Incident
A check flight of both flight crew members was in progress. The aircraft began its approach to runway 35 at Canberra Airport. During the approach, it became unstable. The flight crew did not execute a go-around. Instead, they continued the approach, and the descent rate increased. The descent rate remained high until touchdown. When the aircraft touched down, the descent rate was not reduced, resulting in a hard landing.
Investigation
Following the hard landing, an analysis was conducted to examine the reasons for the unstable approach and the hard landing. The analysis investigated why the crew did not go around despite the instability and why the descent rate was not reduced before touchdown. The investigation focused on the sequence of events and the crew's decision-making process. It was determined that the crew's failure to go around and reduce the descent rate led to the hard landing.