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After the sink arrests at 51 ft, keep easing the yoke forward to let the aircraft continue settling rather than pausing above the runway.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 51 ft and the aircraft was held level there instead of being let down. Holding off high like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, and here the touchdown rate was 296 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, continuing descent through the flare all the way to touchdown.
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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven 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. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate 1,523 fpm, more than the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,996 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 247 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The ATR 72 taxied from its parking position to runway 23 at LIRQ Florence Airport, covering 3 nm in a 17-minute taxi-out.
During the departure roll on runway 23, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 361 m, representing 34 % of the runway, and lifted off at 121 kt; local weather reported a temperature of 28 °C, wind 6 kt from 257°, with a 3 kt crosswind component and a 5 kt headwind.
Climb commenced one mile south-west of LIRQ, where the airplane rose from 969 ft asl to 17 931 ft asl, an increase of 16 963 ft achieved in 16 minutes while covering 57 nm.
The first cruise segment began two miles west of Sant'Agata Feltria, lasting 42 minutes and extending over 192 nm at level flight.
Descent started overhead Spodnji Hotic in Slovenia, with the aircraft descending from 18 001 ft asl to 5 592 ft asl, a loss of 12 410 ft completed in 12 minutes and spanning 52 nm.
A brief second cruise was initiated one mile north-east of Sankt Nikolai im Sausal, lasting 3 minutes and covering 7 nm before the final approach.
On final approach to runway 34C at LOWG Graz Airport, the aircraft descended from 1 863 ft agl to 25 ft agl in 84 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 34C, which is 2 996 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 108 kt (slightly below target); touchdown was recorded at 246 m down the runway at 103 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 404 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.2 m from the centreline. Local conditions were 16 °C temperature, wind 1 kt from 353°, with no crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.
The total landing distance measured 742 m, representing 25 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was noted as perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to its parking stand in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 317 nm, required 86 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 797 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 34C at LOWG Graz Airport was conducted with a descent from 1,863 ft agl to 25 ft agl in 84 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates. Local weather was 16 °C with wind 1 kt from 353°, cross-wind 0 kt and head-wind 1 kt.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 108 kt. The flare was executed from the established height and speed.
Touchdown occurred 246 m down the runway, a distance described as good, with a touchdown speed of 103 kt also judged good. The aircraft landed with a hard rate of minus 404 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.2 m from the centreline.
Rollout used a total landing distance of 742 m, representing 25 % of the 2,996 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
To refine the already strong performance, focus on moderating the flare to reduce the hard touchdown rate and on fine-tuning the final alignment to eliminate the small centreline offset. Maintaining the target threshold speed will also help keep the touchdown parameters within the optimal envelope.
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