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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 176 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 143 kt against a target of 176 kt, running 33 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 176 kt.
Arrival
Apply less back pressure in the flare, easing it in more slowly instead of arresting the sink sharply at 26 ft.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 26 ft, ballooning the aircraft before 370 fpm of sink rate returned as it settled back toward the runway.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: hold a steady, continuous descent through the normal flare band.
See Arrival Landing
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,398 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 274 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.05 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-700 taxied from its parking position to runway 26R at KLGB Long Beach Airport for 14 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 26R, accelerating over a distance of 3,943 ft (70 % of the runway) and achieving liftoff at 137 kt; ambient conditions were 73 °F with a wind of 2 kt from 290°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind.
Climb began approximately 1 nm north-west of Signal Hill, with the airplane ascending from 1,023 ft asl to 40,002 ft asl-a gain of 38,980 ft-in 16 minutes while traversing 96 nm.
The first cruise segment started about 5 nm west of 81CA 7-M Ranch Airport, lasting 10 minutes and covering 69 nm at the assigned cruise altitude.
Descent commenced 4 nm north-west of Kettleman City, with altitude decreasing from 39,999 ft asl to 7,150 ft asl (a loss of 32,849 ft) over 18 minutes and a distance of 116 nm.
A brief cruise phase followed 8 nm north-east of East Foothills, lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nm before the next descent.
The subsequent descent began 6 nm south-east of Sunol, dropping from 6,950 ft asl to 2,694 ft asl (-4,256 ft) in 3 minutes while flying 9 nm.
A short cruise segment originated 1 nm east of Fremont, lasting 3 minutes and covering 7 nm.
The final descent started 2 nm south of Hayward, reducing altitude from 2,540 ft asl to 1,309 ft asl (-1,231 ft) in 2 minutes and spanning 4 nm.
During final approach to runway 30 at KOAK San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,353 ft agl to 33 ft agl in 112 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 30 was executed with a threshold speed of 129 kt; touchdown occurred 281 ft down the runway at 128 kt, with a firm rate of -354 fpm and a lateral deviation of 12 ft from the centreline. The runway length is 10,394 ft, and the total landing distance measured 1,951 ft (19 % of the runway). Weather at the time was 62 °F with a wind of 2 kt from 311°, no cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, and the aircraft came to a stop well within the available runway length.
In total, the flight covered 313 nm, required 63 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 5,568 lb of fuel.
The final approach to runway 30 at KOAK was stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. The aircraft descended from 1,353 ft agl to 33 ft agl in 112 seconds and earned points on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 129 kt; the flare produced a touchdown distance that was good at 281 ft.
Touchdown occurred at 128 kt, noted as a little fast, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 354 fpm and the wheel track was slightly misaligned by 12 ft from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,951 ft, representing 19 % of the 10,394-ft runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
A minor reduction in touchdown speed would bring the aircraft closer to the target speed and help lessen the firm rate, while a small correction in lateral positioning can eliminate the 12-ft centreline offset.
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