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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 7.1 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 3.2°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,045 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 165 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 CRJ900, then departed from runway 22L at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,899 meters, which was 54% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 32°C temperature and a wind speed of 16 knots at 290°. The crosswind component was 16 knots, while the headwind component was 2 knots. After departing from Detroit, the enroute climb started 1 mile south east of Romulus, Michigan, where the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,651 feet above sea level to 22,584 feet above sea level, an increase of 20,933 feet in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 51 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile north east of Liberty Center, Ohio, and lasted for 6 minutes, covering a distance of 72 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent overhead KPLD Portland Municipal Airport in Portland, Indiana, where it descended from 22,635 feet above sea level to 3,078 feet above sea level, a decrease of 19,557 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 84 nautical miles.
Following the descent, the aircraft entered another enroute level cruise, this time starting 2 miles north east of Monrovia, Indiana, and lasting for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 05R at KIND Indianapolis International Airport was made from the south west, heading 44.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,275 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 05R was successful, with a touchdown distance of 168 meters, which was good. However, the touchdown speed of 144 knots was slightly above the target speed, and the touchdown rate was very heavy at -772 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.5 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 28°C temperature and a wind speed of 11 knots at 350°, with a crosswind component of 9 knots and a headwind component of 6 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,095 meters, which was 36% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 220 nautical miles, taking 49 minutes, and the aircraft used 1,696 kilograms of fuel.
The CRJ900 aircraft successfully landed on runway 05R at KIND Indianapolis International Airport, achieving a score of 92.9%. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 44.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,275 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's descent onto the runway was smooth, with a good threshold height.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was slightly above the target threshold speed, reaching 146 knots. However, the touchdown distance of 168 meters was within acceptable limits. The touchdown speed of 144 knots was a bit faster than desired, but the aircraft's performance was still satisfactory. The most notable aspect of the landing was the heavy touchdown rate of -772 feet per minute (fpm), which may indicate a slightly aggressive approach.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 4.5 meters, which may have been due to the aircraft's heading or the wind conditions. The local weather at the time of the landing was characterized by a temperature of 28°C, with a wind speed of 11 knots from 350°. The crosswind component was 9 knots, while the headwind component was 6 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,095 meters was 36% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor issues with the touchdown speed and rate, as well as the runway alignment.
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