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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 118 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 255 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 500 ft gate: speed 20 kt FAST on the reference speed of 123 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,365 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,365 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 154 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-600 taxied from the parking area to runway 32L at UUDD Domodedovo International Airport, a movement that required 4 minutes and covered 1 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 32L, using 1,796 m (51 % of the runway) before liftoff at 141 kt; local weather reported a temperature of 25 °C, wind 3 kt from 309°, with a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind.
Climb began 1 mile north-west of UUDD, with the airplane ascending from 1,557 ft asl to 39,833 ft asl-a gain of 38,277 ft-over 46 minutes while covering 334 nm.
The first level-cruise segment started 5 miles south-east of Krasnogorodsk (Pskov Oblast, Russia) and continued for 129 minutes, during which 1,162 nm were flown.
Descent commenced 5 miles north of Ballycastle (Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland), dropping from 39,574 ft asl to 3,362 ft asl-a loss of 36,212 ft-in 9 minutes and covering 51 nm.
A second cruise phase began 4 miles north-west of EIRM Parke Ramelton (Ulster, Ireland) and lasted 3 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 14 nm.
The next descent started 5 miles north of Falcarragh (Ulster, Ireland), decreasing altitude from 2,996 ft asl to 1,701 ft asl (a loss of 1,295 ft) in 3 minutes while covering 9 nm.
Final approach to runway 21 at EIDL Donegal Airport was executed from the north, on a heading of 200.0° at 4 nm and 1,667 ft agl.
Landing on runway 21 was achieved on a runway 1,365 m long; the threshold speed was 123 kt, touchdown occurred at 120 kt with a distance of 155 m, and the aircraft settled at a firm rate of minus 355 fpm, with perfect runway-touchdown alignment. Local weather at the time was 16 °C, wind 6 kt from 230°, with a 3 kt cross-wind and a 5 kt head-wind.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect and the total landing distance measured 607 m, representing 44 % of the runway length.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,577 nm, required 198 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 9,827 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-600 approached runway 21 at EIDL Donegal Airport from the north on a heading of 200.0° while 4 nm out and 1,667 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable because the sink rate was too high.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 123 kt, indicating the aircraft was correctly positioned for flare.
Touchdown occurred 155 m down the runway, a good distance, with a touchdown speed of 120 kt that was a little fast and a firm touchdown rate of minus 355 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 607 m, representing 44 % of the 1,365 m runway, and runway rollout alignment remained perfect.
Refine the final-stage vertical control to reduce the sink rate and achieve a stable approach at the 1,000 ft gate. Adjust the flare to bring touchdown speed closer to the target VREF, which will also moderate the firm touchdown rate.
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