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Slow down before tight turns
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,623 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,623 m of the 3,527 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 618 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 48 minutes and covered a distance of 15 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A330-900, then departed from runway 12R at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (KMSP) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The takeoff distance was 1,397 meters, which accounted for 46% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 163 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of -5°C, with a wind speed of 8 knots at 119 degrees. The crosswind was negligible, but there was a headwind of 7 knots. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, which started approximately 1 mile south east of the airport. The climb was from an initial altitude of 1,852 feet above sea level to a maximum altitude of 37,327 feet, an increase of 35,476 feet in just 18 minutes, covering a distance of 227 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 50 minutes and covered a distance of 1,524 nautical miles. This phase started approximately 6 miles east of the Lilienthal Airport (MI92) in Iron Mountain, Wisconsin, United States. The aircraft then began another climb phase, this time from an altitude of 36,074 feet to 38,065 feet, an increase of 1,991 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 38 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which lasted for 59 minutes and covered a distance of 1,923 nautical miles. This phase started approximately 2 miles east of the Mundesley area in Norfolk, England. As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent phase, which started approximately 5 miles north east of Mundesley. The descent was from an altitude of 39,318 feet to 2,417 feet, a decrease of 36,901 feet in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 118 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a short level cruise phase, which lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. This phase started approximately 2 miles east of the Beverwijk area in the Provincie Noord-Holland, The Netherlands. The final approach to the runway 18R at the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (EHAM) was from the north, with a heading of 183.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,269 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 18R was successful, with a touchdown point 203 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 136 knots, which was slightly faster than the recommended speed. The touchdown rate was fair at -271 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.5 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 1°C, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 140 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was also 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,544 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 3,856 nautical miles, taking a total of 166 minutes, and the aircraft used 39,680 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A330-900 successfully landed at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, achieving a score of 94.1%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north, heading 183.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,269 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a smooth final approach, maintaining a good threshold height and achieving the desired threshold speed of 140 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 203 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly outside the recommended area. The touchdown speed of 136 knots was a bit faster than ideal, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown rate of -271 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, suggesting that the pilot was able to control the descent but could have done better in terms of rate of descent.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 4.5 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 1°C and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 140°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, and the headwind component was also 2 knots, which did not significantly impact the landing. The total landing distance of 1,544 meters was 44% of the available runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the pilot demonstrating good control and management of the aircraft during the final approach and rollout phases. However, there were some minor deviations from ideal performance, such as the slightly fast touchdown speed and the misaligned runway touchdown position.
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