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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 137 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 319 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.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 17 stages, 15 scored
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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: centreline 1.7° off, against a 1° limit.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 1.9° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 4,942 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 4,942 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,005 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 the departure runway in 14 minutes, covering a ground distance of 3 nm before line-up for departure.
Takeoff was executed from runway 09 at KSAN San Diego International Airport. The ground roll measured 2,244 ft, representing 27 % of the available runway, and rotation was achieved at 90 kt. Ambient temperature was 71 °F with a wind of 21 kt from 219°, including a 19 kt cross-wind component and an 8 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead San Diego, rising from 1,029 ft asl to 24,009 ft asl - an altitude gain of 22,980 ft - over a period of 16 minutes while covering 53 nm.
Cruise was conducted in two segments. The first level cruise began 18 mi southwest of Dana Point and lasted 23 minutes, during which 122 nm were flown. A second level cruise started 3 mi northwest of Keene, continued for 18 minutes and added another 51 nm to the flight path.
Descent was also performed in two stages. The initial descent began 3 mi south of KTEH Tehachapi Airport, dropping from 24,010 ft asl to 9,126 ft asl - a loss of 14,884 ft - in 7 minutes while covering 28 nm. A subsequent descent started 2 mi north of L71 California City, decreasing altitude from 8,403 ft asl to 4,542 ft asl (3,860 ft) in 4 minutes and traversing 7 nm.
Final approach to runway 22 at KMHV Mojave Airport involved a controlled descent from 1,829 ft agl to 115 ft agl in 170 seconds, with the aircraft meeting the stabilisation gate criteria.
Landing on runway 22 was completed with a threshold speed of 88 kt. Touchdown occurred 1,005 ft down the runway at 81 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 320 fpm and very good alignment. Local conditions were 67 °F with a wind of 29 kt from 224°, including a 4 kt cross-wind and a 29 kt head-wind component. The total landing distance recorded was 1,689 ft, equivalent to 34 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout proceeded with perfect alignment, confirming the total landing distance of 1,689 ft and concluding the landing phase.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nm on the ground.
In total, the flight covered 270 nm, required 83 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 530 lb of fuel.
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