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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 2.3°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 343 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 563 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline and wings not level.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,868 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,868 ft of the 8,169 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,686 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 approximately 8 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, then departed from runway 30L at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (KSJC). The takeoff distance was 4,140 feet, which accounted for 58% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 147 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 71°F and a wind speed of 3 knots at 309°. The crosswind was negligible, but there was a headwind of 3 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile north of Santa Clara, California, and the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,088 feet above sea level to 36,872 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,783 feet, in 18 minutes and covering a distance of 121 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 3 miles southwest of Palermo, California, and lasted for 58 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 458 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 2 miles northwest of Othello, Washington, and the aircraft descended from 36,396 feet above sea level to 4,376 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,021 feet, in 16 minutes and covering a distance of 78 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile south of Four Lakes, Washington, and lasted for 6 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 26 at Spokane International Airport (KGEG) was made from the east, with a heading of 275.0° at an altitude of 914 feet above ground level and a distance of 3 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 26 at KGEG was successful, with the touchdown point being 1,099 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 123 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown rate was hard at -455 feet per minute, but the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 77°F and a wind speed of 2 knots at 20°, with a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 6,381 feet, which accounted for 78% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. The total flight distance was 671 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 109 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 9,282 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-700 aircraft successfully landed at KGEG Spokane International Airport, with a score of 82.3%. The final approach to runway 26 was initiated from the east, heading 275.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 914 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach was characterized by a slightly above-target threshold speed of 134 knots, which is a relatively high speed for a landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 1,099 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the target. The touchdown speed of 123 knots was also slightly above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been descending too quickly. The touchdown rate of -455 feet per minute (fpm) was particularly hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have been experiencing a high rate of descent during the final stages of the approach.
Despite these issues, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the landing. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 77°F and a gentle wind of 2 knots at 20°. The crosswind and tailwind components were minimal, at 1 knot each, which suggests that the aircraft was not significantly affected by wind during the landing.
The total landing distance of 6,381 feet was 78% of the available runway length, which is a relatively high percentage. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the rollout phase. Overall, while the landing was not perfect, the aircraft's score of 82.3% suggests that it was a relatively successful landing, and the pilot's skills and experience were likely a major factor in the outcome.
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