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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,714 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,714 m of the 2,994 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 466 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, the Airbus A350-900 began its journey by taxiing from the parking to the runway, a process that took 8 minutes and covered 2 nautical miles. As it rolled down runway 12R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 159 knots, clearing the ground at 1,645 meters, which was 54% of the runway's length. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 11°C, with a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 190°, resulting in a 9-knot crosswind and a 3-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed out of Minneapolis, it began its enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 34,000 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 162 nautical miles. The climb was followed by a level cruise phase, which lasted 32 minutes and covered 962 nautical miles. The aircraft then underwent several climb and cruise phases, with notable increases in altitude and decreases in time, as it traversed the United States and entered Alaskan airspace. The final climb phase took the aircraft to an altitude of 38,992 feet, from where it began its descent into Tokyo Haneda International Airport. The descent was characterized by a decrease in altitude of 32,715 feet in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 133 nautical miles.
As the Airbus A350-900 began its final approach to runway 34L at Tokyo Haneda International Airport, it was heading 330° at 4 nautical miles and 1,303 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, with a touchdown point 47 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and a touchdown speed of 139 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline, but the runway rollout alignment was very good. The total landing distance was 1,630 meters, which was 54% of the runway's length. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, a process that took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 5,476 nautical miles, taking 211 minutes, and the aircraft used 74,261 kilograms of fuel.
The aircraft touched down on runway 34L at RJTT Tokyo Haneda International Airport with a threshold height that met expectations. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target, registering 142 kt. This minor deviation from the ideal speed did not significantly impact the subsequent phases of the landing.
As the aircraft made contact with the runway, it touched down 47 m beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a speed of 139 kt, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate of -259 fpm was fair, indicating a relatively smooth transition from the air to the ground. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 6.2 m, a minor deviation that did not compromise the overall safety of the landing.
The aircraft's rollout was characterized by excellent alignment with the centreline, a testament to the pilot's skill and control. The total landing distance of 1,630 m, which accounted for 54% of the runway length, was within acceptable parameters. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 7 °C and a crosswind of 9 kt, headwind of 26 kt, and wind direction of 350 °, did not pose significant challenges to the landing. Overall, the landing scored 97.9%, a high mark that reflects the pilot's proficiency and the aircraft's performance.
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