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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,495 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 287 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Embraer E175 taxied from the parking area to the departure runway at KIAD, Washington Dulles International Airport in 7 minutes, covering approximately 1 nm on the ground.
Departure roll was conducted on runway 30. The aircraft accelerated to a rotation speed of 142 kt and lifted off after a ground run of 1,560 m, representing 49 % of the runway length; ambient temperature at the airport was 11 °C.
Climb commenced 1 nm north of South Riding, Virginia. The airplane rose from 1,302 ft asl to 30,002 ft asl, gaining 28,700 ft in 14 minutes while covering 74 nm.
A level cruise segment began 6 nm south-east of Hyndman, Pennsylvania, lasting 35 minutes and extending 192 nm.
The next climb started overhead Amherst, Ohio, increasing altitude from 30,708 ft asl to 32,003 ft asl, a gain of 1,294 ft in 2 minutes over a distance of 9 nm.
Subsequent cruise began 5 nm north-west of Vermilion, Ohio, lasting 7 minutes and covering 35 nm.
Climb resumed 9 nm south-east of 99MI Denton Farms Airport, Clare, Michigan, with the aircraft climbing from 31,992 ft asl to 32,576 ft asl, an increase of 584 ft in 2 minutes across 8 nm.
A longer cruise segment followed 1 nm south of the same airport, lasting 73 minutes and spanning 391 nm.
Descent began 3 nm north-west of Osseo, Wisconsin, with the aircraft descending from 31,996 ft asl to 8,163 ft asl, a loss of 23,833 ft in 15 minutes while covering 80 nm.
A brief cruise segment started 1 nm north of Saint Paul, Minnesota, lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
Descent continued 1 nm west of Saint Anthony, Minnesota, dropping from 7,790 ft asl to 4,036 ft asl, a decrease of 3,753 ft in 3 minutes over 13 nm.
Another short cruise began 1 nm west of Maple Grove, Minnesota, lasting 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.
Final descent started overhead Medicine Lake, Minnesota, with the aircraft descending from 4,000 ft asl to 2,392 ft asl, a loss of 1,608 ft in 3 minutes across 7 nm.
The aircraft entered final approach to runway 12L at KMSP, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, descending from 1,631 ft agl to 48 ft agl in 120 seconds and scoring on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 12L was executed with a threshold speed of 134 kt; touchdown occurred at 287 m down the runway with a speed of 132 kt and a firm rate of -325 fpm. Local conditions were 11 °C, wind 6 kt from 110°, with a 1 kt crosswind component and a 6 kt headwind.
The total landing distance recorded was 1,319 m, representing 53 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was noted as very good.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm on the ground.
Overall, the flight covered 827 nm, lasted 167 minutes, and consumed 3,397 kg of fuel.
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