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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 179 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 160 kt against a target of 179 kt, running 19 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 179 kt.
Arrival
Hold a touch more back pressure through the last of the flare to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: Touchdown was firm at 148 fpm of sink.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a gentle rate at touchdown within the normal flare band
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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: sink rate 1,534 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 4.6° against the runway's 3° and centreline 1.7° off, against a 1° limit.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate 1,247 fpm, more than the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,044 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 944 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to the departure runway in nine minutes, covering less than one nautical mile before lining up on runway 30 at KOAK San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.
During the take-off roll on runway 30, the Boeing 737-800 accelerated through a distance of 4,943 ft, representing 48 % of the runway, and lifted off at 146 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 70 °F, wind from 300° at 2 kt, with a headwind component of 2 kt and no cross-wind.
Climb commenced one mile west of KOAK, with the aircraft ascending from 985 ft asl to 34,894 ft asl, a gain of 33,908 ft achieved in 16 minutes while covering 98 nm.
The first cruise segment began 16 nm south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, lasting five minutes and traversing 38 nm at level flight.
A descent started 18 nm southwest of KHGT (Hunter Liggett), dropping from 35,010 ft asl to 7,047 ft asl, a loss of 27,963 ft in 16 minutes over 105 nm.
A subsequent cruise leg originated 7 nm northeast of 0CA3 Crawford Airport, persisted for two minutes and covered five nautical miles.
The next descent began 10 nm east of 0CA3 Crawford Airport, reducing altitude from 6,969 ft asl to 5,994 ft asl, a decrease of 975 ft in two minutes while traveling four nautical miles.
Following that, a cruise segment started eight nautical miles north of Mission Canyon, lasted three minutes and spanned eight nautical miles.
Descent resumed four nautical miles north of Montecito, with the aircraft descending from 5,990 ft asl to 4,015 ft asl, a loss of 1,975 ft in two minutes across four nautical miles.
Another cruise phase began two nautical miles northwest of Montecito, continued for five minutes and covered twelve nautical miles.
The final descent of the en-route portion started two nautical miles north of Montecito, bringing the aircraft from 3,990 ft asl to 1,966 ft asl, a reduction of 2,024 ft in three minutes over seven nautical miles.
On final approach to runway 25 at KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, the aircraft descended from 2,070 ft agl to 41 ft agl in 96 seconds, achieving the required stabilisation gate scores.
Landing on runway 25 was executed with a threshold speed of 140 kt, touchdown occurring at 949 ft down the runway and a speed of 139 kt. The aircraft touched down with a smooth rate of minus 148 fpm and was offset by 16 ft from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 71 °F, wind from 161° at 2 kt, a cross-wind of 1 kt and no head-wind.
Rollout continued for a total landing distance of 3,970 ft, representing 66 % of the 6,044 ft runway, and alignment during the rollout was described as very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in five minutes, covering less than one nautical mile before stopping.
In total, the flight covered 290 nm, lasted 68 minutes, and consumed 6,133 lb of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 conducted the final approach to runway 25 at KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport and was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate, with a sink rate too high, off the glideslope and off the centreline. The descent progressed from 2,070 ft agl to 41 ft agl in 96 seconds, and the aircraft was scored on the stabilisation gates. Ambient conditions were temperature 71 °F, wind 2 kt from 161°, cross-wind 1 kt and head-wind 0 kt.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 140 kt. The flare was executed with the aircraft positioned for touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 949 ft down the runway with a speed of 139 kt, noted as a little fast, and a smooth vertical rate of minus 148 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 16 ft from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 3,970 ft, representing 66 % of the 6,044 ft runway.
Rollout alignment was very good, allowing the aircraft to decelerate safely within the remaining runway length.
To improve the overall score, focus on achieving a fully stabilized approach by the 1,000 ft gate and correcting speed to the target value, while maintaining centreline alignment through the final approach.
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