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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 10 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 4.7°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
Arrival
Hold the approach speed back toward 45 ft with power and let the aircraft descend to the normal flare band before rounding out.
What happened: The flare began early at 90 ft, well above the normal band, and the aircraft touched down fast at 196 kt against a vref of 153 kt. An early flare like this usually carries extra speed through to touchdown rather than bleeding it off.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare within the normal band near 45 ft.
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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3° glideslope, off the centreline and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,726 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,726 m of the 3,189 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 273 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 22L at EBLG Liège Airport, a Boeing 747-8 aircraft taking to the skies. The takeoff distance was 1,307 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 167 knots, and the aircraft quickly gained altitude. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 14 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 16 knots from a direction of 280 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed, it encountered a crosswind of 13 knots and a headwind of 9 knots. The enroute climb started overhead EBLG Liège Airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,662 feet above sea level to 22,545 feet above sea level, a total increase of 20,884 feet in just 6 minutes. This climb phase covered a distance of 35 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 78 minutes and covered a distance of 91 nautical miles. This cruise phase took place 2 miles south west of Waulsort, a location in the Wallonia region of Belgium. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 1 mile west of Bayenthal, a location in the Nordrhein-Westfalen region of Germany.
The descent phase was characterized by a significant decrease in altitude, from 22,634 feet above sea level to 10,792 feet above sea level, a total decrease of 11,842 feet in just 5 minutes. This descent phase covered a distance of 32 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which lasted for 126 minutes and covered a distance of 98 nautical miles. This cruise phase took place overhead Wetter (Ruhr), a location in the Nordrhein-Westfalen region of Germany.
The aircraft then began its final descent phase, starting 2 miles north west of Elze, a location in the Lower Saxony region of Germany. The descent phase was characterized by a decrease in altitude from 10,708 feet above sea level to 2,853 feet above sea level, a total decrease of 7,856 feet in just 3 minutes. This descent phase covered a distance of 16 nautical miles.
Following the final descent phase, the aircraft entered a short level cruise phase, which lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 10 nautical miles. This cruise phase took place 1 mile north west of Apelern, a location in the Lower Saxony region of Germany. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 09L at EDDV Hannover Airport, a Boeing 747-8 aircraft descending from an altitude of 2,836 feet above sea level to 2,030 feet above sea level, a total decrease of 807 feet in just 2 minutes.
The final approach was characterized by a heading of 80.0 degrees and a distance of 2 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft landed on runway 09L at EDDV Hannover Airport, a runway with a length of 3,189 meters. The landing was characterized by a threshold speed that was too high at 204 knots, a touchdown distance that was good at 275 meters, and a touchdown speed that was too fast at 196 knots.
The touchdown rate was very heavy at -948 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.3 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 23 knots from a direction of 269 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the tailwind was 23 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,677 meters, which accounted for 53% of the runway.
The Boeing 747-8 aircraft successfully landed at EDDV Hannover Airport, but with some areas for improvement. The final approach was initiated from the west, heading 80.0° at 2 nautical miles and 1,785 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 09L, which has a length of 3,189 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was too high at 204 knots. This indicates that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to reduce the touchdown speed. The touchdown distance was good at 275 meters, but the touchdown speed was too fast at 196 knots. This excessive speed resulted in a very heavy touchdown rate of -948 feet per minute (fpm), which could have put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.3 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to the crosswind or tailwind conditions. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 11°C, with a wind speed of 23 knots at 269°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 23 knots, which could have affected the aircraft's alignment and touchdown position.
The total landing distance was 1,677 meters, which is 53% of the runway length. This indicates that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance, but the rollout alignment was misaligned by 22.1 meters from the centreline. Overall, while the landing was successful, there are areas for improvement in terms of touchdown speed, touchdown rate, and rollout alignment.
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