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Departure
Use smooth aileron to roll the wings level in the first climb segment, holding bank angle near wings-level instead of letting it build to 3.6°.
What happened: The wings held 3.6° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 3.8° by the second - this early wing-level drift usually carries through into a larger bank excursion later in the climb.
Watch for: Watch the attitude indicator's bank pointer and keep it at wings level throughout the climb.
Arrival
Keep easing the back pressure to let the aircraft settle from 36 ft instead of holding it level.
What happened: The sink was arrested at 36 ft and held there instead of being let down.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: continuous descent through the normal flare band to touchdown
See Arrival Landing
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,270 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,270 ft of the 13,434 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,766 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a short taxiing period from the parking to the runway, taking approximately 6 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft departed from runway 04 at San Antonio International Airport (KSAT). The takeoff performance was noteworthy, with a takeoff distance of 3,873 feet, which was 45% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was recorded at 151 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of San Antonio, it faced a local weather scenario characterized by a temperature of 86 °F, a wind of 4 knots at 140 degrees, and crosswind and tailwind conditions. Despite these conditions, the aircraft successfully climbed from 1,831 feet above sea level to 29,154 feet above sea level, an increase of 27,323 feet in 16 minutes, while covering 102 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise phase started 4 miles southeast of the Canadian River Ranch Airport (76TA) and lasted only 2 minutes, covering 13 nautical miles. As the aircraft continued its journey, the enroute descent phase began 9 miles east of the McCasland Ranch Airport (49XS), where it descended from 29,134 feet to 1,847 feet above sea level, a decrease of 27,287 feet in 30 minutes, while covering 107 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 17C at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (KDFW) was initiated from the north, with the aircraft heading 180.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,270 feet above ground level. The landing performance was satisfactory, with a touchdown speed of 139 knots, although it was a little above the threshold speed. The touchdown point was 1,418 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown rate was fair at -264 feet per minute.
However, there was a minor alignment issue with the runway, as the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 32 feet from the centerline. The total landing distance was 6,022 feet, which accounted for 45% of the runway length. Following the landing, the aircraft performed rollout alignment slightly off centerline, by 38 feet.
The post-landing taxiing period took approximately 8 minutes to cover less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 228 nautical miles, with a flight time of 61 minutes, and the aircraft utilized 6,016 pounds of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 successfully landed at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on runway 17C, however there were several areas for improvement. The aircraft's final approach to the runway began from the north, heading in a direction of 180.0 °, at a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway and an altitude of 1,270 feet above ground level (agl).
The pilot maintained a good threshold height during the approach, and achieved a good threshold speed of 139 knots. However, upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 1,418 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone with a slight over-approach speed of 135 knots. This indicates that the pilot could have utilized a slightly longer landing distance had they maintained a more suitable touchdown speed.
The touchdown rate of -264 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the pilot made a moderate attempt to control the rate of descent during touchdown. Unfortunately, the aircraft's runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 32 feet, indicating a minor discrepancy in the pilot's navigation.
The aircraft landed in a total distance of 6,022 feet, making up approximately 45% of the available runway length. Although this distance indicates a moderate landing performance, there is still room for improvement in terms of utilizing more runway length. Furthermore, during the post touchdown roll, the runway alignment was observed to be slightly misaligned from the centreline by 38 feet.
The local weather conditions were mild, with a temperature of 82 °F and relatively stable wind conditions, consisting of a 3 knot headwind at 170 ° with a negligible 1 knot crosswind. These conditions suggest that adverse weather factors did not significantly impact the landing performance.
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