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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,861 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 268 m touchdown sits inside 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 5 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-900, then departed from runway 22 at GLRB Roberts International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,512 meters, which was 50% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 161 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 2 knots at 180 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 2 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile southwest of GLRB Roberts International Airport, Monrovia. The climb took 22 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,054 feet above sea level to 25,123 feet above sea level, an increase of 24,069 feet. The distance covered during this climb was 141 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 12 miles southeast of Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, Liberia. This cruise phase lasted for 7 minutes and covered 56 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, this time from 52 miles southwest of Issia, Sassandra-Marahoue, Ivory Coast. The climb took 7 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 26,407 feet above sea level to 31,045 feet above sea level, an increase of 4,638 feet. The distance covered during this climb was 55 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 30 miles southwest of Lakota, Goh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast. This cruise phase lasted for 76 minutes and covered 547 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 14 miles northwest of Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria. The descent took 16 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 31,044 feet above sea level to 1,444 feet above sea level, a decrease of 29,601 feet. The distance covered during this descent was 36 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 18L at DNMM Murtala Muhammed International Airport was made from the north, with a heading of 179.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,340 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 18L, which had a length of 2,861 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 144 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 270 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 139 knots. The touchdown rate was very hard at -507 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 23 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 250 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 1,322 meters, which was 46% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 842 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 136 minutes. The aircraft used 7,440 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-900 aircraft successfully landed at DNMM Murtala Muhammed International Airport, achieving a score of 97.0%. The final approach to runway 18L was conducted from the north, with a heading of 179.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,340 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 144 knots, which was slightly above the target threshold speed. However, the touchdown distance of 270 meters was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown speed of 139 knots was a little fast, but this did not significantly impact the overall performance of the landing.
The touchdown rate of -507 feet per minute (fpm) was very hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have been descending at a steeper angle than intended. Nevertheless, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 23°C and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 250°. The crosswind component was 3 knots, while the headwind component was 1 knot. These conditions did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing performance.
The total landing distance of 1,322 meters was 46% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. This suggests that the aircraft was able to stop quickly and efficiently after touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score of 97.0%. While there were some minor issues with the touchdown speed and rate, the aircraft was able to maintain perfect alignment with the runway throughout the landing and rollout phases.
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