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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 42 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 42 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 42 ft to touchdown.
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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,586 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,586 m of the 2,735 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 509 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 14 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 07C at Frankfurt Airport (EDDF), with a takeoff distance of 1,012 meters, which was 25% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 5°C temperature and winds of 8 knots at 30°. The crosswind was 5 knots, and the headwind was 6 knots. After departing from Frankfurt Airport, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and reached an altitude of 36,183 feet above sea level (asl) in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 120 nautical miles. The climb was from an initial altitude of 1,390 feet asl.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which started 2 miles south east of Waldkirch, Germany, and lasted for 145 minutes, covering a distance of 780 nautical miles. The cruise altitude was maintained at 36,183 feet asl. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 2 miles south east of Carboneros, Spain, and descended from 35,596 feet asl to 25,573 feet asl in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 43 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, which started 5 miles west of Valenzuela, Spain, and lasted for 734 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. This was followed by another descent, which started 5 miles west of Valenzuela, Spain, and descended from 25,573 feet asl to 1,382 feet asl in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 64 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 12 at Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (LEMG) was made from the north west, with a heading of 118.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,339 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was made on runway 12, which had a length of 2,735 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 136 knots.
The touchdown point was 95 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 126 knots and a touchdown rate of -187 feet per minute (fpm), which was good. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were 9°C temperature and winds of 4 knots at 300°. The crosswind was 0 knots, and the tailwind was 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,507 meters, which was 55% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft took 4 minutes to taxi to the parking from the runway, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,019 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 165 minutes. The aircraft used 6,429 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport, achieving a high score of 99.1%. The final approach to runway 12 was conducted from the north-west, with a heading of 118.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,339 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 136 knots. The touchdown point was located 95 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 126 knots was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -187 feet per minute (fpm) was also good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 9°C and a gentle wind of 4 knots from a direction of 300°. The crosswind component was negligible at 0 knots, while the tailwind component was 3 knots, which had a minimal impact on the landing. The runway length of 2,735 meters was sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance, which was 1,507 meters, representing 55% of the available runway.
The runway rollout alignment was excellent, indicating that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively, allowing the plane to come to a stop in a controlled manner. Overall, the landing was executed well, with the aircraft touching down safely and efficiently, and the crew demonstrating good control and judgment throughout the approach and landing phases.
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