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Departure
Use coordinated aileron input to level the wings and hold bank angle close to wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the initial climb, your average bank angle drifted to 2.6°.
Watch for: Attitude indicator, bank angle near wings-level
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 125 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 336 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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 5,183 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,183 ft of the 7,986 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,831 ft 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 11 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 12R at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (KSTL). The takeoff distance was 5,104 feet, which accounted for 49% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 157 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 84 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 90 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 3 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead Edmundson, Missouri. The climb took 22 minutes and covered a distance of 158 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,641 feet above sea level to 37,098 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,456 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 5 miles west of Cerulean, Kentucky. This phase lasted for 89 minutes and covered a distance of 653 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 8 miles northeast of Warm Mineral Springs, Florida. The descent took 24 minutes and covered a distance of 125 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 36,427 feet above sea level to 1,303 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,124 feet.
The final approach to runway 10R at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (KFLL) was made from the west, with a heading of 90.0 degrees. The aircraft was at an altitude of 1,270 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from the runway at this point. The landing was made on a runway with a length of 7,986 feet, and the threshold height was well above the target. The threshold speed was slightly above the target at 141 knots.
The touchdown point was 1,428 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 130 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -256 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 28 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 191 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 5 knots and a tailwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 4,879 feet, which accounted for 61% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 26 feet from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 12 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 945 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 158 minutes. The aircraft used 13,749 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (KFLL) on runway 10R. The final approach was initiated from the west, heading 90.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,270 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but there were some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters.
The threshold height at 80 feet agl was significantly above the target, indicating that the aircraft was higher than desired when reaching the runway threshold. Additionally, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 141 knots, suggesting that the aircraft was moving at a faster pace than intended when reaching the threshold. The touchdown point was 1,428 feet beyond the designated touchdown zone, which may have been due to the aircraft's speed and altitude at the time of touchdown.
The touchdown speed of 130 knots was a little fast, which could have contributed to the aircraft's distance from the touchdown zone. The touchdown rate of -256 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, indicating that the aircraft's descent was not excessively steep. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 28 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to the aircraft's heading or alignment during the final approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 82°F and a wind speed of 5 knots from 191°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the tailwind component was 1 knot. The total landing distance was 4,879 feet, which accounted for 61% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 26 feet from the centreline, indicating that the aircraft's alignment during the rollout phase was not perfectly aligned with the runway centreline.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters, including a high threshold height, a slightly fast threshold speed, and a misaligned touchdown position. These deviations may have been due to various factors, including the aircraft's speed, altitude, and alignment during the final approach and rollout phases.
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