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Old 21st Dec 2012, 14:33
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9.G, “No brainer there, if you ask me”.(#17)
A pre landing check / reassessment should be standard practice; this involves conscious thought about the inherent risks.
If the example 7000ft landing distance was based on ‘actual’ tables, it perhaps overlooks the more representative 8600ft, consisting of +600ft realistic airborne distance, +500ft for 10kts fast on a wet runway, and +500ft for 2sec delay in braking, - all normal operational behaviour (AC91-79 data).
The revised distance still requires an adequate level of braking, timely selection and use of reverse thrust, and assumes that the runway braking action and wind are as reported. Without these, where the latter depend on other people, a 9000ft LDA may only give a 5% margin, but with other considerations such as type of runway surface, or exactly how wet the runway might be; no safety margin.
Think about it.
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