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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 11 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 300 ft gate: gear still up, sink rate above what the glideslope needed, off the runway's 3° glideslope, off the centreline and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 3,790 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 3,790 m of the 3,984 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,994 m past the threshold — beyond 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 7 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-900, then departed from runway 07R at Brussels Airport (EBBR). The takeoff distance was 1,458 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 161 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 7°C and winds of 3 knots at 114°. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was also 2 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Erps-Kwerps in Flanders, Belgium, where the aircraft climbed from 888 feet above sea level to 5,793 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,905 feet in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Haacht in Flanders, Belgium, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile. However, the aircraft then began another enroute climb from Haacht, climbing from 5,793 feet above sea level to 20,954 feet above sea level, an increase of 15,161 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 34 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then started 1 mile south of Kemzeke in Flanders, Belgium, and lasted for 29 minutes, covering a distance of 218 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 1 mile northwest of Butzbach in Hessen, Germany, where the aircraft descended from 20,996 feet above sea level to 5,777 feet above sea level, a decrease of 15,219 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 27 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then started 2 miles northeast of Langenselbold in Hessen, Germany, and lasted for 14 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile. However, the aircraft then began another enroute descent from Langenselbold, descending from 5,777 feet above sea level to 2,957 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,820 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 11 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise then started 1 mile north of Obertshausen in Hessen, Germany, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 25L at Frankfurt Airport (EDDF) was made from the northeast, heading 253.0° at 1 nautical mile and 1,678 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 25L at EDDF was notable for several factors. The threshold height was excessively over target, and the threshold speed was excessively high. The touchdown point was also excessively long, using more than 75% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was 168 knots, which was fast, and the touchdown rate was fair at -213 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 1°C and winds of 9 knots at 20°. The crosswind was 7 knots, and the tailwind was 6 knots. The total landing distance was 3,685 meters, which accounted for 93% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 25.3 meters from the centerline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 328 nautical miles, and the flight took 59 minutes. The aircraft used 3,901 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-900 aircraft has landed at Frankfurt Airport (EDDF) with a score of 57.0%. The final approach to runway 25L was initiated from the north east, heading 253.0° at 1 nautical mile and 1,678 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft successfully landed on the designated runway, which has a length of 3,984 meters.
However, there were several areas of concern during the landing. The threshold height at 163 feet agl was excessively over target, indicating that the aircraft may have been too high during the approach. Additionally, the threshold speed was excessively high at 230 knots, suggesting that the pilot may have been too aggressive in their descent. Furthermore, the touchdown point was excessively long, using more than 75% of the available runway, which could have increased the risk of overrun.
The touchdown speed of 168 knots was also fast, which may have contributed to the long touchdown point. On the other hand, the touchdown rate of -213 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, indicating that the aircraft was able to slow down relatively quickly after touchdown. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot was able to maintain a stable approach and touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 1°C and winds of 9 knots at 20°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the tailwind component was 6 knots. The total landing distance was 3,685 meters, which is 93% of the available runway.
Unfortunately, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 25.3 meters from the centreline, which could have increased the risk of veering off the runway. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were several areas of concern that need to be addressed to improve the pilot's performance and safety.
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