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Improve the rollout
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.
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One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,580 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 455 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 25R at EBBR Brussels Airport, where the Airbus A300 took off after covering a distance of 1,384 meters, which is 45% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 157 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 4 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 120 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a tailwind of 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb overhead Diegem, a location in Flanders, Belgium. The climb from 1,189 feet above sea level to 5,474 feet above sea level was achieved in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 59 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. This was followed by another enroute climb phase, where the aircraft climbed from 5,474 feet to 33,074 feet above sea level in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 139 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered 15 nautical miles. This was followed by a descent phase, where the aircraft descended from 33,131 feet above sea level to 1,551 feet above sea level in 15 minutes, covering a distance of 97 nautical miles. The descent phase started overhead Brentwood, a location in Essex, England.
The final approach to runway 09 at EGNX East Midlands Airport was made from the west, with the aircraft heading 88.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,249 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 09 was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 125 knots and a distance of 454 meters. The touchdown speed was a little fast, but the touchdown rate was firm at -318 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 15 knots from a direction of 120 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 12 knots. The total landing distance was 1,294 meters, which is 50% of the runway. However, the runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 51.6 meters from the centerline.
The total flight distance was 262 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 31 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 3,052 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A300 aircraft successfully landed at East Midlands Airport (EGNX) on runway 09, achieving an overall score of 81.8%. The final approach was initiated from the west, heading 88.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,249 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft successfully touched down on the runway, with a touchdown distance of 454 meters, which was considered good.
The touchdown speed of 125 knots was slightly above the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been able to make adjustments to reduce the speed during the approach. The touchdown rate of -318 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the aircraft was able to absorb the impact of landing smoothly. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was aligned with the centerline of the runway at the moment of touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 6°C and a wind speed of 15 knots from a direction of 120°. The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was 12 knots. These conditions may have presented some challenges for the pilot, but they did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing.
However, the aircraft's rollout alignment after touchdown was excessively misaligned by 51.6 meters from the centerline of the runway. This suggests that the pilot may have lost control of the aircraft's direction during the rollout phase, potentially due to a combination of factors such as wind, aircraft performance, and pilot error.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, but there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown speed and rollout alignment.
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