Emb-145 captain reported a hard landing resulted when control column movement was restricted by the ...

Attributes
ACN	1718513
Time
Date	202001
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pilot Seat
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

From a normal stabilized approach; at about 50 feet AGL the pilot flying reduced power and slowly began the landing flare on runway xxr. At about 20 feet the aircraft began to increase in sink rate and within one second landing occurred at a vertical speed of -600 FPM. Pilot flying described the inability to increase back pressure on the control column during the flare due to the first officer chair padding.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-145 Captain reported a hard landing resulted when control column movement was restricted by the FO's seat padding.

Narrative: From a normal stabilized approach; at about 50 feet AGL the Pilot Flying reduced power and slowly began the landing flare on Runway XXR. At about 20 feet the aircraft began to increase in sink rate and within one second landing occurred at a vertical speed of -600 FPM. Pilot Flying described the inability to increase back pressure on the control column during the flare due to the FO chair padding.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Emb-145 captain reported a hard landing resulted when control column movement was restricted by the first officer's seat padding.