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Wait for the normal flare band and the correct speed before raising the nose, rather than starting the flare at 83 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 83 ft, 38 ft above the normal band, and the touchdown followed at 308 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
Even a modest height error carries straight through to the touchdown. Geometry alone says that crossing the threshold 10 feet high on a 3° path moves your touchdown roughly 190 feet further down the runway before the flare adds anything.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 17 stages, 15 scored
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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 1,545 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,545 m of the 2,960 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 570 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 10R at OPIS Islamabad International Airport in 9 minutes, covering 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 10R the aircraft accelerated for a takeoff distance of 2,423 m, representing 66 % of the runway, and lifted off at 175 kt; ambient temperature was 26 °C.
Climb commenced 1 mile east of OPIS, with the airplane ascending from 2,753 ft asl to 34,259 ft asl, a gain of 31,506 ft achieved in 32 minutes while covering 228 nm.
The first cruise segment began 9 miles south of Bagha Purana, lasting 80 minutes and extending over 628 nm.
Descent phase one started 27 miles west of Daman, with altitude decreasing from 34,516 ft asl to 3,128 ft asl, a loss of 31,388 ft in 28 minutes and a distance of 140 nm.
A second cruise interval was initiated 3 miles south of Badlapur, lasting 3 minutes and spanning 9 nm.
The subsequent descent began 5 miles north-east of Navi Mumbai, dropping from 3,440 ft asl to 1,327 ft asl, a reduction of 2,112 ft in 3 minutes and covering 9 nm.
Final approach to runway 27 at VABB Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport was conducted from the east on a heading of 269.0° at 4 nm and 1,290 ft agl; the aircraft then descended from 1,348 ft agl to 77 ft agl in 91 seconds and met the stabilization gates criteria.
Landing on runway 27 was executed with a threshold speed of 150 kt; touchdown occurred 163 m beyond the touchdown zone at 144 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 333 fpm and perfect alignment. Local weather reported a temperature of 28 °C, wind 5 kt from 309°, crosswind 3 kt and headwind 3 kt. The total landing distance was 1,473 m, representing 50 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment remained perfect as the aircraft decelerated along the remaining runway length.
Taxi-in from the runway to the parking area required 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,026 nm, lasted 159 minutes, and consumed 8,418 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-900 entered final approach to runway 27 at VABB from the east, tracking a heading of 269.0° at 4 nm and 1,290 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as stabilised, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft descended from 1,348 ft agl to 77 ft agl in 91 seconds. The threshold height of 66 ft agl was above the target, while the threshold speed of 150 kt was recorded as good.
Touchdown occurred 163 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 144 kt, which was judged good. The touchdown rate was firm at minus 333 fpm and runway-touchdown alignment was perfect.
Rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,473 m, representing 50 % of the 2,960 m runway, and runway-rollout alignment remained perfect.
To bring the landing closer to the ideal aim point, the crew should aim to achieve the prescribed threshold height and adjust the flare to place touchdown within the designated zone, which will also help moderate the firm rate observed. Maintaining these targets will support consistency and preserve the solid overall score of 76.2 %.
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