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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 66 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Reduce power sooner on final so you cross the threshold at 137 kt, carrying that speed into the flare.
What happened: Crossing the threshold at 149 kt, 12 kt above 137 kt, usually leaves extra energy that lets the sink come back after the flare has arrested it, and that returning sink usually carries through to a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 137 kt at the threshold.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,565 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,565 ft of the 11,580 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,307 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from its parking position to runway 30 at KIAD Washington Dulles International Airport in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 30, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 165 kt and left the ground after traveling 4,604 ft, which represented 44 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 79 °F with a wind of 4 kt from 260°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 1 mile north of South Riding, Virginia, with the airplane ascending from 1,256 ft asl to 37,609 ft asl, a gain of 36,354 ft achieved in 19 minutes while covering 125 nm.
Level cruise began 4 miles southeast of WV47 Rexroad Airport, Buckhannon, West Virginia, and persisted for 7 minutes, during which the flight covered 280 nm.
Descent was initiated 1 mile east of Columbia City, Indiana, with the aircraft descending from 37,985 ft asl to 1,996 ft asl, a loss of 35,989 ft over 13 minutes and a distance of 135 nm.
The final approach to runway 27C at KORD Chicago O’Hare International Airport was conducted from the east, on a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,303 ft agl.
Landing on runway 27C occurred with a runway length of 11,580 ft; the threshold speed was recorded at 150 kt. Touchdown took place 923 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 137 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 241 fpm and a lateral deviation of 14 ft from the centreline. Local weather at the time was 84 °F with a wind of 9 kt from 250°, including a 3 kt cross-wind and an 8 kt head-wind. The total landing distance measured 6,281 ft, representing 54 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was noted to be slightly off centreline by 37 ft.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to its parking area in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 548 nm, required 48 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 8,868 lb of fuel.
The final approach to runway 27C at KORD was flown from the east on a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,303 ft agl, with temperature 84 °F, wind 9 kt from 250°, providing a 3 kt crosswind component and an 8 kt headwind component.
The threshold height was good, while the threshold speed was well above target at 150 kt.
Touchdown occurred 923 ft beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 137 kt that was a little fast and a touchdown rate that was fair at minus 241 fpm. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 14 ft from the centreline.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 6,281 ft, representing 54 % of the 11,580 ft runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 37 ft from the centreline.
To improve the already strong 93.2 % score, reduce the approach and touchdown speeds toward their targets and aim to arrest the aircraft within the touchdown zone rather than beyond it. This will tighten the touchdown point and further align the rollout.
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