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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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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,682 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 231 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, then departed from runway 26R at Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The takeoff distance was 1,521 meters, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 169 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 8°C and winds of 1 knot at 43°. The crosswind and tailwind were both 1 knot. After departing from CYVR, the enroute climb started 1 mile northwest of the airport, where the aircraft climbed from 1,033 feet above sea level to 37,331 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,298 feet in 18 minutes and covering 116 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 1 mile north of Lakeland North in Washington, United States, and lasted for 90 minutes, covering 736 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 1 mile northeast of O64 Port of Catoosa Heliport in Catoosa, California, and descended from 37,443 feet above sea level to 16,745 feet above sea level, a decrease of 20,698 feet in 15 minutes and covering 100 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started again 1 mile north of Crestline in California and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 12 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 4 miles southeast of Running Springs in California, and the aircraft descended from 16,321 feet above sea level to 1,771 feet above sea level, a decrease of 14,550 feet in 15 minutes and covering 37 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 31L at Palm Springs International Airport (KPSP) was from the southeast, with a heading of 321.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,302 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 31L, which had a length of 1,682 meters, was successful, with a good threshold height and threshold speed of 136 knots. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 136 knots, and the touchdown rate was heavy at -682 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.7 meters from the centerline, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 17°C and winds of 8 knots at 24°. The crosswind was 7 knots, and the headwind was 4 knots. The total landing distance was 1,154 meters, which accounted for 69% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,011 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 154 minutes. The aircraft used 5,351 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-700 aircraft successfully landed at KPSP Palm Springs International Airport, achieving a score of 93.4%. The final approach to runway 31L was initiated from the southeast, heading 321.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,302 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a threshold speed of 136 knots, which was considered good. However, the touchdown speed was slightly fast, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown distance of 231 meters was also considered good, indicating that the pilot had sufficient control over the aircraft's descent.
Despite the good threshold speed and touchdown distance, the touchdown rate was heavy at -682 feet per minute, suggesting that the aircraft may have been touching down with a higher rate of descent than desired. This could be due to a variety of factors, including the pilot's technique or the aircraft's configuration.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 5.7 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's approach path or a slight crosswind component. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot had good control over the aircraft's direction during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 17°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from 24°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the headwind component was 4 knots. These conditions may have presented some challenges for the pilot, but they do not appear to have had a significant impact on the landing.
Overall, the landing was considered good, with the aircraft touching down on the runway with a good threshold speed and touchdown distance. However, there were some areas for improvement, including the touchdown speed and rate, as well as the slight misalignment of the runway touchdown position.
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