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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 7.1 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 323 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 443 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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 · 18 stages, 16 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 4,126 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 291 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at MacDill Air Force Base, the Airbus A330-900 took 7 minutes to cover the 1-nautical-mile distance. Departing from runway 05, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 157 knots, utilizing 34% of the 1,169-meter runway. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 24°C, with a wind speed of 15 knots at a direction of 69°, resulting in a 7-knot crosswind and a 13-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed away from MacDill Air Force Base, it transitioned into an enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 38,000 feet in 24 minutes, covering a distance of 151 nautical miles. The climb phase concluded overhead Lewis Cedar Key, where the aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, lasting 106 minutes and covering 775 nautical miles. Subsequently, the aircraft began its enroute descent, reducing its altitude from 37,664 feet to 2,908 feet in 18 minutes, while covering 97 nautical miles. The descent phase concluded 5 miles west of Flying U Airport, where the aircraft then commenced its final approach to runway 16 at Dyess Air Force Base.
The final approach to runway 16 was executed from the north, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 169.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,105 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with a touchdown speed of 133 knots and a touchdown distance of 292 meters, utilizing 28% of the 4,126-meter runway. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the touchdown rate was firm at -380 feet per minute. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, covering less than 1 nautical mile in under 1 minute. The total flight distance was 1,030 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 158 minutes and a fuel consumption of 36,091 kilograms.
The aircraft touched down smoothly on runway 16 at KDYS Dyess Air Force Base, with a threshold height that met the desired standards. The approach quality was excellent, with a threshold speed of 135 kt, which was well within the acceptable range. The touchdown distance of 292 m was also satisfactory, indicating a well-executed flare. The touchdown speed of 133 kt was good, and the firm touchdown rate of -380 fpm suggested a controlled descent.
As the aircraft rolled out, it maintained a perfect runway touchdown alignment, but unfortunately, the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.6 m from the centreline. This minor deviation was likely due to the crosswind component of 15 kt, which was present during the landing. The headwind of 8 kt may have also contributed to the slight misalignment. Despite this, the overall performance was impressive, with a total landing distance of 1,171 m, which accounted for only 28% of the runway length.
The landing was completed successfully, with a score of 92.8%. The approach and touchdown phases were executed well, but the rollout alignment could have been improved. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 22 °C and wind at 17 kt from 229 °, presented a moderate challenge, but the crew's skills and experience helped to mitigate its effects. Overall, the landing was a creditable performance, with many aspects meeting or exceeding the desired standards.
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