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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 1.3° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 14° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Reduce power sooner on final so you cross the threshold at 141 kt, carrying that speed into the flare.
What happened: Crossing the threshold at 150 kt, 9 kt above 141 kt, usually leaves extra energy that lets the sink come back after the flare has arrested it, and that returning sink usually carries through to a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 141 kt at the threshold.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,672 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,672 m of the 3,094 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,196 m past the threshold — beyond 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 less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 36 at LFTW Nîmes-Arles-Camargue Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,579 meters, which accounted for 65% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 157 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 7 knots at a direction of 40 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northwest of Garons in Occitanie, France. The climb took 19 minutes and covered 102 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 1,329 feet above sea level to 37,819 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,490 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 23 miles southeast of Cadaques in Catalunya, Spain. This phase lasted for 102 minutes and covered 719 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 12 miles west of Khenifra in Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Morocco. The descent took 26 minutes and covered 130 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 38,404 feet above sea level to 2,861 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,543 feet.
The final approach to runway 28 at GMMX Menara Airport was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 276.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,326 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 28, which had a length of 3,094 meters. The threshold height was significantly above the target, while the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 151 knots. The touchdown point was 761 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 137 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -297 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.1 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 4 knots at a direction of 250 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 4 knots. The total landing distance was 2,571 meters, which accounted for 83% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 19.3 meters from the centerline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 6 minutes and covered 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 961 nautical miles, with the flight lasting 163 minutes and using 5,459 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at GMMX Menara Airport, but the landing was not without some minor issues. The final approach to runway 28 from the east was initiated at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,326 feet above ground level (agl), with a heading of 276.0°. The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 761 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 137 knots was slightly above the target speed, which could have contributed to the deviation from the touchdown zone. However, the touchdown rate of -297 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, indicating a relatively smooth descent. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 6.1 meters from the centerline, which could have been due to a combination of factors including wind and pilot error.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 25°C and a gentle wind of 4 knots at 250°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 4 knots, which helped to stabilize the aircraft during the landing. The runway length of 3,094 meters was sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance of 2,571 meters, which was 83% of the runway length.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was again slightly off-centerline by 19.3 meters, which could have been due to a combination of factors including the initial misalignment during touchdown and the aircraft's response to the brakes. Overall, while the landing was not perfect, it was still considered successful, and the aircraft came to a stop within a reasonable distance from the runway threshold.
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