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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 9.1°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Start the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested.
What happened: The aircraft was flown onto the runway: the nose was barely raised and little of the sink was taken out, touching down at 297 fpm.
Watch for: Pitch attitude: rising steadily through the flare until the sink is checked.
See Arrival Landing
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 2,038 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,038 m of the 3,602 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 745 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 11 at Niš Constantine the Great Airport (LYNI). The takeoff distance was 1,729 meters, which accounted for 87% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 152 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 5°C, with a wind speed of 1 knot at 341°.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it first leveled off at an altitude of 33,502 feet above sea level (asl), having ascended from an initial altitude of 1,414 feet asl. This climb phase covered a distance of 120 nautical miles and took 23 minutes to complete. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles north of Padina, a location in the Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina region of Serbia. This cruise phase lasted for 22 minutes and covered a distance of 140 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began overhead Felsőráda Bugyi, a location in the Pest megye region of Hungary. During this phase, the aircraft descended from an altitude of 33,457 feet asl to 1,865 feet asl, a decrease of 31,591 feet in 26 minutes, covering a distance of 114 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 34 at Vienna International Airport (LOWW) was initiated from the south, with the aircraft heading 344.0° at an altitude of 1,265 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 34 at LOWW was characterized by a touchdown point that was 326 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was slightly above the target speed at 145 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -235 feet per minute (fpm). The runway touchdown alignment was very good, but the runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 43.2 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 3°C, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 339°.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 4 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 384 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 84 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 3,115 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at Vienna International Airport (LOWW) on runway 34. The final approach was initiated from the south, heading 344.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,265 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, with the touchdown point located 326 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone.
The landing performance was evaluated, and it was noted that the touchdown speed of 137 knots was slightly above the target speed. However, the touchdown rate of -235 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 3°C and a wind speed of 3 knots from 339°. The crosswind component was negligible, while the headwind component was 3 knots. These conditions did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing performance.
The total landing distance was 1,952 meters, which accounted for 54% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the aircraft was able to touch down and stop within a reasonable distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 43.2 meters from the centerline. This suggests that the aircraft may have drifted off the centerline during the rollout phase, potentially due to a combination of factors such as wind, pilot error, or aircraft performance.
Overall, the landing performance of the Boeing 737-MAX8 at Vienna International Airport was satisfactory, with some areas for improvement. The aircraft was able to touch down safely and stop within a reasonable distance, but the runway rollout alignment was not ideal.
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