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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 489 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Use small rudder inputs against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during rollout.
What happened: During the rollout the aircraft drifted 13 m off the centreline.
Watch for: Runway centreline marks: hold the aircraft tracking straight down the centreline through rollout
See Arrival Rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 15 stages, 13 scored
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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 1,908 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,908 m of the 3,661 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 492 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Washington Dulles International Airport, the Airbus A321 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 4 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. As the aircraft lined up on runway 30, it was cleared for departure, and with a takeoff distance of 1,656 meters, which equated to 52% of the runway, the aircraft lifted off at a speed of 153 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 25°C, with a gentle wind blowing at 7 knots from a direction of 150°, resulting in a slight tailwind component.
As the aircraft climbed away from Washington Dulles, it began its enroute climb, which started approximately 1 mile north of South Riding, Virginia. The climb phase saw the aircraft ascend from an initial altitude of 1,221 feet above sea level to a cruising altitude of 36,004 feet, an increase of 34,783 feet in just 11 minutes, covering a distance of 124 nautical miles. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 40 minutes and covered a distance of 1,018 nautical miles. The cruise phase was initiated approximately 4 miles southeast of WV47 Rexroad Airport Buckhannon, West Virginia. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 5 miles southeast of KHEQ Holyoke Airport Holyoke, Colorado, and saw the aircraft descend from 35,953 feet to 6,683 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 134 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, Denver International Airport, it began its final approach to runway 35R from the south, aligning itself with the runway at a height of 1,337 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the threshold. The landing was executed with a threshold speed of 143 knots, and the aircraft touched down 78 meters beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 140 knots, resulting in a touchdown rate of -227 feet per minute. The total landing distance was 1,829 meters, which equated to 50% of the runway length. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took approximately 4 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 1,284 nautical miles, and the aircraft consumed 8,193 kilograms of fuel during the journey, which took a total of 75 minutes.
The aircraft touched down on runway 35R at KDEN Denver International Airport with a good threshold height, indicating a well-executed approach. The threshold speed of 143 kt was within acceptable limits, demonstrating the pilot's ability to manage the aircraft's descent and speed. However, the touchdown speed of 140 kt was slightly above the recommended threshold, which may have contributed to a slightly higher touchdown rate of -227 fpm.
The touchdown point was 78 m beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained a stable and controlled approach. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 30 °C and a moderate crosswind of 10 kt, presented a challenging environment for the landing. Despite these conditions, the pilot managed to maintain a good heading and alignment during the approach.
The total landing distance of 1,829 m was 50% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits. However, the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 13.4 m from the centreline, indicating a minor deviation during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was considered satisfactory, with a score of 95.5%. The pilot demonstrated good control and management of the aircraft during the approach and touchdown phases, but could improve on the rollout alignment to achieve a higher score.
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