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Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 0.2 ft, and this flight then touched down at 341 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,609 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,609 m of the 2,993 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,069 m 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 13 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-900, then departed from runway 29 at LOWW Vienna International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,406 meters, which is 40% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 161 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 27 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots at a direction of 70 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, and there was a 1-knot tailwind. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northwest of LOWW Vienna International Airport and climbing from an altitude of 1,605 feet above sea level to 28,888 feet above sea level, an increase of 27,284 feet in 17 minutes and covering a distance of 109 nautical miles.
After reaching the desired cruising altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted 5 minutes and covered a distance of 47 nautical miles. This phase started 1 mile southwest of Alsobogat in Somogy megye, Hungary. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles north of Mohacs in Baranya county, Hungary. The descent took 17 minutes and covered a distance of 95 nautical miles, during which the aircraft decreased its altitude from 28,889 feet above sea level to 1,804 feet above sea level.
The final approach to runway 12 at LYBE Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport was made from the northwest, heading 122.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,462 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 12, which has a length of 2,993 meters. The threshold height at 131 feet above ground level was excessively over the target, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 145 knots.
The touchdown point was 459 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 142 knots, which is a little fast. The touchdown rate was hard at -480 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was excessively misaligned by 189.4 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 3 knots at a direction of 130 degrees. There was a 2-knot headwind, and no crosswind.
The total landing distance was 2,334 meters, which is 78% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 196.9 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 261 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 58 minutes. The aircraft used 2,895 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-900 aircraft has successfully landed at LYBE Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, but the landing was not without its issues. The final approach to runway 12 was initiated from the north-west, with the aircraft heading 122.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,462 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 459 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is considered excessively far. The touchdown speed of 142 knots was slightly above the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have been unable to fully arrest the aircraft's descent in time. The touchdown rate of -480 feet per minute was also considered hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a significant amount of deceleration upon touchdown.
In addition to the issues with touchdown, the runway touchdown position was also excessively misaligned by 189.4 meters from the centerline. This misalignment could have been caused by a variety of factors, including wind shear or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 22°C and a wind speed of 3 knots at 130°.
The total landing distance of 2,334 meters was 78% of the available runway length, which is a relatively high percentage. This suggests that the aircraft may have been unable to fully utilize the available runway length, potentially due to the hard touchdown and subsequent rollout issues. The runway rollout alignment was also excessively misaligned by 196.9 meters from the centerline, which could have been caused by the same factors that contributed to the initial touchdown misalignment.
Overall, while the Boeing 737-900 aircraft was able to successfully land at LYBE Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, the landing was not without its issues. The pilot and air traffic control will need to review the flight data to determine the cause of the touchdown misalignment and hard touchdown, and take steps to prevent similar issues in the future.
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