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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 382 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 371 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 6,499 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 6,499 ft of the 8,287 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,920 ft 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-600, then departed from runway 08R at Miami International Airport (KMIA). The takeoff distance was 2,661 feet, which was 25% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 148 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 92°F and winds of 4 knots at 110°. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 4 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of Brownsville, Florida, and the aircraft climbed from 1,036 feet above sea level to 20,237 feet above sea level, an increase of 19,201 feet in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 35 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 20 miles southwest of Alice Town in the Bimini District, Bahamas, and lasted 5 minutes, covering a distance of 39 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent from 21,127 feet above sea level to 5,197 feet above sea level, a decrease of 15,930 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 65 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started again 12 miles east of Nicholls Town in the North Andros District, Bahamas, and lasted 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 13 miles west of Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau, Bahamas, and the aircraft descended from 4,696 feet above sea level to 667 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,029 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 10 at Lynden Pindling International Airport was from the west, heading 95.0° at 2 nautical miles and 645 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 10 was successful, with a touchdown speed of 128 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown point was 1,547 feet beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown rate was firm at -308 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 85 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 86°F and winds of 4 knots at 90°, with a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
The total landing distance was 6,223 feet, which was 75% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 89 feet from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 7 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 160 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 53 minutes, using 5,189 pounds of fuel.
The Boeing 737-600 aircraft successfully landed at Lynden Pindling International Airport, but the landing was not without some issues. The final approach to runway 10 was initiated from the west, heading 95.0° at 2 nautical miles and 645 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's performance during the landing was evaluated, and it scored 76.4%.
The threshold height at 62 feet agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft was slightly higher than desired when approaching the runway. However, the threshold speed was good at 128 knots, which is a desirable speed for landing. The touchdown point was 1,547 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the intended landing spot. The touchdown speed of 128 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at -308 feet per minute (fpm), which may have contributed to the aircraft's misaligned touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 85 feet from the centreline, which is a critical issue that needs to be addressed. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 86°F and a wind speed of 4 knots at 90°. The crosswind was negligible, and the headwind was 4 knots, which may have contributed to the aircraft's misaligned touchdown.
The total landing distance was 6,223 feet, which is 75% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 89 feet from the centreline, which is a concern. Overall, while the landing was successful, there are several areas that need improvement, including the threshold height, touchdown speed, and runway alignment.
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