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Improve the 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.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,991 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,291 ft 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 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-900, then departed from runway 30L at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP). The takeoff distance was 5,015 feet, which was 50% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 160 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 23°F and a wind speed of 15 knots at 230°. The crosswind component was 14 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile east of Richfield, Minnesota, and ascended from an initial altitude of 1,896 feet above sea level to a maximum altitude of 34,029 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,133 feet in 23 minutes. The enroute climb covered a distance of 170 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 3 miles southwest of the Southwind Airport (22WN) in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. This phase lasted for 18 minutes and covered a distance of 164 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 4 miles northeast of Ashkum, Illinois, and descended from an altitude of 34,617 feet above sea level to 31,073 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,544 feet in 2 minutes. The enroute descent covered a distance of 19 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 2 miles southwest of the Taylorville Memorial Hospital Heliport (2LL0) in Taylorville, Illinois. This phase lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 18 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final enroute descent 5 miles northwest of the Cottingham Airport (1IN6) in Pine Village, Indiana, and descended from an altitude of 30,280 feet above sea level to 2,537 feet above sea level, a decrease of 27,742 feet in 15 minutes. The enroute descent covered a distance of 65 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 05R at the Indianapolis International Airport (KIND) was made from the southwest, with a heading of 44.0° at an altitude of 1,693 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 1,288 feet. The touchdown speed was 140 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown rate was fair at -273 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 13 feet from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 30°F and a wind speed of 8 knots at 300°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the tailwind component was 2 knots. The aircraft landed on the runway, with a total landing distance of 4,322 feet, which was 43% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 448 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 78 minutes. The aircraft used 8,600 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-900 aircraft successfully landed on runway 05R at the Indianapolis International Airport (KIND). The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 44.0° at 2 nautical miles and 1,693 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, which has a length of 9,991 feet.
The initial landing attempt was marked by a significantly high threshold height at 86 feet agl, exceeding the target. Additionally, the threshold speed was excessively high at 228 knots, indicating a potential issue with the aircraft's approach configuration. However, the subsequent landing attempt showed improvement, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed that was only slightly above the target at 144 knots.
The touchdown distance of 1,288 feet was considered good, but the touchdown speed of 140 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate of -273 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, indicating a moderate rate of descent. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 13 feet from the centerline, which may require some adjustments to the aircraft's approach path.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 30°F and winds of 8 knots at 300°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the tailwind component was 2 knots. The total landing distance of 4,322 feet was 43% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively, and the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with some minor issues that can be addressed in future approaches.
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