Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Arrival
Reduce power on final so the aircraft arrives at 117 kt over the threshold instead of carrying excess speed.
What happened: Crossing the threshold at 162 kt against a 117 kt target usually carries extra energy into the flare as a balloon, and the sink that returns afterward usually arrives hard at touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 117 kt at the threshold
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.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 20 stages, 16 in the score
The approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
Events
The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,790 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,790 m of the 2,933 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 726 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 to the runway, which took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 6 nautical miles. The aircraft, an RJ85, then departed from runway 29R at Indira Gandhi International Airport (VIDP) in New Delhi, India. The takeoff distance was 1,487 meters, which is 50% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 140 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of VIDP, it began its enroute climb 2 miles southwest of the airport, rising from an altitude of 1,745 feet above sea level to 26,167 feet above sea level, an increase of 24,422 feet in 20 minutes. This climb covered a distance of 90 nautical miles. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius.
The enroute level cruise phase started 6 miles east of Sikandra Rao, Uttar Pradesh, India, and lasted for 45 minutes, covering a distance of 308 nautical miles. Following this, the aircraft began its enroute descent 5 miles southwest of Ramnagar, State of Bihar, India. The descent from 26,027 feet above sea level to 6,159 feet above sea level, a decrease of 19,868 feet, took 14 minutes and covered a distance of 69 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 02 at Tribhuvan International Airport (VNKT) in Kathmandu, Nepal, was initiated from the north, heading 166.0 degrees at 1 nautical mile and 1,780 feet above ground level. However, a go-around was executed at 6,574 feet above ground level. The aircraft then landed on runway 02, which has a length of 2,933 meters. The threshold height at 64 feet above ground level was above the target, and the threshold speed was excessively high at 162 knots.
The touchdown point was 293 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 140 knots, which was fast. The touchdown rate was very hard at -554 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius. The total landing distance was 1,692 meters, which is 58% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 482 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 130 minutes. The aircraft used 4,463 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft in question, an RJ85, has completed a landing at VNKT Tribhuvan International Airport, with a final approach score of 83.4%. The approach was initiated from the north, heading 166.0° at a distance of 1 nautical mile and an altitude of 1,780 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 02, which has a length of 2,933 meters. However, the threshold height at 64 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly high on its approach. Furthermore, the threshold speed was excessively high at 162 knots, suggesting that the pilot may have been unable to slow the aircraft down sufficiently before touchdown.
The touchdown point was located 293 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the intended landing spot. Additionally, the touchdown speed of 140 knots was faster than desired, and the touchdown rate was very hard at -554 feet per minute (fpm). This indicates that the aircraft may have experienced a significant amount of deceleration upon touchdown, which can be stressful on the aircraft and its occupants.
Despite these issues, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot was able to maintain a stable and aligned approach. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 20°C.
The total landing distance was 1,692 meters, which is 58% of the runway length. This is a relatively long landing distance, indicating that the aircraft may have taken some time to come to a stop after touchdown. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the landing was not without its issues, the pilot was able to maintain a stable and aligned approach, and the aircraft was able to come to a stop safely. However, there are opportunities for improvement, particularly in terms of slowing the aircraft down before touchdown and reducing the touchdown speed.
Scroll or drag the slider to zoom · double-click to reset · hover for values