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Departure
Use smoother, smaller aileron inputs to keep the wings level and hold bank angle near wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 2.2°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 17 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 4.7 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 1,000 ft gate: centreline 2.0° off, against a 1° limit.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 2.0° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,671 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 488 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft departed from runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport, applying a takeoff roll of 1,220 m which represented 33 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 163 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 16 °C with a wind of 10 kt from 230°, giving a cross-wind component of 4 kt and a head-wind component of 9 kt.
During the climb the airplane remained overhead NZAA, ascending from 829 ft asl to 1,614 ft asl, an altitude gain of 786 ft in 1 minute while covering 2 nm.
Level cruise commenced 2 nm south of NZAA and persisted for 4 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 12 nm.
The descent for the final approach reduced altitude from 1,402 ft agl to 70 ft agl in 102 seconds, and the aircraft met the stabilisation gate criteria.
On final approach to runway 23L at NZAA the crew encountered a temperature of 16 °C, wind 9 kt from 230°, a cross-wind of 3 kt and a head-wind of 9 kt.
Landing was executed on runway 23L, whose length is 3,671 m; the threshold speed was recorded at 141 kt. Touchdown occurred 66 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 132 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 196 fpm and perfect runway alignment. The total landing distance measured 950 m, equivalent to 26 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was assessed as very good.
In total the flight covered 21 nm, taking 7 minutes, and used 0 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 conducted its final approach to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport under a temperature of 16 °C and a wind of 9 kt from 230°. The approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate, being off the centreline, and the aircraft descended from 1,402 ft agl to 70 ft agl in 102 seconds, scoring on the stabilisation gates.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft presented a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 141 kt.
Touchdown occurred 66 m beyond the touchdown zone with a good touchdown speed of 132 kt and a good touchdown rate of minus 196 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect, the total landing distance was 950 m (26 % of the 3,671 m runway), and the landing earned a score of 94.5 %.
Rollout alignment was very good as the aircraft continued along the centreline to a safe exit.
Improving centreline tracking on the final approach will convert the unstable assessment to a stabilised one, and adjusting the flare to achieve a touchdown within the designated zone will further optimise landing performance.
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