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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.
What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 0 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink is fully arrested before the wheels meet the runway.
What happened: Landing g force ran high at 1.1 g through the flare, and the touchdown followed through firm at 1.6 g.
Watch for: Watch the g meter at touchdown against the normal touchdown rate band.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: centreline 2.5° off, against a 1° limit.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 21 kt FAST on the reference speed of 147 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,498 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 787 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.23 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A321neo taxied from the parking area to runway 18L at KCLT Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a movement that lasted 274 minutes and covered 9 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 18L, the aircraft used 5,651 ft of runway, representing 65 % of the available length, and lifted off at 164 kt. Ambient conditions were 75 °F with a wind of 1 kt from 106°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and no head-wind.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile southeast of KCLT, with the airplane ascending from 1,574 ft asl to 34,983 ft asl, a gain of 33,410 ft achieved in 28 minutes while covering 142 nm.
Level cruise began about 3 miles west of Franklinton, North Carolina, and continued for 74 minutes, during which the flight covered 373 nm.
Descent was initiated roughly 1 mile northeast of Farmingdale, New York, with the aircraft descending from 34,453 ft asl to 1,111 ft asl, a loss of 33,341 ft in 35 minutes over a distance of 113 nm.
The final approach to runway 24 at KBDL Bradley International Airport was flown from the northeast, on a heading of 230.0° at 3 nm and 932 ft agl.
Landing on runway 24 was executed with a threshold speed reported as slightly above target at 150 kt. Touchdown occurred 786 ft down the runway at 145 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 475 fpm and a lateral deviation of 15 ft from the centreline. The runway length is 9,495 ft; total landing distance was 3,416 ft, representing 36 % of the runway. Local weather at the time was 70 °F with a wind of 1 kt from 347°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and no head-wind. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 643 nm, took 144 minutes, and consumed 7,906 lbs of fuel.
The Airbus A321neo conducted the final approach to runway 24 at KBDL Bradley International Airport from the north-east on a heading of 230.0° at 3 nm and 932 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft crossed the threshold at a speed slightly above target, recorded at 150 kt, and the threshold height was reported as good.
Touchdown occurred 786 ft down the runway at a speed of 145 kt, which was judged good, but the vertical rate was hard at minus 475 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned, being 15 ft off the centreline.
Rollout used a total of 3,416 ft, representing 36 % of the runway length, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
The hard touchdown rate suggests a need to refine flare timing to achieve a smoother sink rate, and the slightly high threshold speed indicates that a marginal reduction in approach speed would bring the aircraft closer to the target without compromising safety.
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