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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 13°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Level the wings with coordinated aileron on short final so bank stays near wings-level through touchdown.
What happened: Wings were not level through the landing phase, with bank angle at 6.5° on short final.
Watch for: Watch the bank angle indicator, holding it near wings-level through the landing and touchdown.
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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,571 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,060 ft 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 7 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 22R at KBOS Logan International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 3,772 feet, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 124 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it started its enroute climb from the Avco/Lowell Heliport in Lowell, Massachusetts, at an altitude of 951 feet above sea level. The climb continued for 12 minutes, covering 35 nautical miles, and resulted in an increase of 33,068 feet in altitude, reaching a maximum altitude of 34,019 feet above sea level.
The enroute level cruise started 2 miles northwest of KASH Nashua Airport/Boire Field in Nashua, New Hampshire, and lasted for 45 minutes, covering a distance of 210 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent from an altitude of 33,999 feet above sea level to 2,316 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,683 feet in altitude, which took 23 minutes and covered 109 nautical miles.
The descent continued with a brief level cruise from an altitude of 2,316 feet above sea level, starting 1 mile southeast of Sloan, New York, and lasting for 4 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile. The final approach to runway 05 at KBUF Buffalo Niagara International Airport was made from the southwest, with a heading of 42.0 degrees at an altitude of 874 feet above ground level and a distance of 3 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 05 at KBUF Buffalo Niagara International Airport was made with a runway length of 7,571 feet. The threshold height was slightly above the target, and the threshold speed was excessively high at 141 knots. The touchdown point was 704 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 129 knots, which was fast. However, the touchdown rate was perfect at 42 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 49 feet from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 3,893 feet, which accounted for 51% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 82 feet from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 362 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 87 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 4,510 pounds.
The aircraft in question, an Embraer E175, successfully landed at KBUF Buffalo Niagara International Airport, but with some notable discrepancies. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 42.0° at 3 nautical miles and 874 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 05, which has a length of 7,571 feet.
Upon analysis, it appears that the threshold height at 59 feet agl was slightly above the target, indicating a minor deviation in the aircraft's descent. However, the threshold speed was excessively high at 141 knots, which may have contributed to the subsequent issues with the landing. The touchdown point was 704 feet beyond the touchdown zone, suggesting that the aircraft may have landed slightly too far down the runway.
The touchdown speed of 129 knots was also faster than ideal, which could have put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear and brakes. Fortunately, the touchdown rate was perfect at 42 feet per minute, indicating that the aircraft's descent was well-controlled. Unfortunately, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 49 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's approach path.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 74°F. The total landing distance was 3,893 feet, which is 51% of the runway length. This is a relatively high percentage, suggesting that the aircraft may have had some difficulty stopping within the available runway length. Furthermore, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 82 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to the aircraft's initial misalignment during the landing.
Overall, while the aircraft successfully landed, there were several areas for improvement, including the threshold speed, touchdown speed, and runway alignment. These issues may have been due to a combination of factors, including pilot error, aircraft performance, and weather conditions.
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