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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 4.6° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 9.3° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Hold the approach speed back toward 45 ft with power and let the aircraft descend to the normal flare band before rounding out.
What happened: The flare began early at 101 ft, well above the normal band, and the aircraft touched down fast at 172 kt against a vref of 150 kt. An early flare like this usually carries extra speed through to touchdown rather than bleeding it off.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare within the normal band near 45 ft.
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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3° glideslope, off the centreline, wings not level and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,207 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,207 m of the 3,989 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,144 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a quick taxi from the parking area to the runway, taking less than a minute and covering a distance of less than a nautical mile. The Boeing 777-300 then took off from runway 19 at Brussels Airport (EBBR), with a takeoff distance of 1,889 meters, which was 69% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 179 knots.
As the aircraft departed, it encountered local weather conditions of 10°C temperature and winds of 8 knots at 174 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 7 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Zaventem, Belgium, where the aircraft climbed from 1,159 feet above sea level to 18,400 feet above sea level, an increase of 17,241 feet in just 6 minutes, covering a distance of 16 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then began overhead Zetrud-Lumay, Belgium, and lasted for 45 minutes, covering a distance of 75 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 1 mile south east of Nusbaum, Germany, where it descended from 17,815 feet above sea level to 1,580 feet above sea level, a decrease of 16,235 feet in just 5 minutes, covering a distance of 18 nautical miles.
The aircraft then climbed again, this time from 1,580 feet above sea level to 6,251 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,671 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles, as it passed overhead Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (ELLX). The enroute descent then started again, this time from 6,243 feet above sea level to 1,740 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,503 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles, as the aircraft passed overhead Rameldange, Luxembourg.
The final approach to runway 24 at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport began from the north east, with the aircraft heading 235.0 degrees at 1 nautical mile and 507 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 24 was made with a runway length of 3,989 meters. However, the threshold height was excessively over target, and the threshold speed was too high at 188 knots.
The touchdown point was 529 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 172 knots, which was too fast. The touchdown rate was very hard at -578 feet per minute. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.2 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 5°C temperature and winds of 4 knots at 129 degrees, with a crosswind of 4 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 1,926 meters, which was 48% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 27.9 meters from the centerline. The total flight distance was 117 nautical miles, taking 31 minutes, and the aircraft used 7,079 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft has successfully landed at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, but the landing was not without its issues. The final approach to runway 24 was initiated from the north east, heading 235.0° at 1 nm and 507 ft above ground level (agl). The aircraft's performance during the landing was evaluated, and it was found that the threshold height at 131 ft agl was excessively over target, indicating that the aircraft was higher than it should have been at the point of touchdown.
Furthermore, the threshold speed was too high at 188 kt, which is above the recommended speed for landing. This could have contributed to the difficulties experienced during the landing. The touchdown point was 529 m beyond the touchdown zone, indicating that the aircraft landed farther down the runway than it should have. The touchdown speed of 172 kt was also too fast, which could have resulted in a harder landing. The touchdown rate was very hard at -578 fpm, which is a significant concern as it may have caused stress on the aircraft's landing gear and potentially damaged the runway.
Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.2 m from the centreline, which could have made the landing more challenging. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were not ideal, with a temperature of 5 °C and a wind speed of 4 kt at 129°. Although the crosswind was minimal at 4 kt, there was a tailwind of 1 kt, which could have affected the aircraft's performance during the landing.
The total landing distance was 1,926 m, which is 48% of the runway length. This is a relatively long landing distance, indicating that the aircraft took some time to come to a stop after touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 27.9 m from the centreline, which could have made it more difficult for the pilots to control the aircraft during the landing.
Overall, while the Boeing 777-300 aircraft successfully landed at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport, the landing was not without its issues. The excessive threshold height, high threshold speed, and hard touchdown rate are all concerns that need to be addressed to ensure a safe and smooth landing.
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