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Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,312 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 167 m touchdown sits inside 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 4 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 22 at EGSS London Stansted Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,517 meters, which accounted for 55% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 160 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 19°C and a wind speed of 12 knots at 220°. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind was 12 knots. The enroute climb started immediately after departure, with the aircraft ascending from 1,341 feet above sea level to 34,403 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,061 feet in 15 minutes. This climb covered a distance of 136 nautical miles and took place over the EGSS London Stansted Airport.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Lendelede in Flanders, Belgium. This phase lasted for 12 minutes and covered a distance of 359 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 3 miles west of Forchach in Tirol, Austria. The descent took 16 minutes and covered a distance of 128 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 35,017 feet above sea level to 1,926 feet above sea level.
The final approach to runway 33 at LOWS Salzburg Airport was made from the southeast, with the aircraft heading 339.0° at 1 nautical mile and 505 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 33, which had a length of 2,312 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 156 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 168 meters, but the touchdown speed was fast at 154 knots, resulting in a hard touchdown rate of -495 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 9°C and a wind speed of 5 knots at 300°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 4 knots. The total landing distance was 1,297 meters, which accounted for 56% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 629 nautical miles and took 51 minutes. The aircraft used 4,361 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft successfully landed at LOWS Salzburg Airport, achieving a score of 96.0%. The final approach to runway 33 was conducted from the south east, with a heading of 339.0° at 1 nautical mile and 505 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach was well-executed, with a good threshold height and a slightly above-target threshold speed of 156 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's performance was notable, with a touchdown distance of 168 meters, which was considered good. However, the touchdown speed of 154 knots was slightly faster than expected, indicating a potential for a harder landing. The touchdown rate of -495 feet per minute (fpm) was indeed hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have touched down with a higher than ideal rate of descent.
Despite the slightly faster touchdown speed and harder touchdown rate, the aircraft's runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained a stable and controlled approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 9°C and a gentle wind of 5 knots at 300°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 4 knots, which likely contributed to the aircraft's stable approach.
The total landing distance of 1,297 meters was 56% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and brought it to a stop safely and efficiently. Overall, the landing was a success, with the aircraft performing well within the expected parameters.
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