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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 5.6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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 186 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 395 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,988 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 375 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-900, then departed from runway 35R at VVDN Da Nang International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,466 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 155 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot at 240 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 0 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile west of Da Nang, Vietnam, and the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,019 feet above sea level to 36,995 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,976 feet in 37 minutes, covering a distance of 276 nautical miles.
After reaching cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 101 miles southeast of Wenchang, China. This phase lasted for 126 minutes and covered a distance of 1,055 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 32 miles northwest of RJKN Tokunoshima Airport Amagi, Japan, and the aircraft descended from 37,004 feet above sea level to 1,845 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,159 feet in 28 minutes, covering a distance of 201 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 31 at RJFG New Tanegashima Airport was made from the southeast, heading 305.0 degrees at 3 nautical miles and 1,072 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 31 was successful, with a runway length of 1,988 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 141 knots. The touchdown distance was 376 meters, which was 44% of the runway. The touchdown speed was 134 knots, which was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was fair at -298 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 9 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 10 knots at 323 degrees. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 10 knots. The total landing distance was 868 meters, which was 44% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight distance was 1,540 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 200 minutes. The aircraft used 9,756 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-900 aircraft successfully landed at New Tanegashima Airport's runway 31 with a score of 99.1%. The final approach was initiated from the south east, heading 305.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,072 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach was characterized by a good threshold height, indicating that the pilots maintained a suitable altitude prior to touchdown.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was recorded at 141 knots, which is within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown speed of 134 knots was slightly faster than desired, suggesting that the pilots may have been able to maintain a more optimal speed during the final stages of the approach. The touchdown rate of -298 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, indicating that the aircraft's descent was not excessively steep.
The landing distance of 868 meters was 44% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. This suggests that the pilots executed a well-planned and controlled approach, resulting in a smooth and efficient touchdown. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 9°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 323°. The crosswind component was minimal at 4 knots, while the headwind component was 10 knots. These conditions were favorable for the landing, allowing the pilots to maintain control of the aircraft throughout the approach and touchdown.
Following touchdown, the aircraft's rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the braking phase and brought it to a stop in a safe and controlled manner. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft scoring 99.1% and demonstrating a high level of proficiency and control throughout the approach and touchdown phases.
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