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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 10 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
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 461 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 430 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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,175 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,175 m of the 3,623 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 851 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 08L at PHNL Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in 7 minutes, covering 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 08L, the Boeing 737-900 accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,451 m, representing 43 % of the runway, and lifted off at 165 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 30 °C, wind 17 kt from 050°, with a crosswind component of 11 kt and a headwind component of 13 kt.
En-route climb commenced 1 mile east of PHNL, climbing from 1,090 ft asl to 30,305 ft asl, an increase of 29,215 ft achieved in 31 minutes while covering 213 nm.
The first level-cruise segment began at latitude 24.2585971, longitude -155.986972 and lasted 49 minutes, during which 405 nm were flown.
A subsequent climb started at latitude 28.904889, longitude -150.498906, raising the aircraft from 30,296 ft asl to 32,333 ft asl, a gain of 2,037 ft in 3 minutes and spanning 29 nm.
The second cruise phase originated at latitude 29.2521819, longitude -150.0777178, persisted for 65 minutes and covered 556 nm.
A third climb was initiated at latitude 35.3563416, longitude -141.8030704, lifting the airplane from 31,963 ft asl to 33,984 ft asl, an increase of 2,021 ft in 3 minutes over a distance of 29 nm.
The final cruise segment started at latitude 35.6738766, longitude -141.3156658, continued for 169 minutes and encompassed 1,001 nm.
Descent began 21 miles west of Ocean Park, Washington, with the aircraft descending from 32,985 ft asl to 1,558 ft asl, a loss of 31,427 ft in 23 minutes while traveling 118 nm.
The final approach to runway 34R at KSEA Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was executed from the south, on a heading of 0.0°, at 4 nm and 1,114 ft agl.
Landing on runway 34R, which is 3,623 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 150 kt. Touchdown was recorded 442 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 140 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 437 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment. Local weather reported a temperature of 16 °C, wind 4 kt from 198°, a crosswind of 1 kt and a tailwind component of 4 kt.
The rollout distance measured 2,102 m, representing 58 % of the runway, and runway-rollout alignment was perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 2,361 nm, took 319 minutes, and consumed 16,445 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-900 executed the final approach to runway 34R at KSEA from the south, maintaining a heading of 0.0° at 4 nm and 1,114 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits. Local weather was 16 °C with wind 4 kt from 198°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt tail-wind component.
Threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 150 kt. The aircraft crossed the threshold and the touchdown point was 442 m beyond the touchdown zone.
Touchdown speed was good at 140 kt, the touchdown rate was hard at minus 437 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Total landing distance was 2,102 m, representing 58 % of the 3,623 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
To reduce the hard touchdown rate, a slightly higher flare and more precise height control should be practiced to achieve a smoother transition to the ground. Adjusting the flare technique will also help bring the touchdown point closer to the intended aim point, improving runway usage efficiency.
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