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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,995 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 111 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a short taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took less than a minute and covered a distance of less than a nautical mile. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10, then departed from runway 01 at ESOE Örebro Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,110 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 156 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 5 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots from a direction of 350 degrees.
The crosswind component was 3 knots, while the headwind component was 9 knots. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead ESOE Örebro Airport. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,211 feet above sea level to 5,252 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,041 feet, in just 3 minutes and covering a distance of 12 nautical miles.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 10 nautical miles. This phase began 3 miles north of Glanshammar in Örebro County, Sweden. The aircraft then started its enroute descent, which began 3 miles northwest of Arboga in Vaestmanland County, Sweden. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 5,035 feet above sea level to 562 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,473 feet, in 4 minutes and covering a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another climb phase, which started 1 mile north of Koeping in Vaestmanland County, Sweden. This climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 613 feet above sea level to 151 feet above sea level, an increase of 461 feet, in 3 minutes and covering a distance of 9 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 14 at ESQO Arboga Airfield, which was located to the northwest of the aircraft's position.
The final approach was made from a heading of 146.0 degrees at an altitude of 107 feet above ground level, and the aircraft was 0 nautical miles from the runway threshold. The landing was made on runway 14, which had a length of 1,995 meters. The threshold speed was 139 knots, and the touchdown point was 62 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 136 knots, and the touchdown rate was very hard at -558 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.8 meters from the centerline, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 4 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 330 degrees. The crosswind component was 0 knots, while the tailwind component was 8 knots. The total landing distance was 1,011 meters, which accounted for 51% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The total flight distance was 44 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 14 minutes. The aircraft used 801 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 aircraft, operated by BMI, successfully landed at ESQO Arboga Airfield, achieving a score of 92.4%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-west, heading 146.0° at an altitude of 107 feet above ground level (agl) and 0 nautical miles (nm) from the runway threshold.
The final approach was executed with a good threshold height, and the aircraft touched down on runway 14, which has a length of 1,995 meters. The threshold speed of 139 knots was maintained, and the touchdown point was 62 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 136 knots, which is slightly below the threshold speed, indicating a controlled descent.
However, the touchdown rate was very hard, with a rate of -558 feet per minute (fpm). This suggests that the aircraft may have experienced a slight loss of lift or a rapid descent during the final stages of the approach. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's heading or a miscalculation of the approach path.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 4°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from 330°. This resulted in a crosswind of 0 knots and a tailwind of 8 knots, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment of the touchdown position.
Despite the hard touchdown and slight misalignment, the total landing distance of 1,011 meters was within 51% of the runway length, indicating a relatively controlled rollout. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively to bring the aircraft to a stop.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of maintaining a more controlled descent and aligning the aircraft with the centerline during the touchdown.
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