In article puXmf.798$Y2.561@trndny04, Toks Desalu
wrote:

One time, I was on the commercial
flight to Midway. On approach, everything looked good, and when we are
coming down to final, I sensed a problem when the nose dropped aggressively.

Or perhaps the pilots knew the runway was short, had the runway
visually in sight, and elected to land below the normal glideslope
because the pilot believed it necessary for a safer landing. That's
specifically permitted by the regulations.

The plane then flared aggressively, and made an extremely hard landing at no
landing zone( barely missed the wind breaker).

What's "no landing zone"? What's a "wind breaker"? What was the wind,
and what was the gust factor that day?


I immediately knew that the
pilot must have let the airspeed drop below the recommended approach speed.

With all due respect, you know nothing of the sort. What was the
"recommended approach speed" for the airplane's landing weight that
day. For that matter, what *was* the airplane's landing weight? You
don't know, and therefore don't even know the target speed, let alone
whether they dropped below it.

From the back, you have *no* idea what the indicated airspeed is.
None. You may have a rough estimate of the *ground* speed based on
your observations out the window. Assuming no wind, I seriously doubt
you'd be able to tell the difference between 140 knots and 120.

I think I was only person on that flight that got into a brief panic.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing...