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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 7.6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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.
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 8.8° off, against a 1° limit.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 7.3° 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 1,771 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 200 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Taxi-out began with the aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 12R at KMSP Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. The taxi-out lasted 10 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 12R, the Bombardier CRJ700 accelerated to a liftoff speed of 143 kt. Takeoff distance was recorded as 1,568 m, representing 52 % of the runway length. Local weather at the time was 20 °C with a wind of 18 kt from 139°, including a 6 kt crosswind component and a 17 kt headwind.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile southeast of KMSP, with the aircraft ascending from 1,663 ft asl to 35,532 ft asl. The altitude gain of 33,869 ft was achieved in 24 minutes while covering 161 nm.
The first cruise segment started overhead KOQW Maquoketa Municipal Airport and lasted 2 minutes, during which 12 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent began 3 miles south of Greeley, Iowa, dropping from 35,997 ft asl to 24,046 ft asl. The aircraft lost 11,950 ft in 5 minutes while covering 37 nm.
A second cruise phase was flown 5 miles southwest of LL65 Edgar Read Airport for 2 minutes, covering 8 nm at constant altitude.
The next descent started 2 miles north of De Witt, Iowa, with an altitude reduction from 24,008 ft asl to 16,245 ft asl. A loss of 7,763 ft occurred over 10 minutes and 63 nm.
A third cruise segment was conducted 5 miles southwest of LL65, lasting 5 minutes and encompassing 21 nm.
Descent continued 2 miles southeast of 8IL9 Little Sister Seaplane Base, decreasing altitude from 15,657 ft asl to 6,015 ft asl. The aircraft shed 9,642 ft in 10 minutes while traveling 49 nm.
The fourth cruise began overhead 84IL Rossi’s Farm Airport, lasting 5 minutes and covering 21 nm.
Descent over KQAB Palos Park Airport reduced altitude from 5,496 ft asl to 3,256 ft asl, a loss of 2,240 ft in 3 minutes across 14 nm.
A fifth cruise was flown 1 mile northeast of South Chicago for 3 minutes, during which 11 nm were covered.
The final descent started 3 miles east of KCGX Chicago Meigs Airport, dropping from 3,057 ft asl to 1,600 ft asl. The aircraft lost 1,457 ft in 2 minutes while covering 7 nm.
Final approach to runway 22L at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport reduced altitude from 1,015 ft agl to 66 ft agl in 97 seconds, with the aircraft scoring on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 22L was executed with a threshold speed of 136 kt and a touchdown speed of 133 kt. Touchdown occurred 203 m down the runway, the rate of descent was firm at minus 355 fpm, and the touchdown point was offset 3.5 m from the centreline. Local weather at landing was 25 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 190°, including a 4 kt crosswind and a 6 kt headwind.
Runway rollout covered a total landing distance of 984 m, representing 56 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was perfect.
Taxi-in to the parking area lasted 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 393 nm, required 83 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 2,018 kg of fuel.
The Bombardier CRJ700 series approached runway 22L at KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport and was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate, being off the centreline. The final descent progressed from 1,015 ft agl to 66 ft agl in 97 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good height and the threshold speed was good at 136 kt, indicating an acceptable flare initiation.
Touchdown occurred 203 m down the runway with a speed of 133 kt, noted as a little fast, and a firm rate of -355 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.5 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance was 984 m, representing 56 % of the 1,771 m runway.
Rollout alignment was perfect, with the aircraft remaining centred throughout the deceleration phase.
Further improvement should focus on maintaining centreline alignment during the final approach to eliminate the instability noted at the 1,000 ft gate, and on reducing touchdown speed to match the good threshold speed of 136 kt, which will help tighten the touchdown point and preserve runway margin.
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