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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 6.2 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 6°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
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.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,686 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 373 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-900 taxied from its parking position to runway 18R at KAUS Austin Bergstrom International Airport, a movement that required 19 minutes and covered 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 18R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 163 kt and became airborne after a takeoff distance of 2,072 m, representing 55 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 40 °C with wind from 130° at 11 kt, including an 8 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind component.
The climb commenced approximately 1 mile north-west of 02XS Seidel Ranch Airport, with the airplane climbing from 1,561 ft asl to 33,007 ft asl, an altitude gain of 31,446 ft achieved in 31 minutes while traversing 220 nm.
Level cruise began about 4 miles south of Center, Texas, and persisted for 135 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 1,091 nm at cruise altitude.
Descent was initiated roughly 2 miles north-west of 33PA Sutliff Private Airport, descending from 32,814 ft asl to 1,201 ft asl, a loss of 31,613 ft in 19 minutes and a distance of 108 nm.
On final approach to runway 04R at KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,231 ft agl to -24 ft agl over 103 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 04R was executed with a threshold speed of 142 kt; touchdown occurred at a distance of 374 m down the runway, with a touchdown speed of 137 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 195 fpm; runway length is 2,686 m and the total landing distance measured 1,227 m, equivalent to 46 % of the runway.
The rollout proceeded with perfect runway alignment, confirming the good threshold height and the overall quality of the landing performance; local weather at KEWR reported a temperature of 22 °C, wind from 30° at 11 kt, a 1 kt cross-wind and an 11 kt head-wind.
In total, the flight covered 1,431 nm, required 209 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 9,965 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-900 achieved a 99.5 % landing score as it entered the final approach to runway 04R at KEWR, with the approach assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate; gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed were all within limits.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft descended from 1,231 ft agl to minus 24 ft agl in 103 seconds, establishing a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 142 kt while operating in 22 °C temperature, wind 11 kt from 30°, crosswind 1 kt and head-wind 11 kt.
Touchdown occurred 374 m down the runway at a speed of 137 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 195 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,227 m, representing 46 % of the 2,686 m runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect.
Maintain the aim point near the 300 m (1,000 ft) mark and continue the disciplined stabilised approach to preserve the high score while fine-tuning touchdown placement.
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