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Hold the approach aim point and let the aircraft settle onto 457 m instead of holding it off in the flare.
What happened: Touchdown point came 212 m past the target, landing at 669 m against the 457 m aim point, with threshold speed and the flare both within limits.
Watch for: Touchdown distance marker: 457 m from the threshold.
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 2,036 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,036 m of the 3,013 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 669 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 10 at SBGL Rio Galeão - Tom Jobim International Airport. Taxi-out required 6 minutes and covered 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 10, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 157 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,545 m, which represented 39 % of the runway length. Local weather at the time was 28 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 139°, a cross-wind component of 2 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
Climb commenced 2 miles north-east of SBGL, with the airplane climbing from 997 ft asl to 32,990 ft asl, an altitude gain of 31,993 ft achieved in 34 minutes while covering 262 nm.
Level cruise began 10 miles south of Mantenópolis (Espirito Santo, Brazil) and continued for 78 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 662 nm.
Descent was initiated 8 miles north-east of Murici (Alagoas, Brazil). The flight descended from 32,999 ft asl to 1,329 ft asl, a loss of 31,670 ft in 17 minutes, covering 103 nm.
The final approach to runway 18 at SBRF Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport was flown from the north on a heading of 162.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,286 ft agl.
Landing on runway 18 was executed with a threshold speed of 144 kt. Touchdown occurred 254 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 136 kt and a vertical rate of minus 166 fpm; runway alignment was perfect. Weather at the airport was 26 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 100°, a cross-wind component of 3 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,957 m, representing 65 % of the runway, and alignment remained perfect throughout the deceleration phase.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,034 nm, lasted 137 minutes, and consumed 7,163 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-900 entered final approach to runway 18 at SBRF Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport from the north on a heading of 162.0° at 4 NM and 1,286 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.
At threshold the aircraft displayed a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 144 kt. The flare resulted in a touchdown point 254 m beyond the touchdown zone, a touchdown speed of 136 kt that was judged good, a touchdown rate of minus 166 fpm that was good, and runway touchdown alignment that was perfect.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft aligned perfectly on the centreline, speed and rate remaining within the good limits noted during the flare, and the touchdown point remaining 254 m beyond the designated zone.
Rollout used a total landing distance of 1,957 m, representing 65 % of the 3,003 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Maintain the current stabilised-approach technique but aim to touch down nearer the 300 m (1,000 ft) aim point to reduce the overshoot distance while preserving the good speed and rate values.
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