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Slow down before tight turns
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,255 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 85 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 07C at Frankfurt Airport (EDDF), with a takeoff distance of 1,112 meters, which was 28% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 161 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 0°C temperature and winds of 6 knots at 20°. The crosswind was 5 knots, while the headwind was 4 knots. After departing from Frankfurt Airport, the enroute climb started overhead the airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,423 feet above sea level to 25,647 feet above sea level, an increase of 24,224 feet in 11 minutes and covering a distance of 38 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 1 mile northwest of Bad Ems, Germany, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles. The enroute descent started overhead Oberraden, Germany, and the aircraft descended from 25,861 feet above sea level to 972 feet above sea level, a decrease of 24,888 feet in 20 minutes and covering a distance of 72 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 03 at Maastricht Aachen Airport (EHBK) was made from the southwest, with a heading of 34.0° at 2 nautical miles and 595 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 03 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 86 meters, which was good. The touchdown speed was 122 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -232 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were -3°C temperature and winds of 2 knots at 350°. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 2 knots. The total landing distance was 1,015 meters, which was 45% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 128 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 41 minutes. The aircraft used 2,041 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at EHBK Maastricht Aachen Airport, showcasing a high level of precision and control. The final approach to runway 03 was initiated from the southwest, with a heading of 34.0° at an altitude of 595 feet above ground level (agl) and 2 nautical miles from the runway. This approach was executed with a high degree of accuracy, resulting in a touchdown score of 99.5%.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 122 knots, which was slightly below the target threshold speed of 124 knots. The touchdown distance of 86 meters was also within acceptable limits, demonstrating the pilot's ability to control the aircraft's descent and speed. However, the touchdown rate of -232 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, indicating that the aircraft may have touched down slightly harder than desired.
Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the centerline of the runway at the moment of touchdown. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -3°C and a light wind of 2 knots from a direction of 350°, resulting in a negligible crosswind and headwind component.
The total landing distance of 1,015 meters was 45% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. This suggests that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's descent and speed effectively, resulting in a smooth and efficient landing. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the centerline of the runway throughout the rollout phase.
Overall, this landing was a testament to the pilot's skill and experience, as well as the aircraft's performance and handling characteristics. The high level of precision and control demonstrated during the approach and landing phases is a credit to the pilot's training and expertise.
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