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Slow down before tight turns
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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,046 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 250 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 30L at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP), with a takeoff distance of 1,274 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 152 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of -4 °C, with a wind speed of 6 knots at 350°.
As the aircraft climbed out of KMSP, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took the aircraft up to an altitude of 37,043 feet above sea level. This climb phase covered a distance of 170 nautical miles and took 15 minutes to complete, with an increase in altitude of 35,154 feet. The enroute climb phase was followed by a level cruise, which started 4 miles northwest of Arena, Wisconsin, and lasted for 23 minutes, covering a distance of 512 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began 7 miles south of Hico, West Virginia, and took the aircraft down from an altitude of 37,046 feet to 1,727 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,319 feet in 17 minutes, covering a distance of 163 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 23R at the Raleigh Durham International Airport (KRDU) was made from the northeast, with a heading of 225.0°, at an altitude of 1,352 feet above ground level, 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 23R was successful, with a touchdown distance of 249 meters, which was 46% of the runway length. The touchdown speed was 137 knots, which was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was very hard at -529 feet per minute. However, the threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 138 knots. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 13.1 meters.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 854 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 64 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 4,895 kilograms.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 23R at KRDU Raleigh Durham International Airport, achieving a score of 91.1%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 225.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,352 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height, which is a crucial aspect of a safe landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was recorded at 138 knots, which is within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown speed of 137 knots was slightly faster than ideal, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown distance of 249 meters was also within the acceptable range, demonstrating the pilot's ability to control the aircraft's descent.
Despite the good threshold speed and touchdown distance, the touchdown rate was very hard at -529 feet per minute (fpm). This suggests that the pilot may have been able to apply more gentle control inputs to achieve a softer touchdown. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.1 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach.
The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 9°C and a wind speed of 0 knots at 352°. This meant that there was no crosswind or headwind to contend with, making the landing even more challenging. The total landing distance of 1,401 meters was 46% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned by 13.5 meters from the centreline. This may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's control inputs during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, but there are areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown speed and rate, as well as alignment during the final approach and rollout phases.
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