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Hold the nose until reaching 160 kt before rotating.
What happened: Rotation began at 154 kt, 6 kt before the 160 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator approaching 160 kt.
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Add power on short final to hold 147 kt at the threshold rather than letting speed decay.
What happened: You crossed the threshold at 134 kt against a target of 147 kt, below reference speed.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 18 kt FAST on the reference speed of 147 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,185 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,185 m of the 3,342 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 385 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from the parking area to runway 10R at Dublin Airport, a movement that lasted 13 minutes and covered 3 nm.
The departure roll on runway 10R was completed with a takeoff distance of 1,642 m 63 % of runway, and the aircraft lifted off at 155 kt. Local weather at the time was temperature 18 °C, wind 2 kt from 270 °, with a crosswind component of 0 kt and a tailwind component of 2 kt.
Climb commenced one mile north east of Ballymun, Ireland, with the aircraft ascending from 1,310 ft asl to 32,862 ft asl, an increase of 31,552 ft achieved in 20 minutes while covering 130 nm.
The first level cruise began one mile south east of Threapwood, England, lasting 23 minutes and spanning 181 nm.
Descent started two miles south west of Lower Hardres, England, with altitude decreasing from 32,501 ft asl to 10,038 ft asl, a loss of 22,464 ft over 16 minutes and a distance of 98 nm.
A subsequent cruise segment originated one mile east of Deinze, Belgium, lasting 2 minutes and covering 10 nm.
The next descent began overhead Vlierzele, Belgium, dropping from 10,030 ft asl to 2,048 ft asl, a reduction of 7,982 ft in 6 minutes across 23 nm.
A further level cruise was conducted overhead Denderhoutem, Belgium, lasting 5 minutes and covering 16 nm.
The final approach to runway 07L at Brussels Airport was flown from the south west, on a heading of 65.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,787 ft agl.
Landing on runway 07L, which measures 3,342 m, was achieved with a threshold speed of 134 kt, good threshold height, touchdown distance of 386 m, touchdown speed of 125 kt, and a firm touchdown rate of minus 307 fpm; the touchdown point was offset by 6.8 m from the centreline. The total landing distance recorded was 2,105 m, 63 % of runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good. Local weather at Brussels was temperature 20 °C, wind 3 kt from 226
The Boeing 737-800 approached runway 07L at Brussels Airport from the south-west on a heading of 65.0° at 4 nm and 1,787 ft agl, with a final-approach score of 95.8 %. The approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate because the sink rate was too high, while the ambient temperature was 20 °C and the wind was 3 kt from 226° with a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt tail-wind component.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the aircraft crossed the runway threshold at a speed slightly below target, measured at 134 kt. The flare proceeded from this condition without further comment.
Touchdown occurred 386 m down the runway, which was judged good, and the aircraft was at a speed of 125 kt, also rated good. The vertical speed at touchdown was firm at minus 307 fpm, and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 6.8 m from the centreline. The total landing distance used was 2,105 m, representing 63 % of the 3,342 m runway length.
Rollout alignment was described as very good, with the aircraft remaining well centred for the remainder of the available runway.
Future landings would benefit from reducing the sink rate to achieve a stabilized approach at the 1,000 ft gate, and from tightening the lateral track to bring the touchdown point closer to the centreline. Maintaining these adjustments will help preserve the high overall score.
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