Narrative:

On this leg; the captain was receiving a line check. We were unable to receive performance data through the FMC and dispatch was also having difficulty sending us the performance data we needed. Additionally; the winds would not uplink. We encountered a delay - not the best way to start a line check; creating some stress for the fairly new captain. All the situations were resolved successfully and the departure and enroute phases were normal. Considering we could not uplink descent winds we were a little concerned about descent planning since we had a strong tailwind. We carefully monitored our descent path with no issue. In the terminal area; we were given a heading to join final for a visual to the right with traffic converging on the left runway. We reported the traffic in sight. Approaching the final approach course we got a 'TA'. The captain shallowed the turn to join and we both acknowledged the traffic in sight. Joining final we got a 'descend RA'. We once again acknowledged the traffic and the captain instructed me to turn the transponder to 'TA' only. This distraction got us a little high on the glide path; but the captain corrected and we were soon back on glide path and made all the approach gates with plenty of room to spare. The remainder of the approach was normal. The captain; I believe; flared a little too high and retarded the throttles too abruptly causing the hard landing. There was no bounce and no apparent excessive pitch. We taxied to the gate normally.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 flight crew reported a line check that does not get off to a good start due to factors beyond their control. In cruise the check airman discussed methods of landing this model B737 to avoid a tail strike. This discussion; a RA on final; and possible wind factors lead up to a hard landing which resulted in passengers reporting injury.

Narrative: On this leg; the captain was receiving a line check. We were unable to receive performance data through the FMC and dispatch was also having difficulty sending us the performance data we needed. Additionally; the winds would not uplink. We encountered a delay - not the best way to start a line check; creating some stress for the fairly new captain. All the situations were resolved successfully and the departure and enroute phases were normal. Considering we could not uplink descent winds we were a little concerned about descent planning since we had a strong tailwind. We carefully monitored our descent path with no issue. In the terminal area; we were given a heading to join final for a visual to the right with traffic converging on the left runway. We reported the traffic in sight. Approaching the final approach course we got a 'TA'. The captain shallowed the turn to join and we both acknowledged the traffic in sight. Joining final we got a 'descend RA'. We once again acknowledged the traffic and the captain instructed me to turn the transponder to 'TA' only. This distraction got us a little high on the glide path; but the captain corrected and we were soon back on glide path and made all the approach gates with plenty of room to spare. The remainder of the approach was normal. The captain; I believe; flared a little too high and retarded the throttles too abruptly causing the hard landing. There was no bounce and no apparent excessive pitch. We taxied to the gate normally.

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.