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Add power on short final to recover 89 kt by the threshold, then hold that speed through the flare.
What happened: Crossing the threshold at 81 kt against the 89 kt target usually leaves too little energy for the flare, and the sink that then returns usually carries through to a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 89 kt at the threshold.
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 500 ft gate: centreline 1.1° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,993 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,349 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.98 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 18L at KCVG Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Take-off was performed on runway 18L with a takeoff roll of 2,396 ft (24 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 90 kt. Local weather at departure was temperature 66 °F, wind 8 kt from 180° (headwind 8 kt, crosswind 0 kt).
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 39 seconds, averaging 1,177 fpm and reaching 107 kt at the top of the segment.
Climb continued from 1,922 ft asl to 30,007 ft asl in 22 minutes, covering 74 nm, beginning about 1 mile south-east of KCVG.
Level cruise at 30,000 ft asl was held for 20 minutes, covering 102 nm, beginning about 3 miles east of Mount Washington.
Descent from 30,008 ft asl to 2,996 ft asl took 18 minutes, covering 85 nm, beginning 8 miles south of Morgantown.
Level flight at 3,000 ft asl continued for 12 minutes, covering 28 nm, beginning 1 mile north-east of TN65 Long Meadow Airstrip.
Descent from 2,987 ft asl to 1,922 ft asl was completed in 2 minutes over 4 nm, beginning 3 miles south-east of Brentwood.
Final approach to runway 02C at KBNA Nashville International Airport descended from 1,390 ft agl to 81 ft agl in 137 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, speed, and wings level; the centreline check was not met at one gate. Configuration on final was flap position 2 at 920 ft agl with a speed of 136 kt.
Landing on runway 02C occurred with a threshold height of 57 ft agl (slightly above target) and a threshold speed of 81 kt (slightly below target). The flare was described as fair; the aircraft dropped onto the runway at the end of the flare. Touchdown was 1,349 ft from the threshold at 63 kt, with a heavy rate of -682 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good and no bounce occurred.
Total landing distance was 1,610 ft (20 % of the runway) and rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather at landing was temperature 64 °F, wind 4 kt from 070° (headwind 3 kt, crosswind 3 kt).
The aircraft taxied from the runway to parking in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 301 nm in 86 minutes and used 556 lb of fuel.
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