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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 1,616 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,616 m of the 2,624 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 558 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 36L at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, a movement that lasted 11 minutes and covered 4 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 36L, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 accelerated to a liftoff speed of 162 kt, using a takeoff distance of 1,573 m (41 % of the runway). Ambient conditions were 23 °C with wind 6 kt from 299°, including a 5 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.
Climb commenced 1 mile east of Vijfhuizen (Provincie Noord-Holland, The Netherlands), with the aircraft ascending from 387 ft asl to 34,983 ft asl - an increase of 34,596 ft - over 20 minutes while covering 133 nm.
Level cruise began 2 miles east of Hensies (Wallonia, Belgium) and continued for 166 minutes, during which the flight covered 1,318 nm.
Descent was initiated 65 miles north-east of LPPS Porto Santo Airport Vila Baleira (Madeira, Portugal), descending from 34,161 ft asl to 383 ft asl - a loss of 33,778 ft - in 21 minutes and traversing 107 nm.
The final approach to runway 05 at LPMA Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo was conducted from the south-west, on a heading of 44.0° at 1 nm and 207 ft agl. The approach continued with a descent from 489 ft agl to 43 ft agl in 43 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 05 at LPMA Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo was achieved on a runway 2,624 m long, with a threshold speed of 144 kt. The touchdown point occurred 144 m beyond the touchdown zone, the aircraft touched down at 134 kt, and the vertical speed was minus 187 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good; local weather reported a temperature of 28 °C, wind 9 kt from 10°, a 5 kt crosswind and a 7 kt headwind.
Runway rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,538 m, representing 59 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,569 nm, took 218 minutes, and consumed 6,140 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 approached runway 05 at LPMA from the south-west on a heading of 44.0° while 1 nm from the threshold at 207 ft agl, descending from 489 ft agl to 43 ft agl in 43 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates; local conditions were 28 °C with wind 9 kt from 10°, a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the threshold speed of 144 kt was also good; the aircraft continued the descent to the flare altitude of 43 ft agl before initiating the flare.
Touchdown occurred 144 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 134 kt that was judged good, a vertical rate of minus 187 fpm that was good, and runway-touchdown alignment described as very good.
The rollout used a total landing distance of 1,538 m, representing 59 % of the 2,624 m runway, and runway-rollout alignment was perfect.
To reduce the overshoot, adjust the flare timing to achieve touchdown within the touchdown zone while preserving the good speed and rate already demonstrated.
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