, and this flight then touched down at 242 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
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 2,006 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,006 m of the 2,459 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 672 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 11 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 36 at SEQM Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador. The takeoff distance was 2,752 meters, which accounted for 67% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 152 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, a wind speed of 7 knots at 139 degrees, with a crosswind of 4 knots and a tailwind of 5 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 1 mile north of SEQM Mariscal Sucre International Airport. The climb took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 32 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 8,823 feet above sea level to 23,865 feet above sea level, an increase of 15,043 feet. The enroute level cruise then started 13 miles northwest of SEQU Mariscal Sucre Air Base, and it lasted for 10 minutes, covering a distance of 64 nautical miles.
The enroute descent began 3 miles west of La Mana, Ecuador, and it took 16 minutes to descend from an altitude of 24,001 feet above sea level to 1,310 feet above sea level, a decrease of 22,692 feet. The descent covered a distance of 78 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 21 at SEGU José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport was made from the northeast, with a heading of 210.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,287 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 21 was successful, with the touchdown point being 249 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 117 knots, which was slightly above the target speed, and the touchdown rate was fair at -269 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius, a wind speed of 3 knots at 149 degrees, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,918 meters, which accounted for 78% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 185 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 46 minutes. The aircraft used 1,745 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at SEGU José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, with a score of 90.6%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 210.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,287 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 21, which has a length of 2,459 meters.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down slightly beyond the touchdown zone, 249 meters past the designated area. The touchdown speed was recorded at 117 knots, which was a little faster than the target speed. However, the touchdown rate of -269 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 30°C and a wind speed of 3 knots at 149°. The crosswind component was 3 knots, while the headwind component was 2 knots. These conditions did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing.
The total landing distance was 1,918 meters, which accounted for 78% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance after touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, suggesting that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with a score of 90.6%. However, there were some minor deviations from the target parameters, including a slightly fast touchdown speed and a touchdown point beyond the designated area.
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