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Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 306 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 220 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,840 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,840 m of the 3,520 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 501 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 777-300 taxied from the parking area to runway 25C at Hong Kong International Airport in six minutes, covering approximately 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 25C, the aircraft accelerated over a distance of 1,806 m, representing 50 % of the runway, and lifted off at 189 kt; ambient conditions were 31 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 209°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
The initial climb commenced about one mile west of VHHH, climbing from 1,016 ft asl to 30,992 ft asl - an altitude gain of 29,976 ft - in 25 minutes while covering 176 nm.
Level cruise began 62 nm north of Dongsha Island Airport and continued for 159 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 1,345 nm.
A subsequent climb started 75 nm south of Oyama, Japan, raising the aircraft from 31,373 ft asl to 32,799 ft asl - a gain of 1,426 ft - in two minutes and traversing 14 nm.
The next cruise segment originated 65 nm south of Oyama and lasted 195 minutes, covering a distance of 1,772 nm.
A further climb was initiated at latitude 50.1802895, longitude 170.7245406, increasing altitude from 33,181 ft asl to 34,939 ft asl - a rise of 1,758 ft - in two minutes and spanning 15 nm.
The following cruise phase began at latitude 50.2788608, longitude 171.1308492, persisted for 321 minutes and encompassed 2,804 nm.
Descent commenced 86 nm southwest of Anchor Bay, California, descending from 34,994 ft asl to 1,319 ft asl - a loss of 33,675 ft - in 26 minutes while covering 144 nm.
The final approach to runway 28R at San Francisco International Airport was executed from the southeast, on a heading of 297.0° at 4 nm and 1,300 ft agl.
Landing on runway 28R, which is 3,516 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 142 kt; touchdown occurred 74 m beyond the touchdown zone at 140 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 192 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.2 m from the centreline, under conditions of 17 °C, wind 10 kt from 284°, cross-wind 2 kt and head-wind 10 kt. Total landing distance was 1,748 m, equal to 50 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in three minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 6,278 nm, required 739 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 105,493 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 777-300 commenced its final approach to runway 28R at KSFO from the south-east, tracking a heading of 297.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,300 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. Local weather was 17 °C with wind 10 kt from 284 °, including a 2 kt crosswind component and a 10 kt headwind.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 142 kt. The aircraft continued the flare in a controlled manner, maintaining the established parameters.
Touchdown occurred 74 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 140 kt, noted as a little fast. The vertical speed at touchdown was minus 192 fpm, rated as good, and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.2 m from the centreline. Total landing distance measured 1,748 m, representing 50 % of the 3,516 m runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft decelerated safely within the remaining runway length.
Maintain the touchdown point within the designated zone to preserve runway margin and reduce the touchdown speed toward the target VREF to eliminate the slight excess noted. These minor adjustments will further tighten an already high-scoring performance.
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