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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Add climb power and ease the pitch slightly to accelerate back to the target climb speed.
What happened: Climb speed during the third climb segment ran slow of the target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: the target climb speed throughout the climb segments.
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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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: five 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 4,017 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 172 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.73 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 18 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320 Neo, then departed from runway 36L at EHAM Schiphol, a major airport in the Netherlands. The takeoff distance was 9,393 meters, which is 266% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 172 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 10°C, with a wind speed of 10 knots at 30°.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it started its enroute climb 1 mile north east of Vijfhuizen, a town in the Netherlands. The climb was from 1,003 feet above sea level to 33,296 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,293 feet in just 11 minutes, covering a distance of 64 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off and entered a cruise phase, which lasted 38 minutes and covered a distance of 308 nautical miles.
The enroute cruise phase started 1 mile south west of Eersel, a town in the Netherlands, and continued until the aircraft reached the Swiss border. The aircraft then began its descent, which started overhead Dardagny, a town in the Geneva canton of Switzerland. The descent was from 33,325 feet above sea level to 13,889 feet above sea level, a decrease of 19,436 feet in just 8 minutes, covering a distance of 52 nautical miles.
The aircraft then leveled off and entered another cruise phase, which lasted just 1 minute and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. This was followed by another descent, which started 1 mile south east of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, a town in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. The descent was from 13,767 feet above sea level to 9,506 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,261 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another climb, which started overhead Rives, a town in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. The climb was from 9,778 feet above sea level to 12,683 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,905 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off and entered another cruise phase, which lasted just 1 minute and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The final descent started overhead Lieudieu, a town in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. The descent was from 12,393 feet above sea level to 2,839 feet above sea level, a decrease of 9,553 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 35L at LFLL Saint Exupery, a major airport in France. The approach was from the south, heading 356.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,293 feet above ground level. The landing was on runway 35L, which has a length of 4,017 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 137 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 170 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 132 knots. The touchdown rate was very heavy at -707 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.1 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 17 knots at 343°.
The total landing distance was 686
The Airbus A320 Neo successfully landed at LFLL Saint Exupery, achieving an overall score of 87.9%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, heading 356.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,293 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with a good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was properly configured for landing.
Upon touchdown, the threshold speed was recorded at 137 knots, which is within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown speed of 132 knots was slightly faster than desired, suggesting that the aircraft may have been slightly over-extended during the landing. The touchdown distance of 170 meters was also within the acceptable range, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain control and stability during the landing.
Despite the good touchdown speed and distance, the touchdown rate was very heavy at -707 feet per minute (fpm), which may indicate that the aircraft was experiencing a high rate of descent during the landing. This could be due to a variety of factors, including a high approach speed or a failure to configure the aircraft for a proper glide slope.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.1 meters from the centerline, which may indicate that the aircraft was not perfectly aligned with the runway during the landing. However, this misalignment was relatively minor and did not appear to have a significant impact on the overall landing performance.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 17 knots from 343°. The crosswind component was relatively minor at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 17 knots, which may have helped to stabilize the aircraft during the landing.
The total landing distance of 686 meters was 17% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.9 meters from the centerline, which may indicate that the aircraft was not perfectly aligned with the runway during the rollout phase of the landing.
Overall, the Airbus A320 Neo demonstrated a good level of performance during the landing at LFLL Saint Exupery, with a score of 87.9%. However, there were some minor issues with the touchdown speed, touchdown rate, and runway alignment, which may indicate the need for further training or adjustments to the aircraft's configuration.
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