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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 9.9 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 1.1 ft, 10 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
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 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,319 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 205 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was operated by a Boeing 747-8 aircraft. The aircraft began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took less than a minute and covered a distance of less than one nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 27 at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, with a takeoff distance of 1,853 meters, which is 55% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 190 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 19°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot at 269 degrees. The crosswind was negligible, and the headwind was 1 knot. The enroute climb started approximately one mile northeast of Hoofddorp, a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,064 feet above sea level to 26,935 feet above sea level, an increase of 25,871 feet, in just 10 minutes and covering a distance of 56 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started over Raalte, a town in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, and lasted for 195 minutes, covering a distance of 1,529 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time from 27,000 feet above sea level to 32,903 feet above sea level, an increase of 5,903 feet, in just 3 minutes and covering a distance of 27 nautical miles. This climb took place approximately 50 miles southeast of Sadovoye, a town in the Kalmykiya region of Russia.
The aircraft then entered another enroute level cruise, this time starting 36 miles west of Yenotayevka, a town in the Astrakhanskaya Oblast region of Russia, and lasting for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 41 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 32 miles south of Yenotayevka, with the aircraft descending from 33,004 feet above sea level to 27,045 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,958 feet, in just 3 minutes and covering a distance of 28 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another enroute level cruise, this time starting 11 miles west of USTK Privolzhskiy Air Base Starokucherganovka, a town in the Astrakhanskaya Oblast region of Russia, and lasting for 144 minutes, covering a distance of 1,133 nautical miles. The enroute climb started 16 miles southwest of Hukumati Dahanah-ye Ghori, a town in the Wilayat-e Baghlan region of Afghanistan, with the aircraft climbing from 26,995 feet above sea level to 29,451 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,456 feet, in just 2 minutes and covering a distance of 13 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another enroute level cruise, this time starting 24 miles south of Hukumati Dahanah-ye Ghori and lasting for 16 minutes, covering a distance of 128 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 16 miles southwest of Markaz-e Woluswali-ye Achin, a town in the Nangarhar region of Afghanistan, with the aircraft descending from 29,991 feet above sea level to 27,263 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,728 feet, in just 2 minutes and covering a distance of 13 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another enroute level cruise, this time starting 18 miles south of Markaz-e Woluswali-ye Achin and lasting for 46 minutes, covering a distance of 361 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 4 miles east
The Boeing 747-8 aircraft successfully landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport, specifically on runway 29L, with a score of 89.9%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the east, heading 284.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,281 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 164 knots, which was significantly above the target threshold speed. This indicates that the pilot had sufficient control over the aircraft's descent and was able to maintain a safe speed during the landing. The touchdown distance of 206 meters was also within acceptable limits, suggesting that the pilot had a good understanding of the aircraft's performance and was able to execute a smooth landing.
However, the touchdown speed of 162 knots was slightly faster than desired, which may have resulted in a heavier-than-ideal touchdown rate. The aircraft's rate of descent was measured at -1,078 feet per minute (fpm), which is considered very heavy. This may have been due to the aircraft's high speed at touchdown, which can lead to a more aggressive descent.
Despite the slightly heavy touchdown rate, the aircraft's runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot had maintained a stable and controlled approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 15°C and a gentle headwind of 1 knot from 270°.
The total landing distance of 959 meters was 41% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. This suggests that the pilot had executed a well-planned and controlled approach, and the aircraft's performance was within acceptable limits. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the pilot had maintained control over the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot demonstrated good control and judgment during the approach and landing phases. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and rate of descent to achieve a more ideal landing.
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