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Close the throttles earlier on final so you cross the threshold at 147 kt rather than carrying excess speed.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 155 kt, 8 kt above the 147 kt target, and the nose was then only raised 1.8° in the flare, taking out little of the sink. Crossing the threshold fast like this usually carries extra energy into a flare that barely arrests the sink, and that combination usually ends in a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 147 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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 11,515 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 466 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from the parking area to the runway in 16 minutes, covering 3 nm.
Departure roll was on runway 22R at KBOS Logan International Airport. The aircraft accelerated for a takeoff distance of 3,791 ft, representing 53 % of the runway, and lifted off at 168 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 80 °F, wind 14 kt from 190°, with a 2 kt crosswind component and a 14 kt headwind.
Climb commenced overhead MA17 Avco/Lowell Heliport, rising from 984 ft asl to 35,974 ft asl, an altitude gain of 34,990 ft achieved in 22 minutes while covering 147 nm.
The first level cruise began 3 miles west of CT44 Ripley Field, Litchfield, and lasted 7 minutes, during which 50 nm were flown.
Descent started 2 miles west of Tuxedo Park, New York, descending from 36,002 ft asl to 13,988 ft asl, a loss of 22,013 ft in 18 minutes over 120 nm.
A second cruise segment originated 1 mile south of Landisville, Pennsylvania, lasting 5 minutes and covering 31 nm.
Descent resumed overhead Pennville, Pennsylvania, dropping from 13,331 ft asl to 10,646 ft asl, a decrease of 2,685 ft in 2 minutes across 9 nm.
The third cruise segment began 2 miles north of Taneytown, Maryland, and continued for 2 minutes, covering 9 nm.
Final descent commenced 1 mile west of 67MD Willows Landing Union Bridge, Maryland, descending from 10,018 ft asl to 1,506 ft asl, a reduction of 8,512 ft in 7 minutes while traveling 33 nm.
The aircraft entered final approach to runway 19C at KIAD Washington Dulles International Airport from the north, on a heading of 180.0°, at 4 nm and 1,222 ft agl.
Landing on runway 19C, which is 11,499 ft long, the threshold speed was slightly above target at 155 kt. Touchdown occurred 458 ft down the runway at a speed of 153 kt, with a heavy touchdown rate of minus 690 fpm and a lateral deviation of 27 ft from the centreline. Total landing distance measured 4,721 ft, representing 41 % of the runway. Weather at KIAD was 75 °F with wind 5 kt from 266°, a 5 kt crosswind and no headwind.
The Boeing 737-800 entered the final approach to runway 19C at KIAD from the north on a heading of 180.0° at 4 NM and 1,222 ft AGL. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft maintained a good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 155 kt and the flare resulted in a touchdown distance of 458 ft. Touchdown speed was a little fast at 153 kt, the vertical rate was heavy at minus 690 fpm, and the touchdown point was misaligned by 27 ft from the centreline.
At touchdown the aircraft touched down 458 ft down the runway at 153 kt, with a heavy sink rate of minus 690 fpm and a lateral offset of 27 ft from the centreline. The speed was marginally above the desired value, but the gear and flaps remained correctly configured.
Rollout proceeded with very good alignment and the aircraft used a total landing distance of 4,721 ft, representing 41 % of the 11,499-ft runway length.
To refine the performance, focus on reducing the vertical touchdown rate by fine-tuning flare timing, and aim to centre the aircraft more precisely on the runway centreline to eliminate the 27-ft offset. Maintaining the current stabilised approach will support these adjustments and preserve the strong overall score.
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