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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 2.4° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 6.5° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 0.2 ft, and this flight then touched down at 155 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 300 ft gate: off the centreline and wings not level.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,190 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 299 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 24R at CYUL Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,095 meters, which was 33% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 7°C, with a wind speed of 35 knots at 240°. This resulted in a crosswind of 10 knots and a headwind of 33 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead CYUL Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, and climbed from 1,104 feet above sea level to 31,188 feet above sea level, an increase of 30,084 feet in 15 minutes, covering a distance of 63 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead CNS8 Morrisburg Airport, and lasted for 48 minutes, covering a distance of 295 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting overhead 2PA8 Shulls Airport, and descended from 32,128 feet above sea level to 4,195 feet above sea level, a decrease of 27,933 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 70 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 1 mile west of Gaithersburg, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The enroute descent then started overhead Darnestown, and the aircraft descended from 3,987 feet above sea level to 196 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,791 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 18 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 19 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was from the north, heading 176.0° at 0 nautical miles and 173 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 19 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 300 meters, and a touchdown speed of 141 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -324 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 10°C, with a wind speed of 4 knots at 190°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 4 knots. The total landing distance was 1,255 meters, which was 57% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 455 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 105 minutes. The aircraft used 4,597 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) on runway 19, achieving a high score of 96.9%. The final approach was conducted from the north, heading 176.0° at an altitude of 173 feet above ground level (agl) and 0 nautical miles from the runway.
The aircraft's performance during the landing was satisfactory, with a good threshold height and speed of 144 knots. The touchdown distance of 300 meters was also within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown speed of 141 knots was slightly higher than the ideal speed, indicating a slightly firm touchdown. The rate of descent at -324 feet per minute was firm, but still within the acceptable range.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 10°C and a gentle headwind of 4 knots from a direction of 190°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, which made the landing even smoother. The runway length of 2,190 meters was sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance of 1,255 meters, which accounted for 57% of the runway.
The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the centerline of the runway at the moment of touchdown. The rollout alignment after touchdown was also perfect, demonstrating the pilot's skill and control during the landing. Overall, the landing was a success, with the aircraft touching down safely and smoothly on the runway.
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