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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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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,984 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 553 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was operated by a Fokker F28 aircraft. The aircraft began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway at London City Airport, which took approximately 8 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 09, and the aircraft lifted off at a speed of 155 knots, covering a distance of 761 meters, which was 57% of the runway length.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 11°C temperature and 11 knots of wind at 50°. The crosswind and headwind components were both 8 knots. The enroute climb started shortly after takeoff, with the aircraft ascending from 1,071 feet above sea level to 26,900 feet above sea level, an increase of 25,829 feet, in 9 minutes and covering a distance of 19 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise, starting 1 mile north-west of Allhallows, England, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 1 mile east of High Halstow, England, and the aircraft descended from 27,406 feet above sea level to 26,803 feet above sea level, a decrease of 603 feet, in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting overhead Newington, England, and lasted for 30 minutes, covering a distance of 184 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 1 mile south of Engis, Belgium, and the aircraft descended from 26,697 feet above sea level to 8,205 feet above sea level, a decrease of 18,492 feet, in 10 minutes and covering a distance of 55 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a climb, starting 1 mile north-west of Bongard, Germany, and climbed from 7,841 feet above sea level to 9,863 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,022 feet, in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting overhead Mullenbach, Germany, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 1 mile south of Herresbach, Germany, and the aircraft descended from 10,295 feet above sea level to 4,098 feet above sea level, a decrease of 6,197 feet, in 7 minutes and covering a distance of 24 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting overhead Emmelshausen, Germany, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The enroute climb started 1 mile south of Damscheid, Germany, and the aircraft climbed from 3,852 feet above sea level to 4,496 feet above sea level, an increase of 644 feet, in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting overhead Oberdiebach, Germany, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started overhead Appenheim, Germany, and the aircraft descended from 4,134 feet above sea level to 2,685 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,449 feet, in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a climb, starting 1 mile north of Stadecken-Elsheim, Germany, and climbed from 2,670 feet above sea level to 3,754 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,084 feet, in 3 minutes and covering a distance of 7 nautical miles
The Fokker F28 aircraft successfully landed at Frankfurt Airport (EDDF) on runway 07R, achieving a score of 86.8%. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 71.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,492 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 120 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, with a speed of 85 knots, which was considered good. However, the touchdown rate was quite heavy, at -842 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a steeper descent than desired. The threshold height at 57 feet agl was slightly above the target, but the threshold speed of 118 knots was satisfactory.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 7°C, with a wind speed of 7 knots from a direction of 30°. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. Despite these conditions, the pilot managed to maintain control of the aircraft and execute a safe landing.
The total landing distance of 1,137 meters was 29% of the available runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.5 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly off by 9.7 meters from the centerline. These minor deviations suggest that the pilot may have had some difficulty maintaining alignment with the runway during the landing roll.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft coming to a stop within a reasonable distance from the runway threshold. However, the heavy touchdown rate and minor deviations from the centerline indicate areas for improvement in the pilot's landing technique.
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