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Departure
On the roll, make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline within 5.6 m.
What happened: The takeoff roll drifted off the centreline by 5.6 m, and excess bank then carried through all three climb segments. A drifted roll like this usually leads into wandering bank angle through the climb.
Watch for: Watch the heading indicator and runway centreline during the roll, and the attitude indicator for wings level through the climb.
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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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 500 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,119 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 197 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 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 30 at EKVG Vágar Airport. The takeoff distance was 937 meters, which accounted for 52% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 150 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 8 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 25 knots at a direction of 330 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 13 knots and a headwind of 21 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Sorvagur in the Faroe Islands. The climb took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 103 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,148 feet above sea level to 34,422 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,274 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 47 miles south of Sumba in the Faroe Islands. This phase lasted for 82 minutes and covered a distance of 438 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles northeast of Athlone in Ireland. The descent took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 98 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 34,720 feet above sea level to 1,787 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,933 feet.
The final approach to runway 16 at EICK Cork Airport was made from the north, with a heading of 160.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,297 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 16, which had a length of 2,119 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 142 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 199 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 142 knots. The touchdown rate was heavy at -607 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.6 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 7 knots at a direction of 180 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 7 knots. The total landing distance was 1,426 meters, which accounted for 67% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 647 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 115 minutes. The aircraft used 4,817 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at Cork Airport, achieving a score of 93.7%. The final approach to runway 16 was initiated from the north, with the aircraft heading 160.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,297 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 199 meters. However, the touchdown speed of 142 knots was slightly above the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown rate of -607 feet per minute (fpm) was also considered heavy, suggesting that the aircraft may have been subjected to a higher-than-desired deceleration force upon touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 5.6 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's approach path or a miscalculation of the runway alignment. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft and align it with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 10°C and a wind speed of 7 knots from a direction of 180°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 7 knots, which may have contributed to the aircraft's slightly above-target touchdown speed.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft coming to rest on the runway within 67% of its total length. However, there were some areas for improvement, including the touchdown speed and rate, which may be addressed through further training or adjustments to the aircraft's approach and landing procedures.
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