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Fixing the bounce
Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,952 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,661 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from the parking area to the departure runway in 12 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 09 at LBSF Sofia Airport, achieving a takeoff distance of 4,518 ft (42 % of the runway) and a liftoff speed of 150 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 71 °F, wind 9 kt from 280°, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 9 kt tailwind.
Climb began 1 mile east of LBSF, with the airplane ascending from 2,807 ft asl to 37,992 ft asl, an increase of 35,185 ft achieved in 24 minutes while covering 171 nm.
The first level cruise segment started 8 miles north-west of Smederevska Palanka and lasted 92 minutes, during which 690 nm were flown.
Descent commenced 1 mile north-east of Noerdange, descending from 38,003 ft asl to 3,990 ft asl, a loss of 34,012 ft in 25 minutes over 136 nm.
A brief cruise over Maignelay-Montigny followed, lasting 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.
The next descent segment started over Valescourt, dropping from 4,002 ft asl to 1,864 ft asl, a decrease of 2,138 ft in 3 minutes while traveling 10 nm.
A subsequent cruise over Thury-sous-Clermont lasted 3 minutes and spanned 6 nm.
During the final approach to runway 30 at LFOB Paris-Beauvais Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,300 ft agl to 27 ft agl in 112 seconds and scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 30 was executed on a runway 7,952 ft long; the threshold speed was 134 kt. Touchdown occurred 801 ft beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 120 kt with a touchdown rate of minus 174 fpm and very good alignment. Local weather reported a temperature of 72 °F, wind 9 kt from 280°, a 3 kt crosswind and an 8 kt headwind. The total landing distance measured 3,634 ft (46 % of the runway).
Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 1,026 nm, took 163 minutes, and consumed 14,429 lbs of fuel.
The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. The aircraft descended from 1,300 ft agl to 27 ft agl in 112 seconds on the final approach to runway 30 at LFOB Paris-Beauvais Airport, maintaining the required parameters throughout the gate.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft presented a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 134 kt. The flare was executed with the aircraft touching down at 120 kt, a touchdown rate of minus 174 fpm and very good runway touchdown alignment.
Touchdown occurred 801 ft beyond the touchdown zone, with a total landing distance of 3,634 ft, representing 46 % of the 7,952 ft runway. The landing was performed in temperature 72 °F, wind 9 kt from 280°, including a 3 kt crosswind and an 8 kt headwind.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the aircraft remained centred on the runway centreline for the remainder of the rollout.
With a score of 98.6 % the landing was excellent; the primary refinement is to reduce the touchdown point overshoot by adjusting flare timing to achieve a touchdown closer to the intended zone while preserving the current speed and alignment.
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