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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 183 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 158 kt against a target of 183 kt, running 25 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 183 kt.
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final so the threshold speed comes back to 133 kt, removing the excess energy before the flare.
What happened: Threshold speed was 11 kt above 133 kt. Crossing the threshold fast like this usually carries into a pumped flare, with the pitch reversing direction several times instead of one smooth input, and that pattern usually carries through into a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 133 kt at the threshold.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 15 stages, 13 in the score
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,304 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,304 ft of the 8,454 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,340 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.84 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 departed KONT on runway 26L. Takeoff used 4,482 ft, 44 % of the runway, with rotation at 137 kt. The local weather was 71 °F, wind 3 kt from 267°, giving a 3 kt headwind and no cross-wind.
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl lasted 20 seconds, averaging 2,186 fpm and reaching 154 kt at the top. The aircraft then climbed from 1,871 ft asl to 34,018 ft asl in 16 minutes, covering 103 nm while remaining overhead KONT.
Cruise was level at 34,000 ft asl for 12 minutes, covering 87 nm, beginning about 6 nm north-east of KMAG.
Descent began at 33,637 ft asl and continued to 1,402 ft asl in 20 minutes, covering 108 nm, starting roughly 4 nm north-east of KSYL.
On final approach to runway 30L at KSJC, descent from 1,383 ft agl to 90 ft agl took 98 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were all met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed, and wings level. Configuration was gear down at 6,146 ft agl at 244 kt; final flap position 8 was set at 4,639 ft agl at 176 kt.
Landing on runway 30L (runway length 8,454 ft) had a good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 144 kt. The flare was described as good, though the pitch was pumped up and down. Touchdown occurred 973 ft beyond the touchdown zone at 137 kt, a little fast, with a hard rate of -460 fpm. The touchdown point was 24 ft off the centreline and a single bounce was recorded. Total landing distance was 5,044 ft, 60 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was 32 ft off centreline.
Local weather at KSJC was 65 °F with wind 0 kt from 237°, no cross-wind and no head-wind.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to parking in 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. The entire flight covered 306 nm in 60 minutes and used 5,834 lb of fuel.
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