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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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.
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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,861 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 828 ft 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 02 at LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport. The takeoff distance was 4,297 feet, which accounted for 52% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 60°F temperature and a 10-knot wind blowing from 290°. The crosswind was 10 knots, while the headwind was negligible. The enroute climb began overhead El Prat de Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain, where the aircraft ascended from 1,096 feet above sea level to 38,590 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 147 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 69 miles east of Cadaques in Catalonia, Spain, and lasted for 75 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 577 nautical miles. The descent began 3 miles southeast of Leskovec Toplicki in Varazdin, Croatia, where the aircraft descended from 38,490 feet to 1,637 feet in 30 minutes, covering a distance of 157 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 13R at LHBP Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport was made from the northwest, heading 132.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,178 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 13R was successful, with a touchdown distance of 821 feet and a touchdown speed of 127 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -258 feet per minute, but the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 34°F temperature and a 4-knot wind blowing from 179°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 2 knots. The total landing distance was 3,392 feet, which accounted for 34% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, which took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 888 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 139 minutes. The aircraft used 11,806 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at LHBP Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport on runway 13R. The final approach was executed from the north-west, with a heading of 132.0° at an altitude of 1,178 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft maintained a high level of precision throughout the approach, ultimately achieving a score of 99.6%.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 131 knots, which was within the acceptable threshold speed. The touchdown distance of 821 feet was also within the expected range, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown speed of 127 knots was also satisfactory, demonstrating the pilot's ability to manage the aircraft's speed during the landing.
However, the touchdown rate of -258 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a slight bounce or oscillation upon touchdown. This could be attributed to various factors, including the aircraft's weight, the runway's surface, or the pilot's technique. Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 34°F and a wind speed of 4 knots from a direction of 179°. The crosswind component was 3 knots, while the headwind component was 2 knots. These conditions were relatively calm, which likely contributed to the smoothness of the landing.
The total landing distance of 3,392 feet was 34% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. This suggests that the pilot was able to manage the aircraft's speed and descent rate effectively, resulting in a controlled and efficient landing. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was a success, with the aircraft touching down smoothly and coming to a stop within a short distance. While there were some minor issues with the touchdown rate, the pilot's overall performance was impressive, and the landing was executed with a high level of precision and control.
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