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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 24 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 4.6°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final to bring speed back to 142 kt by the threshold.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 149 kt against a target of 142 kt, and the flare that followed strayed from its usual profile; this combination usually carries through to a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 142 kt at the threshold
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: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,295 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 123 m touchdown sits inside 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, then departed from runway 24 at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The takeoff distance was 2,312 meters, which is 72% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 193 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 12 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 130 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 13 knots and a tailwind of 4 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile west of Aalsmeerderbrug in the Netherlands. The climb took 22 minutes and covered a distance of 139 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,054 feet above sea level to 31,978 feet above sea level, an increase of 30,924 feet.
After reaching the desired cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which started 9 miles southeast of Tillingham in England. This phase of the flight lasted for 492 minutes and covered a distance of 3,507 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 85 miles northeast of The Valley in Anguilla. The descent took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 99 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 33,320 feet above sea level to 1,392 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,928 feet.
The final approach to runway 10 at TNCM Princess Juliana International Airport was made from the west, with a heading of 81.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,370 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 10, which has a length of 2,295 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 151 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 94 meters, but the touchdown speed of 148 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was very heavy at -1,352 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.6 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.0 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 70 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 10 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,092 meters, which is 48% of the runway length. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 3,753 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 550 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 64,284 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft successfully landed at TNCM Princess Juliana International Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the west, heading 81.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,370 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 10, which has a length of 2,295 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 151 knots. This may indicate that the pilot may have been slightly aggressive in their approach. The touchdown distance was good at 94 meters, but the touchdown speed of 148 knots was a little fast. This could have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate of -1,352 feet per minute (fpm), which is considered very heavy.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.6 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to the pilot's difficulty in aligning the aircraft with the runway during the final approach. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 28°C and a wind of 10 knots at 70°. The crosswind was minimal at 2 knots, and the headwind was 10 knots, which may have helped to stabilize the aircraft during the approach.
The total landing distance was 1,092 meters, which is 48% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot was able to bring the aircraft to a stop quickly. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.0 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to the pilot's difficulty in maintaining alignment during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was satisfactory, but there were some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The pilot may have been able to improve the landing by being more cautious in their approach and rollout phases.
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