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Departure
Rotate sooner, bringing the nose up at 169 kt rather than letting speed build further.
What happened: You lifted off at 204 kt against a rotation target of 169 kt, rotating late in the ground roll.
Watch for: Watch airspeed and rotate at the target of 169 kt.
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Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 6.8 ft, 4.5 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
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.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 22 stages, 20 scored
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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 1,790 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,790 m of the 3,562 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 196 m touchdown sits inside 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 12 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-300, then departed from runway 17 at LPPR Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport in Porto, Portugal. The takeoff distance was 1,816 meters, which is 60% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 204 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 17°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 knots at 99°. The crosswind was 5 knots, and the headwind was 2 knots. The enroute climb started overhead the airport, where the aircraft climbed from 1,252 feet above sea level to 33,591 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,339 feet in 16 minutes and covering 106 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 4 miles west of Amieira, Portugal, and lasted 107 minutes, covering 878 nautical miles. The aircraft then encountered another enroute climb, this time from 34,120 feet above sea level to 35,665 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,544 feet in 2 minutes and covering 14 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 79 miles northeast of DAUI In Salah Airport in Algeria and lasted 213 minutes, covering 1,736 nautical miles.
The aircraft then encountered another enroute climb, this time from 36,649 feet above sea level to 38,494 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,844 feet in 2 minutes and covering 14 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 5 miles south of Ndjole, Gabon, and lasted 50 minutes, covering 417 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 26 miles northwest of N'zeto, Angola, and the aircraft descended from 38,505 feet above sea level to 1,507 feet above sea level, a decrease of 36,998 feet in 21 minutes and covering 119 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 23 at FNLU Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport was from the northeast, heading 227.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,253 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 23 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 198 meters and a touchdown speed of 148 knots. However, the touchdown rate was very hard at -545 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.1 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 28°C temperature and a wind speed of 10 knots at 270°. The crosswind was 7 knots, and the headwind was 7 knots. The total landing distance was 1,715 meters, which is 48% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 21.7 meters from the centreline. The taxiing to the parking from the runway took 7 minutes and covered 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 3,293 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 431 minutes. The aircraft used 55,502 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft successfully landed at FNLU Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport, but with some notable areas for improvement. The final approach was conducted from the north east, heading 227.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,253 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 23, which has a length of 3,562 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was also good at 149 knots. However, the touchdown speed of 148 knots was slightly faster than ideal, which may have contributed to the hard touchdown rate of -545 feet per minute (fpm). This high touchdown rate could potentially put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear and may require further investigation to prevent future occurrences.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.1 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to factors such as crosswind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 28°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from 270°. The crosswind and headwind components were both 7 knots, which may have contributed to the misaligned touchdown.
The total landing distance of 1,715 meters was 48% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits. However, the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 21.7 meters from the centerline, which may indicate a need for further training or adjustments to the aircraft's handling characteristics.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there are several areas for improvement that should be addressed to ensure safe and efficient operations. These include reducing the touchdown speed, improving the touchdown rate, and ensuring accurate alignment with the runway centerline during both touchdown and rollout.
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