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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 5.2 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 2,495 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 253 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, an Airbus A319, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport, taking approximately 8 minutes to cover a distance of 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 14, with the aircraft lifting off at a speed of 144 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 7°C, a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 130°, resulting in a 2-knot crosswind and a 13-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it began its enroute climb over the town of Horsforth, located in the City and Borough of Leeds, England. The climb took 7 minutes to reach an altitude of 22,029 feet above sea level, an increase of 20,432 feet from the initial altitude of 1,597 feet. During this phase, the aircraft covered a distance of 34 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile north of Great Longstone in Derbyshire, England. This phase lasted for 14 minutes and covered a distance of 88 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile south of Grendon Underwood in Buckinghamshire, England. The descent took 15 minutes to reduce the altitude from 22,116 feet to 1,481 feet, a decrease of 20,634 feet. During this phase, the aircraft covered a distance of 51 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 08R at London Gatwick Airport was made from the west, with the aircraft heading at 77.0° and 4 nautical miles from the runway. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 10°C, a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 130°, resulting in a 10-knot crosswind and an 8-knot headwind.
The landing took place on runway 08R, which had a length of 2,495 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 129 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 251 meters, but the touchdown speed of 124 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was very hard at -590 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 11.2 meters from the centerline.
Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking approximately 5 minutes to cover a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 181 nautical miles, taking a total of 48 minutes, and the aircraft used 1,723 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 aircraft successfully landed at London Gatwick Airport, achieving a score of 90.8%. The final approach to runway 08R was initiated from the west, with a heading of 77.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,277 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 251 meters, which was considered good. However, the touchdown speed of 124 knots was slightly above the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown rate was also quite hard, at -590 feet per minute, which may have put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear.
The runway touchdown position was not perfectly aligned with the centreline, being off by 11.2 meters. This may have been due to a slight misalignment of the aircraft during the final approach or a slight deviation from the centreline during the landing roll. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 10°C, with a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 130°. The crosswind component was 10 knots, while the headwind component was 8 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,138 meters was 46% of the available runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned, being off by 10.8 meters from the centreline. Overall, the landing was considered successful, but there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown speed and touchdown rate.
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