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Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 292 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 195 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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 5,645 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,645 ft of the 13,128 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,427 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 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 08R at Miami International Airport (KMIA). The takeoff distance was 3,790 feet, which accounted for 36% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 153 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 92°F and a wind speed of 2 knots at 270°. The crosswind was negligible, but there was a 2-knot tailwind. The enroute climb began 1 mile south of Brownsville, Florida, and the aircraft ascended from 1,030 feet above sea level to 30,048 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,019 feet in 15 minutes, covering a distance of 77 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 32 miles south of Chokoloskee, Florida, and lasted for 23 minutes, covering a distance of 101 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 32 miles south of KYW1 Ft. Jefferson Seaplane Key West, Florida, and descended from 30,156 feet above sea level to 2,435 feet above sea level, a decrease of 27,721 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 75 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise resumed 3 miles northeast of Artemisa, Cuba, and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 06 at José Martí International Airport (MUHA) was made from the southwest, heading 54.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,261 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 06 at MUHA was successful, with a touchdown point 1,066 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 133 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown rate was fair at -298 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 25 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 91°F and a wind speed of 6 knots at 20°, with a 3-knot crosswind and a 5-knot headwind.
The total landing distance was 5,383 feet, which accounted for 41% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 48 feet 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 276 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 66 minutes. The aircraft used 6,994 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at MUHA José Martí International Airport, but with some minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 54.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,261 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 06, which has a length of 13,128 feet, and the threshold height was reported as good.
However, the threshold speed was significantly above the target speed, reaching 145 knots. This may indicate that the aircraft was not properly configured for landing, or that the pilots may have been experiencing some difficulty in controlling the descent. The touchdown point was 1,066 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively long distance, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 133 knots.
The touchdown rate of -298 feet per minute (fpm) was considered fair, indicating that the aircraft was not experiencing a particularly hard or soft landing. Nevertheless, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 25 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's alignment during the final approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 91°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 20°. The crosswind component was relatively weak at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. These conditions may have contributed to the slight deviations in the landing parameters.
The total landing distance was 5,383 feet, which is 41% of the runway length. This is a relatively long landing distance, indicating that the aircraft may have been experiencing some difficulty in slowing down after touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 48 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's alignment during the rollout phase.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters. These deviations may be due to a combination of factors, including the aircraft's configuration, the pilots' experience, and the local weather conditions.
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