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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 176 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 152 kt against a target of 176 kt, running 24 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 176 kt.
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.
Between four hundred and a thousand feet you're heavy, close to the ground and still carrying flap, and speed is the margin holding all three apart. Slow here doesn't feel like anything — the aeroplane climbs, the nose is up, nothing complains — right up until a turn, a gust or a bank tightens the wing's job and the margin is already gone. The fix is rarely "fly faster", it's lowering the nose a degree and letting the speed build before the next thing you do. Pitch buys altitude, speed buys options, and at this height options are the scarcer of the two.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,600 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,015 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Nashville International Airport, the Boeing 737-700 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. As the aircraft lined up on runway 20R, the crew prepared for departure, taking into account the local weather conditions, with a temperature of 65°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from 179°. The aircraft lifted off the ground at a speed of 132 knots, utilizing 3,534 feet of the 7,500-foot runway, which represented 46% of its length.
As the aircraft climbed to its initial cruising altitude, it ascended from 1,569 feet above sea level to 18,245 feet, a vertical increase of 16,676 feet, in just 5 minutes and covering a distance of 25 nautical miles. The crew then leveled off and entered a cruise phase, maintaining a steady altitude for 5 minutes as the aircraft covered 35 nautical miles. This pattern of climb and cruise was repeated several times, with the aircraft descending to lower altitudes before leveling off again. Notably, the descent from 18,999 feet to 17,469 feet, a decrease of 1,530 feet, took just 2 minutes and covered 11 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, McGhee Tyson Airport, it began its final descent, reducing its altitude from 16,966 feet to 3,601 feet in 10 minutes and covering 46 nautical miles. The crew then entered a short cruise phase, maintaining a steady altitude for 2 minutes as the aircraft covered 5 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 23L was made from the north-east, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 115 knots and a touchdown distance of 1,037 feet, which was 35% of the runway's length. The total landing distance was 3,007 feet, and the runway rollout alignment was very good. After a short taxiing period, the aircraft arrived at the parking area, having completed a total flight distance of 167 nautical miles and consuming 3,640 pounds of fuel.
The Boeing 737-700 touched down on runway 23L at KTYS McGhee Tyson Airport with a good threshold height, allowing the crew to maintain a stable approach profile. The threshold speed of 122 kt was well within the acceptable range, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. As the aircraft made contact with the runway, the touchdown distance of 1,037 ft was within the expected parameters, and the touchdown speed of 115 kt was also satisfactory.
However, the touchdown rate of -229 fpm was slightly higher than desired, suggesting a slightly steeper descent than intended. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 20 ft from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the approach path. Despite this, the local weather conditions, with a temperature of 59 °F and a 7 kt headwind, were generally favorable for the landing.
The Boeing 737-700 rolled out on the runway with very good alignment, demonstrating a high degree of control and precision. The total landing distance of 3,007 ft was 35% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. Overall, the landing was considered to be of high quality, with a score of 97.7%. The crew's ability to maintain a stable approach and control the aircraft during the rollout phase was commendable, and the landing was a testament to their skill and experience.
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