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In the last part of the flare, hold a little more back pressure to fully arrest the sink before the mains touch down.
What happened: Threshold speed and height were within limits, and the flare began on time and arrested the sink normally; even so, the touchdown rate was 205 fpm, a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, gentle rate at touchdown
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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 11,416 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,178 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 26 at EETN Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport, a movement that lasted 13 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 26, the take-off run consumed 5,554 ft, representing 49 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 157 kt. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 39 °F, wind 8 kt from 280°, with a 1 kt cross-wind component and an 8 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead Tallinn, rising from 1,074 ft asl to 33,991 ft asl - an increase of 32,917 ft - in 23 minutes while covering 148 nm.
The first cruise segment began 42 miles southwest of Kihelkonna (Saaremaa, Estonia) and continued for 150 minutes, during which 1,107 nm were flown.
Descent started 33 miles south of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France), dropping from 34,000 ft asl to 8,093 ft asl - a loss of 25,907 ft - in 15 minutes and covering 99 nm.
A subsequent cruise segment was initiated 1 mile northwest of Lloret de Mar (Catalunya, Spain), lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
Descent over Santa Susanna (Catalunya, Spain) reduced altitude from 8,002 ft asl to 6,057 ft asl, a decrease of 1,944 ft in 2 minutes while covering 5 nm.
Another cruise phase over Canet de Mar (Catalunya, Spain) lasted 3 minutes and spanned 11 nm.
The final descent began 2 miles south of Vilassar de Mar (Catalunya, Spain), descending from 5,848 ft asl to 1,372 ft asl - a loss of 4,476 ft - in 5 minutes and covering 13 nm.
The aircraft entered the final approach to runway 24R at LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport from the northeast, on a heading of 245.0°, at 4 nm and 1,350 ft agl. Local weather at the destination was a temperature of 34 °F, wind 8 kt from 280°, with a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind component.
Landing on runway 24R, which is 11,416 ft long, was achieved with a reported good threshold height and a threshold speed of 143 kt. Touchdown occurred at 1,186 ft down the runway, at a speed of 138 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 193 fpm; runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 3,984 ft, equivalent to 35 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was reported as perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,398 nm, required 218 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 19,857 lbs of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 entered the final approach to runway 24R at LEBL from the north-east on a heading of 245.0° at 4 nm and 1,350 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as stabilised, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the aircraft maintained the prescribed flight path into the final segment.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft established a good threshold speed of 143 kt and a good threshold height. The flare produced a touchdown distance of 1,186 ft, a touchdown speed of 138 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 193 fpm, all judged good, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
At touchdown the aircraft confirmed the same touchdown speed of 138 kt, the same rate of minus 193 fpm and the same distance of 1,186 ft from the threshold, with perfect alignment maintained through the initial contact.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 3,984 ft, representing 35 % of the 11,416 ft runway, and the runway rollout alignment remained perfect throughout the deceleration phase.
With a final score of 99.5 % the landing was essentially flawless; a minor refinement is to keep the touchdown point consistently near the 300 m (1,000 ft) aim point to preserve the excellent runway usage margin.
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