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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 0.4 ft, and this flight then touched down at 461 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.
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 13 stages, 11 in the score
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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: six 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. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,483 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,483 m of the 2,938 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 339 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LDPL Pula Airport took less than a minute, covering a short distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The Embraer E190 then began its departure roll on runway 09, utilizing 54% of the 1,598-meter runway to achieve liftoff at a speed of 152 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 19°C, with a wind of 18 knots at 140°, resulting in a crosswind of 14 knots and a headwind of 11 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from LDPL Pula Airport, it transitioned into an enroute climb phase, reaching an altitude of 1,550 feet above sea level after ascending 322 feet in just 1 minute, while covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise phase followed, lasting 2 minutes and covering 4 nautical miles, before the aircraft began its enroute descent phase overhead Loborika, Croatia. The descent from 1,793 feet to 811 feet above sea level in 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles, set the stage for the final approach to runway 09 at LDPL Pula Airport.
The Embraer E190 touched down on runway 09 at a speed of 136 knots, with a touchdown distance of 341 meters. However, the touchdown rate was somewhat hard at -458 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.8 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance of 2,405 meters, accounting for 82% of the 2,936-meter runway, was followed by a slightly misaligned runway rollout alignment of 8.8 meters from the centerline. The total flight distance of 18 nautical miles was completed in 8 minutes, with the aircraft consuming 443 kilograms of fuel.
The Embraer E190 aircraft touched down on runway 09 at LDPL Pula Airport, completing a final approach from the west at a heading of 87.0°. The aircraft was 2 nautical miles from the threshold at an altitude of 582 feet above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a threshold height of 57 feet above ground level, slightly above the target. The threshold speed of 141 knots was well above the target, indicating a high level of pilot control.
As the aircraft made contact with the runway, the touchdown distance was good at 341 meters, but the touchdown speed of 136 knots was fast, resulting in a hard touchdown rate of -458 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.8 meters from the centreline, indicating a minor deviation from the desired path. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 17°C and a wind of 10 knots at 140°, contributed to a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 6 knots.
The aircraft's total landing distance of 2,405 meters was 82% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.8 meters from the centreline, suggesting a minor deviation from the desired path during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing performance scored 89.3%, reflecting a good but not exceptional performance.
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