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Improve the rollout
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.
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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 2,233 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 231 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 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 26R at London Gatwick Airport (EGKK). The takeoff distance was 1,129 meters, which accounted for 62% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 170 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 12°C, with a wind speed of 12 knots at 265°. This resulted in a 2-knot crosswind and a 12-knot headwind. As the aircraft climbed, it began to ascend from 1,410 feet above sea level to 4,567 feet, an increase of 3,156 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The enroute climb continued with multiple segments, each with varying altitudes and distances covered. The aircraft climbed from 4,635 feet to 5,615 feet in 2 minutes, covering 8 nautical miles, and then from 5,592 feet to 39,994 feet in 20 minutes, covering 140 nautical miles. The climb from 40,075 feet to 4,143 feet in 22 minutes, covering 76 nautical miles, marked the beginning of the descent phase.
The enroute descent also consisted of multiple segments, with the aircraft descending from 40,075 feet to 4,143 feet in 22 minutes, covering 76 nautical miles. The final descent segment took the aircraft from 3,698 feet to 1,533 feet in 3 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 36 at Turin Airport (LIMF), heading 3.0° at 4 nautical miles and 574 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 36 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 229 meters and a touchdown speed of 135 knots. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was good at -196 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 30.9 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 14°C, with a wind speed of 12 knots at 240°. This resulted in a 10-knot crosswind and a 6-knot tailwind. The total landing distance was 833 meters, which accounted for 37% of the runway. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 518 nautical miles, taking 98 minutes, and the aircraft used 3,469 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at LIMF Turin Airport, with a final approach from the south. The aircraft was at an altitude of 574 feet above ground level (agl) and 4 nautical miles from the runway when it began its descent. The heading was 3.0 degrees, which indicates a slight deviation from the direct approach path.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 36, which has a length of 2,233 meters. The threshold height was good, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct height as it approached the runway. The threshold speed of 138 knots was also within the acceptable range, suggesting that the pilot had maintained control and was on track for a smooth landing.
However, there were a few areas for improvement. The touchdown speed of 135 knots was slightly faster than desired, which may have resulted in a slightly longer rollout distance. Additionally, the touchdown rate of -196 feet per minute was good, indicating that the aircraft was able to absorb the impact of landing smoothly.
One of the notable issues with this landing was the misalignment of the runway touchdown position. The aircraft landed 10 meters off-centerline, which may have been due to a combination of factors including wind, pilot error, or a navigation issue. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 14 degrees Celsius and winds of 12 knots at 240 degrees, may have also played a role in the misalignment.
The crosswind component of 10 knots and the tailwind component of 6 knots may have contributed to the misalignment, as the pilot may have had to compensate for these factors during the approach and landing. The total landing distance of 833 meters was 37% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range.
Finally, the runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 30.9 meters from centerline, which suggests that the pilot may have had difficulty maintaining control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. This may have been due to a combination of factors including the misaligned touchdown position, the wind conditions, and the pilot's experience and skill level.
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