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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 870 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
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,748 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,748 m of the 3,391 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 870 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 777-300 taxied from the parking area to runway 19 at Cape Town International Airport (FACT) in 4 minutes, covering approximately 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 19, the aircraft used 1,949 m of runway, representing 61 % of the available length, and lifted off at 192 kt; ambient temperature was 16 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 109°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind.
The initial climb commenced 1 mile south of FACT, climbing from 1,109 ft asl to 31,785 ft asl, an altitude gain of 30,676 ft achieved in 18 minutes while traversing 120 nm.
Level cruise began 8 nm north-west of Piketberg Airport (FAQM) and continued for 206 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 1,691 nm.
A subsequent climb started 27 nm south-east of Kasangulu, raising the flight level from 32,088 ft asl to 33,953 ft asl, a gain of 1,865 ft in 2 minutes over a distance of 12 nm.
The next cruise segment originated 18 nm east of Kasangulu and lasted 189 minutes, during which 1,529 nm were flown.
A further climb was initiated at latitude 20.1185109, longitude 10.2060222, increasing altitude from 34,154 ft asl to 35,956 ft asl, a rise of 1,802 ft in 2 minutes while covering 14 nm.
The following cruise phase began at latitude 20.3455977, longitude 10.0939556 and persisted for 228 minutes, during which the aircraft traveled 1,879 nm.
Descent commenced overhead Rumillies, Belgium, descending from 36,003 ft asl to 1,299 ft asl, a loss of 34,704 ft in 28 minutes across 148 nm.
The final approach to runway 36R at Amsterdam Schiphol (EHAM) was executed from the south, on a heading of 3.0° at 4 nm and 1,296 ft agl, with local conditions of 19 °C temperature, wind 2 kt from 100°, a 2 kt cross-wind and no head-wind.
Landing on runway 36R, which is 3,398 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 144 kt; touchdown occurred 502 m beyond the touchdown zone at 130 kt and a vertical speed of minus 150 fpm, with perfect alignment, and the total landing roll measured 1,715 m, equivalent to 50 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment remained perfect as the aircraft decelerated to a stop.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 5,401 nm, required 681 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 95,796 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 777-300 entered the final approach to runway 36R at EHAM from the south on a heading of 3.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,296 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 19 °C with wind 2 kt from 100 °, a 2 kt cross-wind and no head-wind.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good threshold speed of 144 kt and the flare was executed such that the touchdown point was 502 m beyond the touchdown zone, with the runway threshold height described as good.
Touchdown occurred at a good speed of 130 kt and a good vertical rate of minus 150 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Rollout used a total landing distance of 1,715 m, representing 50 % of the 3,398 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
To tighten the landing footprint, aim for the touchdown point nearer the 300 m aim point from the threshold, which will reduce the rollout distance. Refining flare timing to achieve this aim point will further optimise the landing profile.
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