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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 183 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 160 kt against a target of 183 kt, running 23 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 183 kt.
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on approach to be at 145 kt by the stabilisation gate, not just by the threshold.
What happened: The approach was too fast at the stabilisation gate, crossing the threshold at 145 kt against a VREF of 145 kt.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 145 kt at the stabilisation gate.
See Arrival Approach
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 33 kt FAST on the reference speed of 145 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,069 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,069 ft of the 10,510 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,782 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 taxied from the parking area to runway 34L at Salt Lake City International Airport, a movement that lasted 13 minutes and covered 3 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 34L, using 10,773 ft of runway (90 % of the available length). Rotation was achieved at 148 kt. Ambient temperature was 85 °F with a wind of 14 kt from 179°, including a 1 kt cross-wind and a 14 kt tail-wind component.
Climb began 3 nm north of KSLC, with the airplane accelerating from 5,609 ft asl to 32,007 ft asl, an increase of 26,397 ft achieved in 13 minutes while covering 74 nm.
The first cruise segment started 16 nm south-west of Vernon, Utah, and lasted 25 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 178 nm at level flight.
Descent commenced 4 nm south-west of Saint George, Utah, descending from 31,823 ft asl to 7,987 ft asl, a loss of 23,836 ft in 12 minutes and spanning 70 nm.
A second cruise phase began 9 nm south-west of 0L9 Echo Bay Overton, Nevada, lasting 3 minutes and covering 14 nm.
The subsequent descent started 5 nm north of Boulder City, Nevada, dropping from 7,672 ft asl to 3,779 ft asl, a decrease of 3,893 ft in 3 minutes over 11 nm.
During final approach to runway 26L at Harry Reid International Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,704 ft agl to 406 ft agl in 83 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 26L, which is 10,510 ft long, was performed with a threshold speed of 146 kt. Touchdown occurred 870 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 137 kt; the vertical speed at touchdown was minus 201 fpm and the touchdown point was offset 12 ft from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 86 °F, wind 6 kt from 218°, a 5 kt cross-wind and a 4 kt head-wind component.
The total landing distance recorded was 4,733 ft, representing 45 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was judged very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a taxi-in that lasted 7 minutes and covered 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 358 nm, required 76 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 6,047 lb of fuel.
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