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Work on the flare
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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,643 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,643 m of the 3,053 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 87 m touchdown sits inside 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 11 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The Boeing 777-300 then departed from runway 16L at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 2,735 meters, which was 75% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 235 knots.
As the flight progressed, it encountered various weather conditions, including a temperature of 16°C and a wind speed of 10 knots at 180 degrees. The aircraft climbed from 1,309 feet above sea level to 29,697 feet above sea level, an increase of 28,388 feet, in 21 minutes and covering a distance of 132 nautical miles. The climb started overhead Des Moines, Washington, and the aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, lasting 131 minutes and covering 1,029 nautical miles.
The flight continued with multiple enroute climbs and level cruise phases, each with varying altitudes and distances covered. The aircraft climbed from 31,151 feet above sea level to 33,152 feet above sea level in 3 minutes and covering 29 nautical miles, and then entered another level cruise phase, lasting 175 minutes and covering 1,440 nautical miles. The flight also experienced a climb from 34,221 feet above sea level to 36,034 feet above sea level in 2 minutes and covering 15 nautical miles, followed by a level cruise phase lasting 212 minutes and covering 1,767 nautical miles.
As the flight approached its destination, it began its descent from 38,451 feet above sea level to 1,872 feet above sea level, a decrease of 36,579 feet, in 19 minutes and covering 114 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 15 at Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport was from the northwest, with a heading of 126.0 degrees at 2 nautical miles and 1,794 feet above ground level.
The aircraft landed on runway 15, with a runway length of 3,053 meters. Although the threshold speed was excessively high at 201 knots, the touchdown distance was good at 90 meters. However, the touchdown speed was excessively fast at 200 knots, and the touchdown rate was very heavy at -943 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.4 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 12.8 meters from the centerline.
The total landing distance was 1,584 meters, which was 52% of the runway length. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 5,997 nautical miles, taking 769 minutes, and the aircraft used 110,579 kilograms of fuel.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft has successfully landed at SBGL Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport, but with some notable areas for improvement. The final approach to runway 15 from the north-west was executed at a heading of 126.0°, with the aircraft at 2 nautical miles and 1,794 feet above ground level. The landing was completed on the designated runway, which has a length of 3,053 meters.
Upon closer inspection, it appears that the threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 201 knots. This indicates that the aircraft may have been descending too quickly or that the pilots may have been unable to slow down sufficiently before touchdown. The touchdown distance of 90 meters was good, but the touchdown speed of 200 knots was also excessively fast. This suggests that the pilots may have been unable to maintain a stable approach speed, leading to a heavy touchdown.
The touchdown rate of -943 feet per minute was very heavy, indicating that the aircraft may have been experiencing a significant amount of deceleration upon touchdown. This could be due to a variety of factors, including the excessive touchdown speed or the pilots' inability to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing.
In terms of alignment, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.4 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 12.8 meters from the centerline. This suggests that the pilots may have been unable to maintain a stable alignment during the landing, potentially due to crosswind or other factors.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 31°C and winds of 10 knots at 100°. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the headwind was 9 knots. These conditions may have contributed to the difficulties experienced during the landing, particularly in terms of maintaining a stable approach speed and alignment.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there are several areas for improvement that the pilots and air traffic control team should focus on in order to ensure a smoother and more controlled landing in the future.
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