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Arrival
Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 9.7 ft, and this flight then touched down at 264 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,872 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,872 m of the 3,680 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 713 m past the threshold — beyond 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 6 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, then departed from runway 33L at Logan International Airport (KBOS) in Boston, Massachusetts. The takeoff distance was 1,622 meters, which accounted for 58% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 171 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its initial cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 2°C temperature and winds of 12 knots at 272 degrees. The crosswind was 8 knots, and the headwind was 9 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Chelsea, Massachusetts, and the aircraft ascended from 998 feet above sea level to 32,894 feet, an increase of 31,896 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 144 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted 69 minutes and covered 629 nautical miles. The cruise phase started 53 miles southeast of Matinicus Island Airport in Maine. The aircraft then underwent another climb phase, ascending from 32,994 feet to 34,994 feet in 3 minutes, covering 31 nautical miles. This was followed by another level cruise phase, which lasted 222 minutes and covered 1,919 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its journey, undergoing several climb and level cruise phases, crossing various geographical locations, including the Atlantic Ocean and the African continent. The climb phases were relatively short, lasting between 2 and 3 minutes, while the level cruise phases were longer, lasting between 69 and 249 minutes.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent phase, starting 19 miles east of Kagadi in Uganda. The aircraft descended from 38,694 feet to 10,319 feet in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 73 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 17 at Entebbe International Airport (HUEN) was from the north, with a heading of 172.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,322 feet above ground level.
The aircraft landed on runway 17, which had a length of 3,680 meters. The touchdown point was 299 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 125 knots, which was considered good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -300 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 12.1 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 11.5 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 1,793 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway length. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 6,022 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 743 minutes. The aircraft used 86,229 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft successfully landed at HUEN Entebbe International Airport, with a final approach score of 89.5%. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north, heading 172.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,322 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot successfully landed the aircraft on runway 17, which has a length of 3,680 meters.
The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 132 knots. The touchdown point was 299 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 125 knots, which is considered good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -300 feet per minute (fpm), indicating that the aircraft touched down slightly harder than desired.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 12.1 meters, which may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 19°C and a wind speed of 4 knots from 359°. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, and the tailwind was 4 knots, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment.
The total landing distance was 1,793 meters, which is 49% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, indicating that the pilot successfully managed the aircraft's descent and touchdown. However, the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centreline by 11.5 meters, which may have been due to the same factors that contributed to the initial touchdown misalignment.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor issues with alignment and touchdown rate. The pilot's skills and experience were likely a key factor in the successful landing, and the aircraft's performance was satisfactory.
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