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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 16 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 16 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 16 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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 2,694 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 503 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 5 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-600, then departed from runway 26R at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (LFPG) in Paris, France. The takeoff distance was 761 meters, which accounted for 21% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 141 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 14°C temperature and a wind speed of 7 knots at 229 degrees. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 6 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of Le Mesnil-Amelot, France, and the aircraft climbed from 1,267 feet above sea level to 23,993 feet above sea level, an increase of 22,727 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 42 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Bueil, France, and lasted for 10 minutes, covering a distance of 76 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent from 24,005 feet above sea level to 3,385 feet above sea level, a decrease of 20,621 feet in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 95 nautical miles. The descent started overhead Saint-Paul-le-Gaultier, France.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 1 mile southeast of Bouaye, France, and lasting for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles. The final descent started 1 mile south of Machecoul, France, and the aircraft descended from 2,994 feet above sea level to 1,356 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,638 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 03 at Nantes Atlantique Airport (LFRS) was made from the southwest, heading 27.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,261 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 03, which had a length of 2,694 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 130 knots.
The touchdown point was 86 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 120 knots. However, the touchdown rate was smooth at -136 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions were 13°C temperature and a wind speed of 4 knots at 196 degrees, with a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 4 knots.
The total landing distance was 986 meters, which accounted for 37% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 243 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 50 minutes, using 2,532 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 737-600 aircraft successfully landed at LFRS Nantes Atlantique Airport, achieving a high score of 99.2%. The final approach to runway 03 was conducted from the southwest, with a heading of 27.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,261 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach was characterized by a smooth touchdown rate of -136 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a well-controlled descent.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 86 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly beyond the expected point. The touchdown speed of 120 knots was slightly above the target speed, suggesting that the pilots may have been able to make adjustments to the approach to achieve a more precise touchdown. The threshold speed was also slightly above target at 130 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly fast touchdown speed.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 13°C and a wind speed of 4 knots from a direction of 196°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the tailwind component was 4 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly fast touchdown speed. Despite these conditions, the pilots were able to maintain perfect runway touchdown alignment, ensuring a safe and controlled landing.
The total landing distance of 986 meters was 37% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, suggesting that the pilots were able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was characterized by a high degree of precision and control, with the pilots successfully navigating the aircraft to a safe touchdown.
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