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Departure
Use smooth aileron to roll the wings level in the first climb segment, holding bank angle near wings-level instead of letting it build to 3.1°.
What happened: The wings held 3.1° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 3.3° by the second - this early wing-level drift usually carries through into a larger bank excursion later in the climb.
Watch for: Watch the attitude indicator's bank pointer and keep it at wings level throughout the climb.
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,600 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,140 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, then departed from runway 16 at MMSD Aeropuerto Internacional de Los Cabos, with a takeoff distance of 4,175 feet, which was 42% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 143 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 92°F and winds of 5 knots at 129°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 4 knots. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, starting overhead MMSD Aeropuerto Internacional de Los Cabo San José del Cabo. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,335 feet above sea level to 8,000 feet, an increase of 6,664 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 11 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, lasting 2 minutes and covering 8 nautical miles. This was followed by another climb, starting 14 miles south of MXMK Las Veredas Airport, which took the aircraft from 8,021 feet to 38,889 feet, an increase of 30,868 feet in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 127 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, lasting 83 minutes and covering 612 nautical miles. This cruise phase took place 10 miles south of El Dorado, in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. After this, the aircraft began its descent, starting 4 miles west of Tivoli, Texas, and descending from 38,983 feet to 1,321 feet, a decrease of 37,661 feet in 23 minutes, covering a distance of 110 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04 at KHOU William P Hobby Airport was made from the southwest, heading 44.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,271 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with the touchdown point being 744 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 113 knots, which was good, while the touchdown rate was fair at -248 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 84°F and winds of 5 knots at 90°. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 3 knots. The total landing distance was 4,342 feet, which was 57% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 875 nautical miles, taking 144 minutes, and the aircraft used 10,971 pounds of fuel.
The Boeing 737-700 aircraft successfully landed at KHOU William P Hobby Airport, with a final approach score of 88.8%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the southwest, heading 44.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,271 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 04, which has a length of 7,600 feet. The threshold height at 70 feet agl was well above the target, indicating that the aircraft had sufficient clearance to safely land. However, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 128 knots, which may have been due to the aircraft's approach speed being slightly higher than desired.
The touchdown point was 744 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively long distance. The touchdown speed of 113 knots was within the acceptable range, indicating that the aircraft was able to slow down effectively during the landing. However, the touchdown rate of -248 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a slightly higher-than-desired rate of descent during the landing.
Despite these minor issues, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the landing. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 84°F and a wind speed of 5 knots at 90°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots.
The total landing distance of 4,342 feet was 57% of the runway length, which is a relatively long distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable and aligned path during the rollout phase of the landing. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor issues that could be addressed to improve the aircraft's performance during future landings.
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