Originally Posted by
Airbubba
NTSB Vice Chairman Landsberg also said that the initial FDR readout indicated a touchdown airspeed of 163 knots with a ground speed of 178 knots. Flaps were 30 and spoilers deployed three seconds after touchdown.
Runway 10 is not grooved. Is this yet another fast tailwind landing on a non-grooved wet runway (with a thrust reverser inop)?
For reference, the approach speed (not touchdown) for a max weight Flaps 30 landing is around 147 KIAS. Maximum flap setting is 40, but some pilots don't like to use them because the 737 has a small pilot induced oscillation issue at this setting. A bounced landing in the 737 (and probably most airliners) is nothing to fool around with and should generally be converted to a go-around.