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Arrival
Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 13 ft, and this flight then touched down at 312 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
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 2,185 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,185 m of the 3,527 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 645 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 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-300, then departed from runway 10 at Princess Juliana International Airport (TNCM) in Saint Martin. The takeoff distance was 1,182 meters, which accounted for 52% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 175 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 30°C, a wind speed of 5 knots at 90°, with a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 5 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its initial cruising altitude, it started to ascend from 1,011 feet above sea level to 32,407 feet, an increase of 31,396 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 89 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise began 82 miles northeast of The Valley in Anguilla and lasted for 63 minutes, covering 524 nautical miles. The aircraft then underwent another climb, this time from 32,964 feet to 34,854 feet, an increase of 1,889 feet in 2 minutes, covering 14 nautical miles.
The second enroute level cruise started at a latitude of 25.1956967 and a longitude of -54.8156934 and lasted for 193 minutes, covering 1,721 nautical miles. Another climb followed, from 35,092 feet to 37,085 feet, an increase of 1,993 feet in 3 minutes, covering 31 nautical miles. The third enroute level cruise began at a latitude of 46.2229254 and a longitude of -29.3784049 and lasted for 158 minutes, covering 1,363 nautical miles.
As the aircraft began its descent, it started from 36,820 feet above sea level to 6,544 feet, a decrease of 30,276 feet in 14 minutes, covering 28 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 23 miles west of Bergen aan Zee in the Netherlands and lasted for 3 minutes, covering 15 nautical miles. The descent continued from 5,766 feet to 1,277 feet, a decrease of 4,489 feet in 6 minutes, covering 17 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 18R at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (EHAM) was made from the north, heading 183.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,264 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 18R, which had a length of 3,527 meters, was characterized by a threshold height above the target, a threshold speed slightly above the target at 148 knots, and a touchdown point 233 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 143 knots, which was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at -332 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.3 meters from the centerline, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 13°C, a wind speed of 7 knots at 190°, with a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 6 knots. The total landing distance was 2,109 meters, which accounted for 60% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 9 minutes and covered 3 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 3,811 nautical miles, taking 474 minutes, and the aircraft used 58,103 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft successfully landed on runway 18R at EHAM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, achieving an overall score of 88.5%. The final approach was initiated from the north, heading 183.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,264 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 233 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly off-target. The touchdown speed of 143 knots was a bit faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have applied a bit more braking than necessary. However, the touchdown rate of -332 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the aircraft was well-controlled during the landing.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.3 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the final approach. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 13°C and a wind speed of 7 knots from 190°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 6 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly faster touchdown speed.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the target parameters. The pilot's ability to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and the firm touchdown rate suggest that the landing was well-executed, despite some minor issues with alignment and touchdown speed.
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