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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 20 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 3.2°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
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.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3° glideslope, wings not level and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,534 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,534 m of the 2,641 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 76 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 29 minutes and covered a distance of 16 nautical miles. The aircraft, a FWB Infinity Airways, then departed from runway 34 at Macau International Airport (VMMC). The takeoff distance was 755 meters, which accounted for 29% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 162 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 21°C and winds blowing at 7 knots from a direction of 100°. The crosswind was 6 knots, while the tailwind was 3 knots. The enroute climb began overhead the VMMC Macau International Airport, with the aircraft ascending from 775 feet above sea level to 1,239 feet above sea level, an increase of 464 feet in less than 1 minute, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile south east of Macau and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 16 at VMMC Macau International Airport was initiated from the north, with the aircraft heading 181.0° at 2 nautical miles and 1,504 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 16 was successful, with the threshold height being good and the threshold speed slightly below target at 116 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 77 meters, and the touchdown speed was also good at 115 knots. However, the touchdown rate was very hard at -509 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.9 meters from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 1,448 meters, which accounted for 55% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 9.5 meters from the centreline. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking from the runway, which took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 30 nautical miles, taking 16 minutes, and the aircraft used 518 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The FWB Infinity Airways aircraft successfully landed at VMMC Macau International Airport, achieving a score of 94.0%. The final approach was conducted from the north, heading 181.0° at 2 nautical miles and 1,504 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 16, which has a length of 2,641 meters.
The threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 116 knots. However, the touchdown distance of 77 meters was considered good, and the touchdown speed of 115 knots was also within acceptable limits. Unfortunately, the touchdown rate was very hard, coming in at -509 feet per minute (fpm), which may indicate a need for further training or adjustments to the aircraft's approach configuration.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 4.9 meters, which may have contributed to the hard touchdown rate. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 18°C, a wind speed of 7 knots at 100°, and a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 3 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,448 meters was 55% of the runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centreline by 9.5 meters, which may indicate a need for further training or adjustments to the aircraft's landing configuration.
Overall, while the FWB Infinity Airways aircraft achieved a good score, there are some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown rate and runway alignment. With further training and adjustments to the aircraft's approach and landing configuration, the crew should be able to achieve even better results.
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