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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 182 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 345 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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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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 1,000 ft gate: speed 33 kt FAST on the reference speed of 143 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,662 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 384 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from the parking area to runway 04L at KBTR Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, a movement that lasted 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 04L, accelerating over a distance of 1,348 m (59 % of the runway) and achieving liftoff at 151 kt. Ambient conditions were 35 °C with wind 4 kt from 280°, a crosswind component of 3 kt and a tailwind component of 2 kt.
Climb began approximately 1 mile northeast of KBTR, with the airplane climbing from 1,032 ft asl to 37,967 ft asl, an altitude gain of 36,934 ft achieved in 41 minutes while covering 298 nm.
Level cruise was established about 7 miles northeast of 3TS9 Oak Glen Ranch Airport, persisting for 55 minutes and encompassing 422 nm of flight.
Descent commenced roughly 1 mile west of K08 Holly Airport, descending from 37,927 ft asl to 6,762 ft asl, a loss of 31,165 ft in 26 minutes over a distance of 162 nm.
The final approach to runway 35L at KDEN Denver International Airport was flown from the south, on a heading of 1.0° at 4 nm and 1,368 ft agl.
Touchdown occurred on runway 35L, whose length is 3,665 m, with a threshold speed of 135 kt and a touchdown speed of 130 kt. The aircraft landed 384 m beyond the threshold, and the touchdown rate was minus 304 fpm. Alignment on touchdown and during rollout was reported as perfect. Local weather was 37 °C with wind 2 kt from 0°, providing a headwind component of 2 kt and no crosswind.
The total landing distance measured 1,052 m, representing 29 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment remained perfect.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a movement that required 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 890 nm, required 130 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 6,312 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 approached runway 35L at KDEN from the south on a final approach at a heading of 1.0° while 4 nm from the threshold and 1,368 ft above ground level; the local temperature was 37 °C, wind was 2 kt from the runway heading with no cross-wind component.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good height and a good threshold speed of 135 kt.
Touchdown occurred 384 m down the runway at a speed of 130 kt, both described as good, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 304 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,052 m, representing 29 % of the 3,665 m runway, and runway-rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 98.6 % and all phases rated positively, focus on maintaining the already excellent flare timing and touchdown point consistency to preserve the minor margin for improvement.
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