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Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 70 ft, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 73 ft.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 17 stages, 15 in the score
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,011 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,827 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, the Boeing 737-MAX8 began its journey with a taxiing period of 11 minutes, covering 2 nautical miles to reach the runway. The aircraft then took off from runway 35, utilizing 5,141 feet of the available runway, which accounted for 64% of its length. The liftoff speed was achieved at 154 knots, as the aircraft lifted off into the local weather conditions, with a temperature of 59°F and winds blowing at 12 knots from 190°.
As the aircraft climbed out of Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, it reached an altitude of 37,664 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 115 nautical miles. The enroute climb phase was followed by a level cruise, which lasted for 116 minutes and covered 677 nautical miles, with the aircraft flying overhead Chepachet, Rhode Island. The flight then entered a series of enroute descents and level cruises, with notable descents from 38,728 feet to 38,007 feet in 2 minutes, and from 38,004 feet to 1,352 feet in 29 minutes. The final approach to runway 17L at Orlando International Airport was initiated from the north, with the aircraft touching down 470 feet beyond the touchdown zone.
The landing on runway 17L was completed with a total landing distance of 3,923 feet, which accounted for 43% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was 135 knots, and the touchdown rate was -208 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 15 feet from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 73 feet from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 9 minutes, covering 2 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 1,083 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 210 minutes and a fuel consumption of 15,765 pounds.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 touched down on runway 17L at KMCO Orlando International Airport with a good threshold height, allowing the crew to maintain a smooth approach. The threshold speed was also well-managed, coming in at 144 kt, which is within the acceptable range. As the aircraft made contact with the runway, the touchdown speed of 135 kt was good, indicating a controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -208 fpm was fair, suggesting a slightly steeper than ideal rate of descent.
The touchdown point was 470 ft beyond the touchdown zone, which is a moderate deviation. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 15 ft from the centreline, indicating a minor deviation from the desired path. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 72 °F and winds of 20 kt at 290 °, contributed to a crosswind of 18 kt and a tailwind of 7 kt. These conditions required the crew to make adjustments to maintain control of the aircraft.
The total landing distance of 3,923 ft was 43% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 73 ft from the centreline, indicating a deviation from the desired path during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was scored 90.6%, reflecting a good performance with some minor deviations from the ideal approach and touchdown characteristics.
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