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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 8.5 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
After the sink arrests at 36 ft, keep easing the yoke forward to let the aircraft continue settling rather than pausing above the runway.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 36 ft and the aircraft was held level there instead of being let down. Holding off high like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, and here the touchdown rate was 714 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, continuing descent through the flare all the way to touchdown.
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.
At the 500 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope, off the centreline and speed below 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 3,638 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 485 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 25 at OOSA Salalah Airport in Oman. The takeoff distance was 1,729 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 28°C temperature and a 5-knot wind at 335 degrees. The crosswind was 5 knots, while the headwind was 0 knots. After departure, the enroute climb started 1 mile northwest of Salalah, where the aircraft climbed from 1,056 feet above sea level to 32,535 feet above sea level, an increase of 31,479 feet in 23 minutes and covering 158 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 43 miles northeast of OOMX Marmul Airport in Oman and lasted for 303 minutes, covering 2,004 nautical miles. The aircraft then started another enroute climb 25 miles south of ULOK Log Airport in Russia, where it climbed from 33,642 feet above sea level to 35,625 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,983 feet in 2 minutes and covering 12 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise resumed 15 miles southeast of Frolovo in Russia and lasted for 85 minutes, covering 512 nautical miles. As the aircraft continued its journey, it started an enroute descent 19 miles north of Spas-Demensk in Russia, where it descended from 36,000 feet above sea level to 11,977 feet above sea level, a decrease of 24,023 feet in 29 minutes and covering 160 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started again 10 miles south of Talachyn in Belarus and lasted for 5 minutes, covering 30 nautical miles. The aircraft then began an enroute descent 9 miles east of UMSP Horad Barysaw Airport in Belarus, where it descended from 12,139 feet above sea level to 3,995 feet above sea level, a decrease of 8,144 feet in 9 minutes and covering 37 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise resumed once more 1 mile southeast of Lahoysk in Belarus and lasted for 12 minutes, covering 31 nautical miles. As the aircraft approached its destination, it started an enroute descent 7 miles northeast of UMVY Lipki Air Base in Belarus, where it descended from 2,999 feet above sea level to 2,231 feet above sea level, a decrease of 769 feet in 2 minutes and covering 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 13R at UMMS Minsk National Airport began from the northwest, with the aircraft heading 140.0 degrees at 3 nautical miles and 1,578 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 13R was successful, with a touchdown distance of 461 meters. The touchdown speed was 121 knots, which was good, but the touchdown rate was very heavy at -786 feet per minute.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were -4°C temperature and a 4-knot wind at 170 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 3 knots. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 11.0 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.5 meters from the centerline.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking from the runway, which took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 2,956 nautical
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at UMMS Minsk National Airport on runway 13R, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north-west, heading 140.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,578 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was executed with a slightly below-target threshold speed of 130 knots, which is still within a safe range.
However, the threshold height at 115 feet agl was excessively over the target, indicating that the aircraft touched down higher than intended. This could be due to a variety of factors, including pilot error, aircraft performance, or wind conditions. The touchdown distance of 461 meters was good, and the touchdown speed of 121 knots was also within the acceptable range. Nevertheless, the touchdown rate of -786 feet per minute (fpm) was very heavy, indicating a rapid descent upon touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 11.0 meters from the centreline, which could pose a risk to the aircraft's stability and control during the landing roll. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -4°C and a wind speed of 4 knots at 170°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots, which is relatively favorable for the landing.
The total landing distance of 779 meters was 21% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.5 meters from the centreline, which could indicate some issues with the aircraft's braking performance or the pilots' control inputs during the landing roll.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there are some areas for improvement, particularly with regards to the threshold height, touchdown rate, and runway alignment. These deviations could be addressed through further training and practice for the pilots, as well as adjustments to the aircraft's performance and handling characteristics.
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