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Departure
Ease the back pressure on the yoke after rotation so the pitch change is smoother and g force stays lower.
What happened: During the initial climb the average g force reached 1.3 g, a high value for that phase.
Watch for: G meter: smooth, steady value in the normal climb band
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.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,391 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 366 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-600 taxied from its parking position to the departure end of runway 11 at ENAT Alta Airport in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm of ground distance.
During the departure roll on runway 11, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 139 kt and became airborne after a takeoff distance of 490 m, representing 25 % of the runway length; ambient conditions were 21 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 159°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
The climb commenced overhead ENAT Alta, lifting the airplane from 967 ft asl to 39 467 ft asl, an altitude gain of 38 500 ft achieved in 39 minutes while traversing 280 nm.
Level cruise began 6 miles south of Arjeplog, Sweden, and was maintained for 106 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 782 nm.
Descent operations started 15 miles north of Langeoog, Germany, with the aircraft descending from 39 809 ft asl to 1 308 ft asl, a loss of 38 501 ft in 25 minutes over a distance of 154 nm.
The final approach to runway 36R at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was conducted from the south on a heading of 3.0° at 4 nm and 1 302 ft agl.
Landing on runway 36R, which is 3 398 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 118 kt, a touchdown distance of 372 m, and a touchdown speed of 110 kt; the aircraft’s vertical speed at touchdown was minus 259 fpm, and alignment was perfect; local weather reported 22 °C, wind 4 kt from 40°, a 3 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind, and the total landing roll measured 784 m, equivalent to 23 % of the runway.
Runway rollout proceeded with perfect alignment throughout the deceleration phase.
In total, the flight covered 1 222 nm, required 176 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 7 312 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-600 on a final approach to runway 36R at EHAM Schiphol maintained a heading of 3.0 ° while 4 nm out and 1,302 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the runway length was 3,398 m and the threshold height was good. The threshold speed was slightly above target at 118 kt. Ambient temperature was 22 °C with wind 4 kt from 40 °, giving a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind component.
Touchdown occurred 372 m down the runway, a good distance. Touchdown speed was a little fast at 110 kt and the touchdown rate was fair at minus 259 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 784 m, representing 23 % of the runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect.
Minor refinements should focus on achieving the target touchdown speed to reduce the slight excess observed, and on fine-tuning the flare to obtain a lower sink rate at touchdown.
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