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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 138 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 283 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 1,000 ft gate: wings 16° of bank, against a 10° limit.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 2.2° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,051 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,051 ft of the 11,060 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,229 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 26R at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport, a movement that lasted 8 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 26R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 91 kt after traveling 1,502 ft, which represented 11 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were 92 °F with a wind of 5 kt from 040 °, a crosswind component of 4 kt and a tailwind component of 3 kt.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile west of KLAS, with the airplane ascending from 3,239 ft asl to 29,998 ft asl, a gain of 26,759 ft achieved in 24 minutes while covering 84 nm.
The level-cruise segment began about 5 miles north-west of 70CL Amargosa Airport and continued for 40 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 195 nm at cruise altitude.
Descent was initiated roughly 3 miles west of El Portal, California, with the aircraft descending from 29,609 ft asl to 942 ft asl, a loss of 28,667 ft over 29 minutes and a distance of 119 nm.
On final approach to runway 28L at KSFO San Francisco International Airport, the aircraft reduced altitude from 957 ft agl to 74 ft agl in 128 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 28L was executed with a threshold height of 59 ft agl, slightly above target, and a threshold speed of 88 kt. Touchdown occurred 1,225 ft down the runway at a speed of 74 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 283 fpm; the touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather reported a temperature of 66 °F, wind 6 kt from 290 °, a crosswind of 1 kt and a headwind component of 6 kt.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 5,718 ft, representing 52 % of the runway, and the runway-rollout alignment was very good.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied back to the parking area in 4 minutes, traveling less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 407 nm, required 109 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 671 lb of fuel.
GroundStopFS achieved a score of 92.6 % on the landing. The approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate during the final approach to runway 28L at KSFO, descending from 957 ft agl to 74 ft agl in 128 seconds and being scored on the stabilisation gates. Local weather was 66 °F with wind 6 kt from 290°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the aircraft crossed at a height of 59 ft agl, which was slightly above the target, and the threshold speed was good at 88 kt.
Touchdown occurred 1,225 ft down the runway, a distance rated good, with a touchdown speed of 74 kt that was a little fast and a touchdown rate rated fair at minus 283 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance was 5,718 ft, representing 52 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
To improve future performance, concentrate on achieving a stabilised approach by the 1,000 ft gate and managing descent rate to meet the target height. Additionally, refine speed control in the flare to reduce the slight excess over the target touchdown speed and achieve a smoother vertical rate.
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