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Wait for the normal flare band and the correct speed before raising the nose, rather than starting the flare at 55 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 55 ft, 9.7 ft above the normal band, and the touchdown followed at 260 fpm. Starting the flare this early usually carries through to a firmer arrival than a flare begun in the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: hold the flare start within the normal flare band
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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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 1,678 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,678 m of the 3,191 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 413 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Embraer E175 taxied from the parking area to runway 04L at KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport, a movement that lasted 8 minutes and covered 2 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 04L, accelerating through a takeoff distance of 813 m, representing 32 % of the runway. Liftoff occurred at 147 kt. Local weather reported temperature 20 °C, wind 5 kt from 120°, with a 5 kt crosswind and a 0 kt headwind.
Climb began overhead KEWR, climbing from 1,025 ft asl to 33,002 ft asl, an increase of 31,977 ft in 17 minutes while covering 108 nm.
The first level cruise started 1 mile south-east of South Coventry, Connecticut, lasting 44 minutes and covering 348 nm.
Descent commenced 1 mile east of Digby, Nova Scotia, descending from 32,399 ft asl to 2,997 ft asl, a decrease of 29,401 ft in 15 minutes over 89 nm.
A subsequent level cruise began 2 miles south-west of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, lasting 1 minute and covering 4 nm.
The next descent started 1 mile south-west of Waverley, Nova Scotia, descending from 2,699 ft asl to 1,720 ft asl, a decrease of 979 ft in 1 minute across 3 nm.
Final approach to runway 05 at CYHZ Halifax / Stanfield International Airport involved a descent from 1,306 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 107 seconds, with the aircraft scoring on the stabilisation gates.
Landing was executed on runway 05, whose length is 3,191 m. The threshold speed was 137 kt, and touchdown occurred at 414 m from the threshold with a speed of 132 kt. The touchdown rate was minus 260 fpm and the touchdown point was offset 3.1 m from the centreline. Local weather reported temperature 10 °C, wind 6 kt from 340°, with a 5 kt crosswind and a 3 kt headwind.
Total landing distance measured 1,593 m, representing 50 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 560 nm, required 91 minutes, and consumed 1,756 kg of fuel.
The Embraer E175 achieved a score of 98.3 % and executed a stabilised approach at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits; the aircraft descended from 1,306 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 107 seconds on final approach to runway 05 at CYHZ, while temperature was 10 °C, wind 6 kt from 340°, with a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 137 kt, and the aircraft touched down 414 m down the runway, meeting the aim-point criteria.
Touchdown speed was recorded at 132 kt, noted as a little fast, the vertical rate was fair at minus 260 fpm, and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.1 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,593 m, representing 50 % of the 3,191 m runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
Further refinement of the flare to achieve a slightly lower touchdown speed and tighter centreline alignment will bring the already high performance even closer to the optimal target.
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