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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final to bleed speed back to 129 kt before crossing the threshold.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 138 kt, 9 kt above the 129 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed, targeting 129 kt at the threshold.
See Arrival Landing
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,497 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,425 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A319 taxied from the parking area to runway 28L at KPDX Portland International Airport in 8 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 28L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 148 kt and became airborne after a takeoff distance of 4,235 ft, representing 39 % of the runway length; local weather reported a temperature of 62 °F, wind 0 kt from 339°, with zero crosswind and headwind components.
The climb commenced overhead KPDX, climbing from 1,020 ft asl to 35,842 ft asl, an altitude gain of 34,822 ft achieved in 14 minutes while covering 77 nm.
A brief level cruise began 1 mile south of Bucoda, Washington, lasting 2 minutes and extending the flight by 5 nm.
The first descent segment started 2 mi southeast of Chehalis Village, descending from 35,813 ft asl to 12,003 ft asl, a loss of 23,810 ft over 19 minutes and a distance of 92 nm.
A subsequent descent began 5 mi east of Bucoda, reducing altitude from 11,946 ft asl to 1,612 ft asl, a decrease of 10,335 ft in 15 minutes while covering 41 nm.
The final approach to runway 34L at KSEA Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was executed from the south on a heading of 0.0°, at 4 nm and 1,185 ft agl.
Landing on runway 34L, which is 8,490 ft long, the aircraft touched down with a threshold speed of 138 kt, a touchdown distance of 1,428 ft, a touchdown speed of 134 kt, and a touchdown rate of minus 151 fpm; the total landing distance recorded was 3,658 ft, equivalent to 43 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, and the aircraft came to a stop within the calculated landing distance.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 11 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 223 nm, required 67 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 3,735 lb of fuel.
The final approach to runway 34L at KSEA Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was conducted from the south on a heading of 0.0° at 4 nm and 1,185 ft agl, with local temperature 61 °F, wind 2 kt from 191°, crosswind 0 kt and tailwind 2 kt.
The threshold height was good, while the threshold speed was well above target at 138 kt.
Touchdown occurred 1,428 ft down the runway; the touchdown speed of 134 kt was a little fast, the vertical rate was good at minus 151 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The aircraft stopped after a total landing distance of 3,658 ft, representing 43 % of the 8,490 ft runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
Reduce the approach and touchdown speeds to bring the threshold speed within target and lower the touchdown speed, which will tighten the margin while preserving the already excellent alignment and rollout performance.
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