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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
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.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,914 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 319 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an RJ85, then departed from runway 18L at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The takeoff distance was 1,314 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 144 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 29 degrees Celsius, a wind speed of 15 knots at 170 degrees, resulting in a 3-knot crosswind and a 14-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it passed over Aalsmeerderbrug in the Netherlands, where the enroute climb began. The aircraft ascended from 1,030 feet above sea level to 29,680 feet above sea level, an increase of 28,650 feet, in 27 minutes and covering a distance of 144 nautical miles. Following this, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started over Becquigny in France and lasted for 67 minutes, covering a distance of 425 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began 4 miles north of Opoul-Perillos in France, where the aircraft descended from 29,967 feet above sea level to 12,190 feet above sea level, a decrease of 17,777 feet, in 12 minutes and covering a distance of 70 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile east of Seva in Spain and lasted for 56 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile. However, this phase was short-lived, as the aircraft began its descent again, this time from 12,190 feet above sea level to 4,336 feet above sea level, a decrease of 7,854 feet, in 9 minutes and covering a distance of 32 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started over Vallirana in Spain and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. However, this phase was also short-lived, as the aircraft began its descent again, this time from 4,159 feet above sea level to 1,300 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,858 feet, in 4 minutes and covering a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 06L at LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport was made from the southwest, heading 66.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,276 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 06L was successful, with a touchdown distance of 319 meters, a touchdown speed of 98 knots, and a touchdown rate of -538 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 29 degrees Celsius, a wind speed of 11 knots at 70 degrees, resulting in a 1-knot crosswind and an 11-knot headwind.
The total landing distance was 723 meters, which accounted for 25% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 694 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 134 minutes. The aircraft used 4,620 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The aircraft in question, an RJ85, successfully landed at LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport with a score of 95.4%. The final approach to runway 06L was initiated from the southwest, heading 66.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,276 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 98 knots, which was within the acceptable range. The touchdown distance of 319 meters was also considered good. However, the touchdown rate was quite high at -538 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a relatively hard landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 29°C and a wind speed of 11 knots from a direction of 70°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 11 knots, which did not significantly impact the landing.
The aircraft's alignment with the runway during touchdown and rollout was perfect, indicating a high degree of control and precision during the landing. The total landing distance of 723 meters was only 25% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft meeting most of the target parameters. However, the hard touchdown rate may be a concern for the pilots and the aircraft's maintenance team, as it could potentially lead to increased wear and tear on the aircraft's landing gear and other components.
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