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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 5.6 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 4.2° of bank in the first climb segment and 3.2° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,580 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,580 m of the 2,187 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 65 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was operated by a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The pre-flight taxiing process from the parking area to the runway took approximately 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The departure roll from runway 28R at Dublin Airport (EIDW) was successful, with a takeoff distance of 893 meters, which accounted for 29% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 158 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Dublin Airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 13°C temperature and a wind speed of 19 knots at 199°. The crosswind component was 18 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. The enroute climb started approximately 1 mile northwest of the airport and continued for 19 minutes, covering a distance of 98 nautical miles. During this phase, the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,274 feet above sea level to 34,269 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,994 feet.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 3 miles northeast of Mullinavat, Ireland. This phase lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 23 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb phase, this time from 3 miles south of Stradbally, Ireland, and climbed from 34,963 feet to 35,428 feet above sea level, an increase of 465 feet, in just 2 minutes. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 5 miles southeast of Ardmore, Ireland, and lasted for 54 minutes, covering a distance of 433 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent phase, which started 79 miles northwest of Carino, Spain. The aircraft descended from 36,039 feet above sea level to 4,936 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,104 feet, in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 120 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started overhead Bergondo, Spain, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The final descent phase began 2 miles south of Fene, Spain, and the aircraft descended from 4,952 feet above sea level to 1,597 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,355 feet, in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 21 at A Coruña Airport (LECO) was made from the northeast, with a heading of 211.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,289 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 21 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 62 meters and a touchdown speed of 146 knots, which was slightly fast. The touchdown rate was very heavy at -905 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.1 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 5°C temperature and a wind speed of 5 knots at 160°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots. The total landing distance was 1,497 meters, which accounted for 68% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, and the taxiing to the parking area from the runway took less than 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 718 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 118 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 5,004 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at LECO A Coruña Airport, with a final approach from the north east, heading 211.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,289 feet above ground level. The aircraft demonstrated a good threshold height, indicating a well-executed approach. The threshold speed of 147 knots was also within acceptable limits, suggesting that the pilots maintained control and stability throughout the approach.
However, there were a few areas for improvement. The touchdown speed of 146 knots was slightly faster than desired, which may have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate of -905 feet per minute. A heavier touchdown rate can put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear and may affect the overall safety of the landing. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.1 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilots' alignment during the approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 5°C and winds of 5 knots at 160°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots. These conditions were generally favorable for landing, and the pilots were able to maintain control of the aircraft throughout the approach.
The total landing distance of 1,497 meters was 68% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots were able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and bring it to a safe stop. Overall, while there were a few areas for improvement, the landing was generally successful, and the pilots demonstrated good control and stability throughout the approach and rollout phases.
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