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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 3.1°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 510 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 520 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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 2,453 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,453 m of the 3,894 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,665 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 at Brussels Airport, which took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A320, then departed from runway 07R, utilizing 56% of the runway's length to achieve liftoff at a speed of 164 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 14°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots at 100°.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it passed overhead Erps-Kwerps in Flanders, Belgium, and continued to ascend to 34,037 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,881 feet in 24 minutes, covering a distance of 139 nautical miles. The enroute climb was followed by a level cruise, which started 1 mile south east of Guessling-Hemering in Grand Est, France, and lasted for 33 minutes, covering a distance of 382 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent, starting 4 miles west of Pomarance in Toscana, Italy, and continued to descend to 3,965 feet above sea level, a decrease of 30,232 feet in 17 minutes, covering a distance of 86 nautical miles. Following this descent, the aircraft entered another level cruise, which started 3 miles east of Civitavecchia in Lazio, Italy, and lasted for 8 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 3 miles south west of Barbarano Romano in Lazio, Italy, and continued to descend to 2,469 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,284 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, which started 1 mile north west of Canale Monterano in Lazio, Italy, and lasted for 6 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 16L at Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport was made from the north, heading 163.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,298 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with the touchdown point being 1,248 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 124 knots, which was good, but the touchdown rate was very hard at -504 feet per minute.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 10°C, with a wind speed of 5 knots at 60°. The crosswind was 5 knots, and there was a tailwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 2,370 meters, which was 61% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.0 meters from the centreline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 651 nautical miles, taking 109 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,413 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed on runway 16L at LIRF Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, achieving an overall score of 83.3%. The final approach to the runway was initiated from the north, heading 163.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,298 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down at a speed of 124 knots, which was within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown rate was quite hard, at -504 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a relatively abrupt touchdown. The touchdown point was located 1,248 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which may have been due to the aircraft's slightly misaligned runway touchdown position. The runway touchdown position was off-centerline by 3.3 meters, which could have contributed to the deviation from the touchdown zone.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 10°C and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 60°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the tailwind component was 1 knot. These conditions were not particularly challenging for the aircraft, and the pilots were able to maintain control throughout the landing.
The total landing distance was 2,370 meters, which accounted for 61% of the runway length. This is a relatively long landing distance, indicating that the aircraft may have been slowed down more than necessary before touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned, by 8.0 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the aircraft's initial touchdown position.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown rate and runway alignment. However, the pilots were able to maintain control and bring the aircraft to a safe stop, achieving a respectable score of 83.3%.
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