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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 152 m above the runway. The 305 m gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,462 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,462 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 291 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 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an ATR 72, then departed from runway 23L at Manchester Airport (EGCC). The takeoff distance was 1,129 meters, which accounted for 39% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 120 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 17°C temperature and a wind speed of 4 knots at 70°. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the tailwind was 4 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Mobberley in Cheshire East, England, where the aircraft climbed from 370 meters above sea level to 1,462 meters above sea level, an increase of 1,092.8 meters in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 2 miles east of Goostrey in Cheshire East, England, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles. The aircraft then started another enroute climb overhead Newcastle under Lyme in Staffordshire, England, where it climbed from 1,511 meters above sea level to 5,010 meters above sea level, an increase of 3,498.6 meters in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 34 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise resumed 1 mile south west of Halesowen in Dudley, England, and lasted for 41 minutes, covering a distance of 148 nautical miles. As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent 16 miles north of Alderney Airport in Guernsey, where it descended from 5,029 meters above sea level to 2,172 meters above sea level, a decrease of 2,857.2 meters in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 40 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another enroute level cruise 15 miles north west of Guernsey Airport in Guernsey, which lasted for 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The enroute descent resumed 16 miles north west of Guernsey Airport, where the aircraft descended from 2,050 meters above sea level to 623 meters above sea level, a decrease of 1,426.9 meters in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The final enroute level cruise began 9 miles west of Guernsey Airport and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 09 at Guernsey Airport from the west, heading 88.0° at 4 nautical miles and 387.6 meters above ground level.
The landing on runway 09 at Guernsey Airport was successful, with a touchdown distance of 289 meters and a touchdown speed of 117 knots, which was slightly faster than the target speed. The touchdown rate was firm at -1.7 meters per second, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.0 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 16°C temperature and a wind speed of 10 knots at 160°, with a crosswind of 10 knots and a headwind of 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 586 meters, which accounted for 40% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 11.8 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight distance was 263 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 87 minutes. The aircraft used 890 kilograms of fuel during the flight
The ATR 72 aircraft successfully landed at EGJB Guernsey Airport, achieving a score of 93.2%. The final approach to runway 09 was initiated from the west, with a heading of 88.0° at an altitude of 387.6 meters above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 289 meters, which was considered good. However, the touchdown speed of 117 knots was slightly faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been able to flare the aircraft more effectively to achieve a smoother touchdown. The touchdown rate was firm at -1.7 meters per second, suggesting that the aircraft was not significantly decelerating during the touchdown phase.
One notable issue with the landing was the misalignment of the runway touchdown position, which was off-centerline by 12.0 meters. This may have been due to a combination of factors, including wind conditions and pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 16°C and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 160°. The crosswind component was 10 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots.
The total landing distance of 586 meters was 40% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 11.8 meters from the centerline, indicating that the aircraft may not have been perfectly aligned with the runway during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was considered successful, but there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown speed and runway alignment.
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