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Departure
On the roll, make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline.
What happened: On the roll the aircraft drifted 45 m off the centreline, and heading then varied by -1.5° through the first climb segment; drifting off centreline on the roll like this usually carries a heading variation into the climb, which in turn usually carries extra bank into the second climb segment, seen here as 3°.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level and track straight through the climb
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, as soon as you reach 11 ft, rather than waiting until closer to the runway.
What happened: The flare began at 8.6 ft, 2.6 ft later than the normal band, leaving little time to arrest the sink. A late flare like this usually carries through to a firmer-than-normal touchdown.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the normal flare band, calling the flare at 11 ft.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 six 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 1,839 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,839 m of the 3,526 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 361 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.04 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The B772 taxied from the parking area to runway 04L at KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport, a movement that lasted 17 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 04L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 165 kt, using a takeoff distance of 1,405 m (54 % of the runway). Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 11 kt from 357°, including a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 9 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 1 mile southeast of Newark, with the airplane ascending from 1,020 ft asl to 35,000 ft asl-a gain of 33,980 ft-over 29 minutes while covering 171 nm.
The first cruise segment began 1 mile west of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and persisted for 339 minutes, during which 2,936 nm were flown.
The initial descent started 1 mile southwest of Worlingworth, Suffolk, descending from 34,995 ft asl to 26,002 ft asl, a loss of 8,993 ft in 5 minutes while covering 38 nm.
A short cruise followed 24 miles southeast of Southwold, Suffolk, lasting 3 minutes and spanning 23 nm.
The second descent began 43 miles east of Lowestoft, Suffolk, with the aircraft dropping from 24,908 ft asl to 10,009 ft asl, a decrease of 14,899 ft in 6 minutes and covering 42 nm.
Subsequent cruise activity started 23 miles west of Zandvoort, The Netherlands, lasting 13 minutes and encompassing 48 nm.
The third descent was initiated 4 miles northwest of Zandvoort, descending from 9,679 ft asl to 2,003 ft asl, a loss of 7,676 ft over 8 minutes and covering 31 nm.
A further cruise segment began 1 mile northwest of Katwoude, The Netherlands, lasting 7 minutes and covering 20 nm.
Final approach to runway 18R at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol involved a descent from 1,351 ft agl to 88 ft agl in 107 seconds, with the aircraft scoring on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 18R was executed with a threshold speed of 136 kt, touchdown distance of 364 m, and a touchdown rate of minus 466 fpm; the alignment at touchdown was very good. Local weather reported 17 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 150°, including a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind component. The total landing distance recorded was 1,757 m (50 % of the runway).
Runway rollout alignment was slightly off centreline by 9.7 m.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In summary, the flight covered a total distance of 3,318 nm, had a duration of 427, and consumed 50,883 kg of fuel.
The approach to runway 18R at EHAM was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. The aircraft descended from 1,351 ft AGL to 88 ft AGL in 107 seconds on a final approach that featured a temperature of 17 °C, wind 2 kt from 150°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the speed was recorded as good at 136 kt and the threshold height was good. The aircraft touched down 364 m down the runway, with a touchdown speed a little fast at 136 kt and a hard touchdown rate of minus 466 fpm, while runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Touchdown occurred 364 m from the threshold with the noted speed and rate, maintaining the very good alignment achieved during the flare.
Rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,757 m, representing 50 % of the 3,526 m runway, and the aircraft finished slightly misaligned by 9.7 m from the centreline.
Minor refinements are advised: reduce touchdown speed slightly toward the target VREF to help soften the hard rate of minus 466 fpm, and fine-tune flare timing to achieve a gentler touchdown while preserving the excellent alignment already demonstrated.
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