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Hold the nose until reaching 159 kt before rotating.
What happened: Rotation began at 139 kt, 20 kt before the 159 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator approaching 159 kt.
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Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to keep the deviation within 15 m.
What happened: During rollout the aircraft drifted off the runway centreline, reaching a maximum deviation of 15 m.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,690 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,690 m of the 2,266 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 635 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied to runway 29 at SBPA Salgado Filho International Airport and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft achieved lift-off after a takeoff distance of 1,363 m, representing 60 % of the runway, at a speed of 139 kt. Ambient conditions were 18 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, providing a 1 kt head-wind component and zero cross-wind.
During the initial climb the aircraft departed the vicinity of SBPA, climbing from 438 ft asl to 6,032 ft asl, an altitude gain of 5,593 ft achieved in 3 minutes while covering 12 nm.
A subsequent climb segment began 5 nm west of SSNG Montenegro Airport, where the airplane rose from 848 ft asl to 4,267 ft asl, gaining 3,419 ft in 3 minutes and traversing 11 nm.
The flight then entered a level cruise phase 3 nm south of SSNG, maintaining altitude for 3 minutes and covering 15 nm before beginning the next descent.
The first descent commenced overhead Sapucaia, with the aircraft descending from 6,012 ft asl to 775 ft asl, a loss of 5,236 ft in 5 minutes while covering 26 nm.
A second descent started 4 nm north-east of SIXE Aeroclube de Eldorado do Sul Airport, during which the airplane dropped from 4,277 ft asl to 1,288 ft asl, a decrease of 2,989 ft over 6 minutes and a distance of 20 nm.
For the final approach the aircraft aligned with runway 11 at SBPA from the west, tracking a heading of 91.0° at 4 nm and 1,266 ft agl.
Landing was executed on runway 11, whose length is 2,266 m. The threshold height of 74 ft agl exceeded the target, while the threshold speed of 145 kt was within expectations. Touchdown occurred 220 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 140 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 299 fpm and a lateral offset of 4.3 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, a 1 kt tail-wind component and no cross-wind. The total landing distance recorded was 1,610 m, representing 71 % of the runway.
During rollout the aircraft’s alignment deviated by 15.2 m from the centreline.
In total the flight covered 90 nm, took 22 (units as given) and consumed 1,306 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 entered the final approach to runway 35R at LIMC Milan Malpensa International Airport from the south on a heading of 349.0° at 4 nm and 1,245 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the height of 56 ft agl was slightly above target and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 146 kt. The aircraft continued the flare and began the descent toward touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 105 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 139 kt, noted as a little fast, and a fair vertical rate of minus 268 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance was 1,288 m, representing 33 % of the 3,906 m runway, and rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather was 20 °C with wind 3 kt from 10°, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 3 kt headwind component.
To tighten the touchdown point, aim to land within the designated touchdown zone rather than beyond it, and adjust the flare to achieve the target speed. Reducing the touchdown speed toward the intended value will also help keep the landing distance well within runway limits.
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