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Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the attitude instead of letting the nose drop.
What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it, and that pattern usually carries the touchdown long - here it landed at 658 m against the 457 m aim point.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, shallow rate through the flare with no renewed sink before touchdown
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,835 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 658 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-700 taxied from the parking area to runway 24 at CYSF Stony Rapids Airport, a movement that required three minutes and covered less than one nautical mile.
During the departure roll on runway 24, the aircraft accelerated to a take-off distance of 736 m, representing 48 % of the runway length, and rotated at 134 kt; ambient temperature was minus 3 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 180°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and no head-wind.
Climb commenced overhead CYSF, gaining altitude from 1,803 ft asl to 40,995 ft asl - an increase of 39,192 ft - over 44 minutes while covering 349 nm.
Level cruise began 6 nm north of CZLQ Thicket Portage Airport and continued for 77 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 649 nm.
Descent started 15 nm west of Wawa, Ontario, with the aircraft descending from 40,427 ft asl to 1,890 ft asl - a loss of 38,537 ft - in 16 minutes and covering 96 nm.
The final approach to runway 12 at CYAM Sault Ste Marie Airport reduced altitude from 1,321 ft agl to 58 ft agl in 102 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 12 was executed on a 1,835 m runway with a good threshold height; the threshold speed was good at 122 kt. Touchdown occurred 228 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 105 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 190 fpm and a slight lateral deviation of 5.5 m from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 22 °C, wind 8 kt from 200°, a cross-wind of 8 kt and no head-wind. The total landing distance measured 1,050 m, equivalent to 57 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good, confirming a straight exit from the landing roll.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in one minute, covering less than one nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered 1,101 nm, lasted 142 minutes, and consumed 5,964 kg of fuel.
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