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Reduce power earlier on approach to be at 147 kt by the stabilisation gate, not just by the threshold.
What happened: The approach was too fast at the stabilisation gate, crossing the threshold at 141 kt against a VREF of 147 kt.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 147 kt at the stabilisation gate.
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Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 1.1° off, against a 1° limit, wings 21° of bank, against a 10° limit and speed 17 kt FAST on the reference speed of 147 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,737 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,737 m of the 3,049 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 312 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.75 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied to runway 06 at Shannon Airport (EINN) and commenced the departure roll. Takeoff was achieved after a distance of 1,320 m, representing 41 % of the runway, with liftoff attained at 159 kt. Local conditions were 20 °C temperature, wind 10 kt from 099°, a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind component.
En-route climb began directly overhead Shannon, with the aircraft climbing from 1,061 ft asl to 605 ft asl, an increase of 455 ft recorded over 2 minutes while covering 5 nm.
The final approach to runway 24 was executed from the north-east, maintaining a heading of 259.0° at 2 nm distance and 558 ft agl.
Landing on runway 24 was performed on a 3,050 m runway; the threshold stood at 73 ft agl and the threshold speed was 142 kt. Touchdown occurred 326 m down the runway at 139 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 839 fpm and a lateral deviation of 5.9 m from the centreline. Ambient conditions were 17 °C, wind 9 kt from 100°, a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt tail-wind component. The total landing distance measured 1,675 m, equivalent to 55 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
In total, the flight covered 10 nm, required 3 minutes, and consumed 399 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 executed the final approach to runway 24 at EINN Shannon Airport from the north-east on a heading of 259.0° at 2 NM and 558 ft AGL, with a temperature of 17 °C, wind 9 kt from 100°, a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt tail-wind component; the overall landing score was 86.8 %.
At threshold the aircraft was 73 ft AGL, which was well above the target height, and the threshold speed was recorded as good at 142 kt.
Touchdown occurred 326 m down the runway, a distance described as good, with a touchdown speed of 139 kt also noted as good; the vertical rate was very heavy at minus 839 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 5.9 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 1,675 m, representing 55 % of the 3,050 m runway, and the rollout alignment was very good.
Refine flare timing to moderate the vertical rate and achieve a softer touchdown, and maintain precise lateral control during the flare to keep the touchdown point within the centreline envelope.
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