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Level the wings with coordinated aileron to hold bank angle near zero during the initial climb, starting from 2.8°.
What happened: Bank angle was elevated during the initial climb and excess bank usually persists into the second climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator, wings level with bank angle near zero degrees.
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.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 18 stages, 16 scored
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,060 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,060 m of the 3,034 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 411 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 25 at LIBD Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,622 meters, which accounted for 66% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 158 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 21 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 16 knots from a direction of 280 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 13 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northeast of Bitonto, Italy. The climb took 20 minutes and covered a distance of 125 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,284 feet above sea level to 37,396 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,112 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 4 miles south of Castel Volturno, Italy. This phase lasted for 118 minutes and covered a distance of 899 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 3 miles south of Muelas del Pan, Spain. The descent took 25 minutes and covered a distance of 122 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 37,398 feet above sea level to 1,180 feet above sea level, a decrease of 36,218 feet.
The final approach to runway 17 at LPPR Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 167.0 degrees at an altitude of 3 nautical miles and 992 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 17, which had a length of 3,034 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 142 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 411 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 136 knots. The touchdown rate was smooth at -111 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 23 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 99 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 10 knots and a headwind of 4 knots. The total landing distance was 1,980 meters, which accounted for 65% of the runway. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 16.3 meters from the centerline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,154 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 172 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 6,002 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at LPPR Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport, with a final approach score of 94.5%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north, heading 167.0° at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 992 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot successfully navigated the aircraft onto runway 17, which has a length of 3,034 meters.
The landing was characterized by a good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct altitude as it approached the runway threshold. The threshold speed of 142 knots was also within the acceptable range, suggesting that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft's speed during the final approach. The touchdown distance of 411 meters was also within the acceptable range, indicating that the pilot had successfully controlled the aircraft's descent.
However, there were a few areas for improvement. The touchdown speed of 136 knots was slightly faster than the recommended speed, which may have resulted in a slightly longer rollout distance. Additionally, the touchdown rate of -111 feet per minute (fpm) was smooth, but the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 16.3 meters from the centerline. This may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's control inputs during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 23°C and a wind speed of 10 knots at 99°. The crosswind component was 10 knots, while the headwind component was 4 knots. These conditions may have presented some challenges for the pilot, but they were successfully managed during the landing. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were a few areas for improvement that the pilot could work on to refine their skills.
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