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Fly a stabilized approach and flare to touch down at the target point of 457 m.
What happened: Touchdown occurred past the normal point, landing 244 m beyond the target distance. This pattern typically reduces the margin available for stopping before the runway end.
Watch for: Watch touchdown point against the 457 m marker.
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.
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 1,604 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,604 m of the 2,740 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 701 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied to runway 22L at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (KORD) and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft used a takeoff distance of 1,604 m, representing 65 % of the runway, and lifted off at 155 kt. Ambient conditions were 27 °C with a wind of 8 kt from 210°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and an 8 kt head-wind component.
Climb began approximately 1 mile southeast of Bensenville, Illinois, with the airplane accelerating from 1,639 ft asl to 35,558 ft asl, an altitude gain of 33,920 ft achieved in 21 minutes while covering 137 nm.
Level cruise was established about 1 mile southeast of the Corman Acres Airport (5IS4) in Lake City, Illinois. The cruise segment lasted 71 minutes and spanned 545 nm.
Descent was initiated roughly 3 miles southeast of Provencal, Louisiana. The aircraft descended from 35,843 ft asl to 1,341 ft asl, a loss of 34,501 ft over 30 minutes, traversing 153 nm.
The final approach to runway 26R at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (KIAH) was flown from the east, on a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,236 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26R was performed on a runway 2,740 m long with a good threshold height. The threshold speed was recorded at 160 kt, above the target. Touchdown occurred 292 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 147 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 239 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.2 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was 34 °C with a wind of 13 kt from 180°, a 13 kt cross-wind and no head-wind. The total landing distance measured 1,530 m, equal to 56 % of the runway, and the rollout was offset by 10.0 m from the centreline.
After touchdown, the aircraft rolled out and taxied to the parking area, a taxi-in that required 10 minutes and covered 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 844 nm, took 135 minutes, and consumed 5,441 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 26R at KIAH was flown from the east on a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,236 ft AGL, with ambient temperature 34 °C, wind 13 kt from 180° and a cross-wind component of 13 kt. The aircraft maintained a threshold speed of 160 kt, which was well above the target, and the approach was described as having a good threshold height.
During the threshold and flare segment the good threshold height was maintained, while the threshold speed remained well above the target at 160 kt.
Touchdown occurred 292 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 147 kt, noted as a little fast, and a vertical rate of minus 239 fpm described as fair. The touchdown point was slightly off the centreline by 3.2 m, and the total landing distance was 1,530 m, representing 56 % of the runway length.
Rollout alignment was slightly off the centreline by 10.0 m.
Refine speed management to bring the threshold and touchdown speeds closer to their targets, and concentrate on tighter centreline tracking during touchdown and rollout to reduce the measured offsets.
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