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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Work on the flare
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed and off the runway's 3° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,334 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,334 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 11 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
A flight was undertaken in an Embraer E190 aircraft, starting with a taxiing process from the parking area to the runway at Zurich Airport (LSZH), which took approximately 16 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles.
Upon reaching the runway, the aircraft took off from runway 32 with a takeoff distance of 856 meters, accounting for 27% of the runway's length. The plane achieved liftoff at a speed of 148 knots. Local conditions were characterized by a temperature of 20°C, with winds blowing at 16 knots from a 300-degree direction, resulting in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 16 knots.
The enroute climb began over Winkel, a town in the Zurich canton of Switzerland, with the aircraft ascending from 2,423 feet above sea level to 25,858 feet, an increase of 23,434 feet, within 7 minutes and covering a distance of 27 nautical miles.
The climb continued from various locations, including Zofingen in the Aargau canton of Switzerland, and Roschenz in the Basel-Landschaft canton of Switzerland, before reaching a maximum altitude of 34,296 feet above sea level. Enroute level cruises occurred over several locations, including Zofingen and Abbenans in France, and also took place over the English towns of Grand-Rozoy and Eastry, among others.
The enroute descent began over Grand-Rozoy, with the plane descending from 34,446 feet to 9,942 feet within 12 minutes and covering a distance of 66 nautical miles. The aircraft then ascended to different cruising altitudes and eventually began its final descent from 7,499 feet above sea level to 2,750 feet before landing on runway 27 at London City Airport (EGLC).
Upon arrival, the aircraft performed a final approach from the east, navigating a heading of 272 degrees at an altitude above ground level (agl) of 1,779 feet. The plane landed safely, with the touchdown speed being close to the threshold speed. However, the touchdown rate was relatively heavy, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 16.2 meters from the centreline. The total landing distance was 970 meters, representing 73% of the runway's length.
Post-flight, the taxiing process from the runway to the parking area took approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The flight distance was 459 nautical miles, which was covered within 1 hour and 49 minutes, while fuel consumption reached -2,296 kilograms.
A comprehensive report is submitted for the aircraft, an Embraer E190, which landed at London City Airport (EGLC). The approach to runway 27 from the east, heading 272.0 ° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,779 feet above ground level, was conducted with a satisfactory threshold height. However, the threshold speed of 121 knots seems within the normal range for an E190.
Upon touching down, the aircraft's distance to the point of touchdown was calculated to be 11 meters, indicating a relatively normal distance after landing. Nevertheless, the touchdown speed of 121 knots was somewhat higher than expected, which may have contributed to a heavy touchdown rate of -1,262 feet per minute, suggesting a possible hard landing. The high wind conditions present during the landing may have played a role in this observation, as the aircraft was experiencing a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 25 knots, with a total wind force of 26 knots.
The aircraft's touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 16.2 meters from the centerline, resulting in a potential safety concern. Furthermore, upon rollout, the aircraft's alignment with the runway centerline deviated by an additional 12.2 meters, which might have been caused by the misaligned touchdown.
Additionally, the total landing distance of 970 meters was 73% of the runway length, which indicates an efficient landing maneuver despite the adverse wind conditions. In conclusion, the landing was performed within a relatively narrow margin, as the E190 successfully landed at London City Airport's runway 27 under challenging wind conditions. However, some aspects of the landing could have been improved upon, including the touchdown speed and runway alignment, especially in the context of landing on a short runway like EGLC.
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