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Improve the touchdown
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.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: gear still up, no landing flap set and off the runway's 3° glideslope.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed and off the runway's 3° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,775 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 903 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.33 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The L1011-500 taxied from the parking area to runway 23L at NZAA Auckland International Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 23L, using 7,022 ft (58 % of the runway) before liftoff at 159 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 57 °F, wind 15 kt from 209°, a 10 kt crosswind and an 11 kt headwind.
Climb began approximately 1 mile southwest of NZAA, with the airplane ascending from 979 ft asl to 1,390 ft asl, a gain of 411 ft in 2 minutes while covering 7 nm.
The final approach to runway 05R was established from the west on a heading of 74.0°, at 3 nm and 1,368 ft agl.
Landing was executed on runway 05R, whose length is 10,781 ft; the threshold height of 83 ft agl was significantly above target and the threshold speed of 141 kt was slightly below target. Touchdown occurred 904 ft down the runway at 139 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 1,344 fpm and a lateral deviation of 21 ft from the centreline. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 53 °F, wind 15 kt from 217°, an 8 kt crosswind and a 13 kt tailwind.
The flight covered a total distance of 12nm, took 4 and used -592 lbs of fuel.
The final approach to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport was conducted from the west on a heading of 74.0° at 3 nm and 1,368 ft agl, with ambient temperature 53 °F, wind 15 kt from 217°, a crosswind component of 8 kt and a tailwind component of 13 kt.
At the threshold the aircraft crossed at 83 ft agl, which was significantly above the target height, and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 141 kt.
Touchdown occurred 904 ft down the runway at a speed of 139 kt, both described as good, but the vertical rate was very heavy at minus 1,344 fpm and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 21 ft from the centreline.
To improve the score, focus on achieving the intended threshold height and moderating the flare to reduce the vertical rate on touchdown, while maintaining precise centreline tracking to keep the touchdown point within the desired tolerance.
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