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Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,530 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 521 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 taxied from the parking area to the departure runway in eight minutes, covering four nautical miles before reaching runway 06 at José Martí International Airport (MUHA).
During the departure roll on runway 06, the aircraft used 1,479 m of runway, representing 37 % of the available length, and achieved liftoff at 165 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 34 °C, wind from 089° at 3 kt, with a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
The climb commenced overhead Boyeros, La Habana, Cuba, and the aircraft ascended from 1,136 ft asl to 36,938 ft asl, a gain of 35,803 ft in 16 minutes while covering 105 nm.
Level cruise began 16 mi southwest of the 61FD AdventHealth Palm Coast Heliport in Florida and continued for 15 minutes, during which 111 nm were flown.
Descent was initiated 2 mi southeast of Verona Walk, Florida, with the aircraft descending from 37,004 ft asl to 1,305 ft asl, a loss of 35,699 ft in 31 minutes and traversing 164 nm.
The final approach to runway 19L at Tampa International Airport (KTPA) was conducted from the north, on a heading of 182.0° at four nautical miles and 1,278 ft agl.
Landing on runway 19L, which is 2,530 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 138 kt. Touchdown was recorded 107 m beyond the touchdown zone at 131 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 417 fpm and a lateral deviation of 19.0 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was 29 °C, wind from 180° at 2 kt, with no cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind component. The total landing distance measured 1,018 m, equivalent to 40 % of the runway.
Runway rollout showed a centreline misalignment of 19.3 m.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in five minutes, covering less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 391 nm, required 76 minutes, and consumed 2,611 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 approached runway 19L at KTPA Tampa International Airport from the north on a heading of 182.0° at 4 nm and 1,278 ft agl; the final approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate because the sink rate was too high.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 138 kt; the aircraft crossed the threshold and the touchdown point was 107 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 131 kt that was good, but the touchdown rate was hard at minus 417 fpm and the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 19.0 m from the centreline.
Touchdown occurred with the noted hard vertical rate of minus 417 fpm, a speed of 131 kt, and a lateral offset of 19.0 m from centreline, confirming the earlier observations of misalignment at the point of contact.
Rollout used a total landing distance of 1,018 m, representing 40 % of the 2,530 m runway, and the aircraft remained misaligned by 19.3 m from the centreline during the rollout.
Focus on achieving a stabilized approach by reducing sink rate before the 1,000 ft gate and on improving lateral alignment to keep the aircraft within a few metres of centreline at touchdown and through rollout.
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