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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,541 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,541 m of the 2,186 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 435 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Embraer E175 taxied from the parking area to runway 13 at KLGA LaGuardia Airport, a movement that lasted 19 minutes and covered 4 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 13, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 148 kt and left the ground after traveling a takeoff distance of 1,201 m, which represented 56 % of the runway; local weather reported a temperature of 29 °C, wind 19 kt from 170°, a cross-wind component of 14 kt and a head-wind component of 13 kt.
The climb commenced overhead FLU Flushing, New York, climbing from 992 ft asl to 21,931 ft asl, an increase of 20,939 ft achieved in 8 minutes while covering 43 nm.
Level cruise began 1 mile south-west of Ramtown, New Jersey, and persisted for 7 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 74 nm.
Descent started 11 miles south-west of Port Norris, New Jersey, with altitude decreasing from 22,000 ft asl to 10,022 ft asl, a loss of 11,978 ft in 5 minutes while covering 54 nm.
A second cruise segment was initiated 1 mile south-west of Saint Michaels, Maryland, lasting 3 minutes and spanning 17 nm.
The subsequent descent began 3 miles south-east of Marlboro Meadows, Maryland, descending from 9,200 ft asl to 201 ft asl, a reduction of 8,999 ft over 10 minutes and a distance of 44 nm.
On final approach to runway 19 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the aircraft approached from the north on a heading of 177.0°, at 0 nm and 178 ft agl.
Landing on runway 19 was executed with a threshold speed of 146 kt, touchdown occurring after 437 m of runway, at a speed of 142 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 200 fpm; the touchdown point was offset 6.1 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 1,463 m, equivalent to 67 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was noted to be slightly off centreline by 12.0 m.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 240 nm, taking 42 and used -1,881 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 19 at KDCA was flown from the north on a heading of 177.0° at 0 nm and 178 ft agl. Ambient temperature was 32 °C with a wind of 14 kt from 210°, giving an 8 kt cross-wind component and an 11 kt head-wind component.
The aircraft crossed the threshold at a good height, but the threshold speed was well above target at 146 kt. The flare was initiated in accordance with the observed height and speed.
Touchdown occurred 437 m down the runway, with a touchdown speed of 142 kt that was fast. The vertical rate at touchdown was good at minus 200 fpm, and the touchdown point was slightly off centreline by 6.1 m.
The total landing distance was 1,463 m, representing 67 % of the 2,186 m runway, and the rollout remained slightly misaligned, ending 12.0 m from the centreline.
With a score of 92.9 %, the landing was solid; focus on reducing the threshold and touchdown speeds toward their targets and tightening centreline alignment during rollout to convert the minor deviations into consistent precision.
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