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Departure
Level the wings with coordinated aileron to hold bank angle near zero during the initial climb, starting from 4.4°.
What happened: Bank angle was elevated during the initial climb and excess bank usually persists into the second climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator, wings level with bank angle near zero degrees.
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.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,029 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,029 ft of the 7,940 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,518 ft past the threshold — beyond 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 08R at Miami International Airport (KMIA). The takeoff distance was 3,866 feet, which accounted for 37% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 92°F and winds of 5 knots at 160°. The crosswind was 5 knots, while the headwind was 1 knot. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile southwest of Brownsville, Florida, and involved a significant ascent from 1,031 feet above sea level to 34,873 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,842 feet in 24 minutes, covering a distance of 161 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 41 miles north of Las Brujas Airport in Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba. This phase lasted for 25 minutes and covered a distance of 190 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 51 miles southwest of Santa Cruz del Sur in Camagueey, Cuba, and involved a descent from 35,088 feet above sea level to 1,298 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,791 feet in 30 minutes, covering a distance of 108 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 07 at Sangster International Airport (MKJS) was made from the southwest, heading 65.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,282 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 07 was successful, with the touchdown point being 1,172 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was slightly above target at 140 knots, while the touchdown rate was firm at -316 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 82°F and winds of 1 knot at 0°. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 0 knots. The total landing distance was 5,782 feet, which accounted for 73% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 9 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 469 nautical miles and lasted for 101 minutes, using 9,684 pounds of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at MKJS Sangster International Airport, achieving an overall score of 87.7%. The final approach to runway 07 was initiated from the south west, with a heading of 65.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,282 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 1,172 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly outside the target area. The touchdown speed of 140 knots was a bit faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have needed to apply more braking force to bring the aircraft to a stop. However, the touchdown rate of -316 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the landing.
The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot successfully aligned the aircraft with the runway centerline. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 82°F and a wind speed of 1 knot from the north, resulting in a negligible crosswind component. The headwind was also minimal, at 0 knots.
The total landing distance of 5,782 feet was 73% of the available runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and brought it to a stop within a safe distance from the runway end.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the target parameters, such as the touchdown speed and distance beyond the touchdown zone. However, the pilot's skills and experience were evident in the perfect runway touchdown alignment and the firm touchdown rate.
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