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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 5 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 7° of bank in the first climb segment and 2.1° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
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.
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: no landing flap set.
At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set, off the runway's 3° glideslope and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,730 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,730 m of the 3,082 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 889 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 25 at EDDS Stuttgart Airport, a Boeing 777-300 aircraft taking to the skies. The takeoff distance covered 99% of the runway, with a total distance of 2,999 meters. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 184 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 260 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it began its enroute climb over Steinenbronn, a town in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. The climb was steep, with the aircraft rising from an altitude of 2,463 feet above sea level to 20,005 feet in just 10 minutes, covering a distance of 41 nautical miles. This rapid ascent was followed by a level cruise, which started 1 mile northwest of Mosbach, another town in Baden-Wuerttemberg. The cruise lasted for 28 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 128 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent over Butgenbach, a town in Wallonia, Belgium. The descent was steep, with the aircraft dropping from an altitude of 20,001 feet to 6,994 feet in just 5 minutes, covering a distance of 34 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off for a brief period, cruising over Rutten, a town in Flanders, Belgium, for 3 minutes before beginning its final descent. This descent started over Kortenaken, another town in Flanders, and saw the aircraft drop from an altitude of 7,011 feet to 1,977 feet in just 5 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 25L at EBBR Brussels Airport was made from the east, with the aircraft heading in a direction of 250 degrees at an altitude of 1,814 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on the runway, which had a length of 3,082 meters. The threshold height at the time of landing was significantly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 163 knots. The touchdown point was 457 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was good at 148 knots. However, the touchdown rate was heavy at -628 feet per minute.
The total landing distance was 1,632 meters, which accounted for 53% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 19.4 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 23 knots from a direction of 171 degrees.
The total flight distance was 245 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 49 minutes. The aircraft used a total of -9,241 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft successfully landed at Brussels Airport (EBBR) on runway 25L, but the landing was not without some notable issues. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 250.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,814 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 457 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating that the pilot may have slightly over-extended the landing.
The touchdown speed of 148 knots was within the acceptable range, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft during the landing. However, the touchdown rate was heavy at -628 feet per minute (fpm), which may have been due to the pilot's decision to touch down slightly beyond the touchdown zone. The threshold height at 94 feet agl was significantly above the target, which may have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 11°C and a wind speed of 23 knots from 171°. The crosswind component was 23 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. These conditions may have presented some challenges for the pilot, but they do not appear to have significantly impacted the landing.
The total landing distance was 1,632 meters, which is 53% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft during the landing. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 19.4 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the pilot's decision to touch down slightly beyond the touchdown zone.
Overall, the landing was successful, but it was not without some notable issues. The pilot's decision to touch down slightly beyond the touchdown zone may have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate and the misaligned runway rollout. However, the pilot's skills and experience were able to mitigate these issues, and the aircraft was able to come to a safe stop on the runway.
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