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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 732 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
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.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,183 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 288 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, the Airbus A321 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. As the aircraft lined up on runway 27, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 34 °C, with a wind speed of 9 knots at 260°, resulting in a 9-knot headwind and a negligible crosswind component.
After a successful departure roll, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting from an altitude of 961 feet above sea level and gradually increasing to 19,021 feet, a total ascent of 18,059 feet in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 87 nautical miles. The climb phase was followed by a level cruise, which lasted for 18 minutes and covered 129 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another climb phase, this time from 21,307 feet to 36,302 feet, a total increase of 14,996 feet in 20 minutes, covering 143 nautical miles. The subsequent level cruise phase lasted for 73 minutes and covered a significant distance of 569 nautical miles. As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent, reducing its altitude from 36,611 feet to 1,640 feet in 21 minutes, covering 126 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 14 at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport was executed from the north-west, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 144.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,582 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with a touchdown distance of 280 meters, which was 43% of the runway length. Although the touchdown speed was slightly fast at 140 knots, the runway touchdown position was only slightly misaligned from the centreline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, a process that took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,064 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 2 hours and 38 minutes, and the aircraft consumed 7,728 kilograms of fuel during the journey.
The aircraft touched down on runway 14 at VGHS Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with a good threshold height, allowing for a smooth transition from the approach to the touchdown phase. The threshold speed of 141 kt was well within the acceptable range, indicating a well-executed approach. However, the touchdown speed of 140 kt was slightly above the optimal range, resulting in a hard touchdown rate of -495 fpm.
The aircraft's touchdown distance of 280 m was within the acceptable limits, demonstrating good control and precision during the landing phase. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.1 m from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach or a minor issue with the aircraft's directional control. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 28 °C and a gentle tailwind of 3 kt, did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing.
The aircraft's rollout was characterized by very good alignment, with the aircraft remaining on course throughout the rollout phase. The total landing distance of 1,377 m, which accounted for 43% of the runway length, was within the acceptable limits. Overall, the landing was considered to be of high quality, with a score of 96.9% reflecting the aircraft's good performance during the approach, touchdown, and rollout phases.
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