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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 2.3°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 17 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 17 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 17 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 5,432 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,432 ft of the 7,988 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,902 ft 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 12 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, then departed from runway 28L at the San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport (KOAK). The takeoff distance was 3,385 feet, which was 55% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 138 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 69°F and a wind speed of 5 knots at 290°. The crosswind was 0 knots, and the headwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb started overhead the KOAK airport, where the aircraft climbed from 1,028 feet above sea level to 38,131 feet above sea level, an increase of 37,103 feet in 17 minutes and covering a distance of 99 nautical miles.
After reaching the cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 8 miles southwest of the Willows Glenn County Airport (KWLW) and lasted for 36 minutes, covering a distance of 257 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 5 miles east of Culp Creek, Oregon, and descended from 38,157 feet above sea level to 8,916 feet above sea level, a decrease of 29,241 feet in 16 minutes and covering a distance of 95 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile northeast of Canby, Oregon, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The descent phase started 1 mile north of Stafford, Oregon, and the aircraft descended from 8,490 feet above sea level to 2,580 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,909 feet in 5 minutes and covering a distance of 16 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 3 miles north of Bethany, Oregon, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The descent phase started 4 miles southwest of Felida, Washington, and the aircraft descended from 2,584 feet above sea level to 1,311 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,272 feet in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 10L at the Portland International Airport (KPDX) was made from the northwest, heading 119.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,267 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 10L, which had a length of 7,988 feet. The threshold height was well above the target, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 130 knots.
The touchdown point was 1,520 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 121 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -207 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 11 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 63°F and a wind speed of 2 knots at 210°, with a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 0 knots.
The total landing distance was 5,150 feet, which was 64% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 33 feet from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 7 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 491 nautical miles, and the flight used 7,528 pounds of fuel.
The Boeing 737-700 aircraft successfully landed on runway 10L at KPDX Portland International Airport, but with some minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the northwest, heading 119.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,267 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with a slight variation in threshold height, which was well above the target at 71 feet agl.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was slightly above the target at 130 knots, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 121 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -207 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a relatively smooth descent. However, the touchdown point was 1,520 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which may indicate a slight over-shooting of the target.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 11 feet from the centreline, which could be attributed to a minor deviation in the aircraft's alignment during the final approach. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 63°F and a wind speed of 2 knots at 210°, resulting in a negligible crosswind component.
The total landing distance was 5,150 feet, which accounted for 64% of the runway length. This is a relatively long landing distance, but it is not uncommon for aircraft of this size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 33 feet from the centreline, which may indicate a minor deviation in the aircraft's alignment during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was executed with some minor deviations from the ideal parameters, but the aircraft was able to safely touch down on the runway and come to a stop without any major issues.
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