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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 112 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 228 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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.
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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 19 kt FAST on the reference speed of 121 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,972 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 372 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-600 taxied from the parking area to runway 11 at LRTR Timişoara Traian Vuia Airport in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 11, the aircraft accelerated through a takeoff distance of 1,214 m, representing 35 % of the runway, and lifted off at 137 kt. Ambient conditions were 28 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 150°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead LRTR, with the airplane ascending from 1,289 ft asl to 40,822 ft asl - a gain of 39,533 ft - over 45 minutes while covering 326 nm.
Level cruise began 1 mile south of Gorzkow in Poland and was maintained for 132 minutes, during which 1,015 nm were flown.
Descent was initiated 2 miles west of EFKT Kittilä Airport, Finland, with the aircraft descending from 40,998 ft asl to 1,605 ft asl - a loss of 39,393 ft - in 23 minutes and traversing 166 nm.
The final approach to runway 11 at ENAT Alta Airport was executed from the north-west, on a heading of 121.0°, at 4 nm and 1,585 ft agl.
Landing on runway 11, which is 1,972 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 125 kt. Touchdown was achieved 370 m down the runway at 117 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 220 fpm and perfect alignment. Local weather was 18 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 140°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 3 kt head-wind. The total landing distance recorded was 712 m, equivalent to 36 % of the runway.
Runway rollout proceeded with alignment remaining perfect throughout the deceleration phase.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,513 nm, took 205 minutes, and consumed 8,406 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-600 approached runway 11 at ENAT Alta Airport from the north-west on a heading of 121.0° at 4 nm and 1,585 ft agl. The final approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the aircraft maintained the prescribed flight path into the approach corridor.
At threshold the aircraft established a speed of 125 kt, noted as slightly above target, and the threshold height was good. The flare was initiated in a manner that produced a touchdown point 370 m down the runway, consistent with the expected aim point.
Touchdown occurred with a speed of 117 kt, described as a little fast, and a vertical rate of minus 220 fpm, rated fair. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect and the total landing distance measured 712 m, representing 36 % of the 1,972 m runway.
Rollout continued with perfect runway alignment, and the aircraft decelerated safely within the remaining runway length, completing the landing without deviation.
Maintain the target approach speed more closely to avoid the slight excess observed at threshold, and refine flare timing to reduce touchdown speed toward the intended value, which will also help achieve a gentler vertical rate. These minor adjustments will further optimise an already excellent 99.6 % landing score.
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