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Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 484 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 417 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,795 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 178 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 25L at EBBR Brussels Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,349 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 17 knots at a direction of 260 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 16 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Zaventem in Flanders, Belgium. The climb took 16 minutes and covered a distance of 82 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 1,187 feet above sea level to 30,954 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,767 feet.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Weipoort in Provincie Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 23 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, this time from 30,910 feet above sea level to 33,908 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,998 feet, in 5 minutes and covering 33 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise resumed 14 miles west of Callantsoog in Provincie Noord-Holland, The Netherlands, and lasted for 95 minutes, covering a distance of 556 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 73 miles south east of Sumba in Suduroyar sysla, Faroe Islands, and took 22 minutes to descend from 33,426 feet above sea level to 1,698 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,728 feet. The descent covered a distance of 108 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 30 at EKVG Vágar Airport was made from the south east, with the aircraft heading 298.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,436 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 30 at EKVG Vágar Airport was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 139 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown distance was 176 meters, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.9 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -1 degree Celsius, with a wind speed of 17 knots at a direction of 330 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 9 knots and a headwind of 14 knots.
The total landing distance was 997 meters, which accounted for 56% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.2 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 809 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 139 minutes. The aircraft used 5,647 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at EKVG Vágar Airport, with a final approach from the south east, heading 298.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,436 feet above ground level. The aircraft touched down on runway 30, which has a length of 1,795 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 141 knots.
However, there were a few areas for improvement in the landing. The touchdown speed was a little fast at 139 knots, which may have contributed to the hard touchdown rate of -517 feet per minute. This high touchdown rate could potentially cause stress on the aircraft's landing gear and may require further investigation to prevent future occurrences.
Additionally, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.9 meters from the centreline, which may have been due to the pilot's judgment or the aircraft's navigation system. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of -1°C and wind speeds of 17 knots at 330°, may have also played a role in the landing.
The total landing distance was 997 meters, which is 56% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft effectively during the approach and landing phases. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.2 meters from the centreline, which may require further attention to ensure that the aircraft is properly aligned with the runway centreline.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there are areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown speed and runway alignment.
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