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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 2.2°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 2.6 ft, 8.7 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
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 305 m and 152 m above the runway.
At the 305 m gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed and off the centreline.
At the 152 m gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,906 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 359 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.84 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 35R at LIMC Milan Malpensa International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,556 meters, which accounted for 52% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 151 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and winds of 7 knots at 140 degrees. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the tailwind was 6 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile southwest of Casorate Sempione, Italy, and involved a significant ascent from 530 meters above sea level to 10,735 meters above sea level, an increase of 10,204.4 meters in just 18 minutes, covering a distance of 112 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles southeast of Modena, Italy, and lasted for 47 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 396 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 8 miles east of Materdomini, Italy, and involved a steep descent from 10,788 meters above sea level to 485 meters above sea level, a decrease of 10,303.1 meters in 24 minutes, covering a distance of 105 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 34 at LGKR Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport was made from the south, with a heading of 348.0 degrees at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 479.0 meters above ground level. The landing on runway 34 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 327 meters. However, the touchdown speed was slightly above target at 144 knots, and the touchdown rate was very heavy at -7.0 meters per second.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.7 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 16.9 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius and winds of 12 knots at 260 degrees, with a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 0 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,214 meters, which accounted for 64% of the runway. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took just 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 622 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 112 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 4,540 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at LGKR Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the south, heading 348.0° at an altitude of 479.0 meters above ground level (agl) and 4 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft touched down on runway 34, which has a length of 1,906 meters.
The threshold height at 26.6 meters agl was significantly above the target, indicating that the aircraft was higher than desired when reaching the runway threshold. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 145 knots, suggesting that the aircraft was moving at a suitable speed when it reached the threshold. The touchdown distance of 327 meters was considered good, but the touchdown speed of 144 knots was a little fast, indicating that the aircraft could have benefited from a slightly slower approach.
The touchdown rate of -7.0 meters per second was very heavy, which may have been due to the aircraft's high speed at touchdown. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.7 meters from the centerline, which could have been caused by a combination of factors including wind, pilot error, or aircraft performance.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 30°C and a wind speed of 12 knots from 260°. This resulted in a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 0 knots. The total landing distance of 1,214 meters was 64% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was misaligned by 16.9 meters from the centerline, which may have been caused by the same factors that contributed to the initial touchdown position misalignment. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were several areas for improvement, including reducing the touchdown speed and improving the alignment of the aircraft during the final stages of the approach.
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