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Add power on final to hold 88 kt across the threshold.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 78 kt, 10 kt below VREF, and low energy like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown at 263 fpm.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 88 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 · 14 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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 9,395 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 773 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft departed from KBNA Nashville International Airport on runway 02C. The take-off roll was 2,017 ft, which was 25 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 90 kt. Local weather was 65 °F with a wind from 030° at 6 kt, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 6 kt head-wind.
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 29 seconds, averaging 1,010 fpm and reaching 103 kt at the top of the segment. The climb continued from 825 ft asl to 29,855 ft asl in 24 minutes, covering 79 nm while remaining overhead KBNA. Level flight was held at 30,000 ft asl for 98 minutes, covering 496 nm, beginning 6 mi south-east of 0M4 Benton County Camden.
Descent began from 29,989 ft asl to 1,287 ft asl in 18 minutes, covering 64 nm, starting 2 mi north-east of 97TS Gdap Air Ranch Airport Willis. The final approach to runway 08R at KIAH George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport descended from 1,245 ft agl to 55 ft agl in 144 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level. Configuration was landing gear down at 3,331 ft agl with 194 kt, and final flap position 2 at 1,247 ft agl with 138 kt.
Landing on runway 08R was on a good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 78 kt. The flare was described as perfect. Touchdown occurred 773 ft down the runway at 71 kt with a fair rate of -264 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 12 ft from the centreline. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 1,839 ft, which is 20 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to parking in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 648 nm, the total time was 154 minutes and fuel used was 999 lb.
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