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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 1.8° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 2.5° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 0.4 ft, 11 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
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 6,107 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,107 ft of the 8,976 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,301 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking to the runway at KDEN Denver International Airport, taking 23 minutes and covering 4 nautical miles. Departure roll occurred on runway 08, with a takeoff distance of 5,987 feet, which was 50% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 152 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 55°F, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 292°. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the tailwind was 3 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 2 miles east of KDEN Denver International Airport, and climbed from 6,071 feet above sea level to 23,999 feet above sea level, an increase of 17,929 feet in 8 minutes, covering 34 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 2 miles northeast of Greeley, Colorado, and lasted 10 minutes, covering 64 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, starting 2 miles southeast of WY63 Ray's Airpark Laramie, Wyoming, and climbed from 24,021 feet above sea level to 29,014 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,993 feet in 3 minutes, covering 22 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 11 miles north of Centennial, Wyoming, and lasted 13 minutes, covering 79 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, starting 35 miles north of Rawlins, Wyoming, and climbed from 29,490 feet above sea level to 33,980 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,490 feet in 3 minutes, covering 20 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 37 miles southeast of Riverton, Wyoming, and lasted 167 minutes, covering 145 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 42 miles northeast of KJAC Jackson Hole Airport Jackson, Wyoming, and descended from 34,014 feet above sea level to 17,241 feet above sea level, a decrease of 16,773 feet in 16 minutes, covering 61 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 9 miles west of 29S Gardiner, Montana, and lasted 23 minutes, covering 53 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 4 miles north of 4MT3 Hollowtop Vista Airpark Harrison, Montana, and descended from 16,990 feet above sea level to 5,589 feet above sea level, a decrease of 11,401 feet in 11 minutes, covering 23 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 12 at KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport was from the northwest, with a heading of 136.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,152 feet above ground level. The landing occurred on runway 12, which was 8,976 feet long, with a good threshold height. The threshold speed was good at 133 knots.
The touchdown point was 1,981 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 118 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was hard at -416 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 28 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 54°F, with a wind speed of 6 knots at 258°. The crosswind was 5 knots, and the tailwind was 4 knots.
The total landing distance was 5,886 feet, which was 66% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 48 feet from the centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking from the
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed at KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, but with some notable deviations from optimal landing procedures. The aircraft approached the runway from the northwest, heading 136.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,152 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also within the acceptable range at 133 knots.
However, upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 1,981 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the ideal landing spot. The touchdown speed of 118 knots was within the acceptable range, but the touchdown rate was hard at -416 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a potentially rough landing. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 28 feet from the centreline, which could have contributed to the hard touchdown rate.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 54°F and winds of 6 knots at 258°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, and the tailwind component was 4 knots, which may have affected the aircraft's approach and landing. The total landing distance was 5,886 feet, which is 66% of the runway length of 8,976 feet.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned by 48 feet from the centreline, which could have been a result of the initial misaligned touchdown position. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were several areas for improvement, including better alignment and a softer touchdown rate.
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