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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 2.3° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 2.5° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final so the threshold speed comes back to 139 kt, removing the excess energy before the flare.
What happened: Threshold speed was 6 kt above 139 kt. Crossing the threshold fast like this usually carries into a pumped flare, with the pitch reversing direction several times instead of one smooth input, and that pattern usually carries through into a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 139 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.
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: off the runway's 3° glideslope and wings not level.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,592 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,592 m of the 2,512 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 813 m past the threshold — beyond 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 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 35 at LPPR Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,735 meters, which accounted for 57% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 156 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots at 329 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 9 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 2 miles northwest of Moreira in the Distrito do Porto, Portugal. The climb took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 116 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 1,110 feet above sea level to 38,199 feet above sea level, an increase of 37,090 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 4 miles north of Friol in Galicia, Spain. This phase lasted for 75 minutes and covered a distance of 602 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting overhead Puisieux in Hauts-de-France, France. The descent took 30 minutes and covered a distance of 137 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 36,604 feet above sea level to 1,052 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,551 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile east of Nijnsel in the Provincie Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands. This phase lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 21 at EHEH Eindhoven Airport, approaching from the northeast at a heading of 216.0 degrees and at an altitude of 715 feet above ground level, 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 21 at EHEH Eindhoven Airport was characterized by a runway length of 2,512 meters. The threshold height at 107 feet above ground level was excessively over target, while the threshold speed was slightly above target at 146 knots. The touchdown point was 358 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 130 knots and a touchdown rate of -343 feet per minute, which was firm. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.7 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 36 knots at 200 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 9 knots and a headwind of 34 knots. The total landing distance was 1,471 meters, which accounted for 59% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.9 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 868 nautical miles, taking a total of 138 minutes, and the aircraft used 4,589 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at Eindhoven Airport, but the landing was not without some issues. The final approach to runway 21 was initiated from the north-east, heading 216.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 715 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 358 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 130 knots was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -343 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting a controlled descent. However, the threshold height at 107 feet agl was excessively above the target, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 146 knots. These deviations may have contributed to the slight misalignment of the runway touchdown position, which was off-centerline by 10.7 meters.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 36 knots from 200°. This resulted in a crosswind of 9 knots and a headwind of 34 knots, which may have affected the aircraft's alignment and touchdown point. The total landing distance of 1,471 meters was 59% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing roll.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 14.9 meters. This may have been due to the combination of the wind conditions and the slight deviations during the final approach. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some issues that need to be addressed to improve the aircraft's performance and safety.
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