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Work on the flare
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,591 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 601 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna 172SP started with a departure roll on runway 27 at EGLC London City. The takeoff distance was 1,180 ft, which accounted for 27% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 51 knots. The local weather at departure was 59 °F with a wind of 2 knots coming from 268 °, resulting in a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
The enroute climb commenced 1 mile east of Canary Wharf, climbing from 1,018 ft above sea level to 2,620 ft, an increase of 1,602 ft in 3 minutes while covering 4 nm. The enroute level cruise phase began overhead the City of London and lasted 4 minutes, covering 6 nm. The enroute descent started 1 mile west of Earlsfield, descending from 2,995 ft to 1,870 ft, a decrease of 1,125 ft in 3 minutes while covering 5 nm.
The landing took place on runway 27R at EGLL Heathrow, with a runway length of 11,780 ft. The height at the threshold was 84 ft above ground level, with a speed of 69 knots. The touchdown occurred 1,962 ft from the threshold at a speed of 47 knots and a Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) reading of -135 ft/min. The local weather at landing was 60 °F with a wind of 1 knot coming from 270 °, resulting in a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 2,900 ft, which accounted for 25% of the runway.
Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 20 nm, with a total flight time of 21 minutes and fuel consumption of 18 lbs.
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