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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 8.8°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 166 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 262 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,519 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 5,519 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,518 ft 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 area to the runway, which took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, then departed from runway 01R at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport. The takeoff distance was 4,473 feet, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 140 knots.
As the flight progressed, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting overhead Paradise, Nevada. The climb took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 46 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 3,203 feet above sea level to 28,144 feet above sea level, a total increase of 24,941 feet. The local weather conditions at this time were characterized by a temperature of 84 degrees Fahrenheit.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 9 miles west of the Hart Mine Airport in Ivanpah, California. This phase lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 36 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 9 miles north of the Danby Airstrip in Danby, California. The descent took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 78 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 29,052 feet above sea level to 1,775 feet above sea level, a total decrease of 27,277 feet.
As the flight approached its destination, the aircraft began its final approach to runway 13R at KPSP Palm Springs International Airport. The approach was made from the northwest, with the aircraft heading 144.0 degrees at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,314 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 13R, which had a length of 5,519 feet. The threshold height was significantly above the target, while the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 130 knots.
The touchdown point was located very far down the runway, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was 122 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -318 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at this time were characterized by a temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
The total landing distance was 5,457 feet, which accounted for 99% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 169 nautical miles, and the flight used 4,192 pounds of fuel.
The Boeing 737-700 aircraft successfully landed at KPSP Palm Springs International Airport, but the landing was not without some notable issues. The final approach to runway 13R was initiated from the northwest, heading 144.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,314 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft's performance during the landing was evaluated, and it was found that the threshold height at 87 ft agl was significantly above the target, indicating that the aircraft was higher than desired when approaching the runway threshold. Additionally, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 130 kt, suggesting that the aircraft was slightly faster than required when reaching the threshold.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft used more than 50% of the available runway, indicating that the landing was longer than desired. The touchdown speed of 122 kt was also a little fast, which could have contributed to the longer landing distance. The touchdown rate of -318 fpm was firm, suggesting that the aircraft touched down with a significant amount of force.
Despite these issues, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during touchdown. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 82°F.
The total landing distance of 5,457 ft was 99% of the available runway length, which is a significant portion of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the landing was not perfect, the aircraft's performance was still satisfactory, and the pilot's skills were able to mitigate some of the issues that arose during the landing.
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