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Departure
Use smooth aileron to roll the wings level in the first climb segment, holding bank angle near wings-level instead of letting it build to 2.3°.
What happened: The wings held 2.3° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 2.6° by the second - this early wing-level drift usually carries through into a larger bank excursion later in the climb.
Watch for: Watch the attitude indicator's bank pointer and keep it at wings level throughout the climb.
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 38 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 38 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 38 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,154 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,154 ft of the 7,486 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,739 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
A Boeing 737-800 departed from runway 28R at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport, where taxiing from the parking to the runway took 10 minutes and covered 2 nautical miles. The aircraft lifted off the ground after a takeoff distance of 4,407 feet, which accounted for 34% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 150 knots, and the local weather conditions included a temperature of 35°F, wind at 20 knots from 339°, resulting in a crosswind of 19 knots and a headwind of 7 knots.
As the aircraft climbed from 1,673 feet above sea level to 37,987 feet, it covered 181 nautical miles in 18 minutes, achieving an increase of 36,314 feet. The enroute climb started overhead KORD, and the aircraft continued to ascend until it reached its cruising altitude. Subsequently, the enroute descent began 3 miles west of Manchester, Michigan, where the aircraft descended from 37,810 feet to 4,844 feet in 28 minutes, covering 190 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off for a brief period before starting another descent 2 miles northwest of PN40 Moorhead Airpark North East, Pennsylvania. The final approach to runway 24 at KERI Erie International Tom Ridge Field was initiated from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 235.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,397 feet above ground level.
The Boeing 737-800 landed on runway 24 at KERI, with a total landing distance of 5,901 feet, accounting for 79% of the runway. The touchdown point was 1,200 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 142 knots, which was slightly fast. The touchdown rate was good at -154 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 60 feet from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 63 feet from the centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking, covering 131 nautical miles in 15 minutes. The total flight distance was 525 nautical miles, and the aircraft used -9,496 pounds of fuel.
The final approach to runway 24 at KERI Erie International Tom Ridge Field was initiated from the north east, heading 235.0° at 4 nm and 1,397 ft above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a threshold height of 76 ft above ground level, which was well above the target. The threshold speed of 152 kt was also above the target, indicating a slightly high approach speed.
As the aircraft touched down 1,200 ft beyond the touchdown zone, the touchdown speed of 142 kt was a little fast, but the touchdown rate of -154 ft per minute was good. However, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 60 ft from the centreline, which could have contributed to the slightly high touchdown speed. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 61°F and a wind of 28 kt at 164°, resulted in a crosswind of 26 kt and a headwind of 10 kt.
The total landing distance of 5,901 ft was 79% of the runway length, indicating a relatively long rollout. Unfortunately, the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 63 ft from the centreline, which could have been a result of the initial touchdown position. Overall, the landing performance scored 74.7%, indicating room for improvement in terms of approach speed, touchdown position, and rollout alignment.
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