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Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 157 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 177 kt, 20 kt past the 157 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the 157 kt rotation target.
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Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 19 ft, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 113 ft.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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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 5,009 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,009 ft of the 8,990 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,550 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.89 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to the departure runway, a movement that required 20 minutes and covered 11 nm.
Departure roll was conducted on runway 22L at KORD Chicago O’Hare International Airport; the takeoff run measured 6,454 ft, representing 80 % of the available runway, and liftoff was achieved at 177 kt. Ambient conditions included a temperature of 98 °F, wind from 260° at 10 kt, a cross-wind component of 6 kt and a head-wind component of 8 kt.
Climb commenced one mile southeast of Bensenville, Illinois, with the aircraft accelerating from 1,563 ft asl to 35,857 ft asl, an altitude gain of 34,294 ft achieved in 5 minutes while covering 159 nm.
Level cruise began two miles southwest of the 40LL Kirby Medical Center Heliport, Monticello, Illinois, and persisted for 18 minutes, during which 508 nm were flown.
Descent was initiated overhead Saint Maurice, Louisiana, with the flight descending from 36,002 ft asl to 1,350 ft asl, a loss of 34,652 ft in 12 minutes and a distance of 180 nm.
The final approach to runway 26R at KIAH George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport was executed from the east, on a heading of 270.0°, at 4 nm from the threshold and 1,245 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26R, which is 8,990 ft long, occurred with a threshold speed slightly above target at 151 kt. The touchdown point was 192 ft beyond the touchdown zone, the touchdown speed was 141 kt, and the aircraft contacted the surface at a hard rate of minus 520 fpm. Lateral alignment at touchdown was offset by 18 ft from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 4,751 ft, equivalent to 53 % of the runway length, and the aircraft’s alignment during rollout was significantly off centreline by 113 ft.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a taxi-in that lasted 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 867 nm, taking 49, and consumed 1,969 lbs of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 completed the final approach to runway 26R at KIAH from the east, maintaining a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,245 ft agl while the local temperature was 93 °F, wind 12 kt from 173°, a 12 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 151 kt as the aircraft prepared for flare.
Touchdown occurred 192 ft beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 141 kt that was good; the vertical rate was very hard at minus 520 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 18 ft from the centreline.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 4,751 ft, representing 53 % of the 8,990 ft runway, and the rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 113 ft from the centreline.
To reduce the hard touchdown, refine flare timing to achieve a lower vertical rate while preserving the 141 kt touchdown speed. Maintaining tighter directional control during rollout will bring the centreline deviation within acceptable limits and improve overall alignment.
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