B737-800
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Weather
Yesterday I was contacted by the FOQA Gatekeeper in respect to my landing [recently] at JFK. He stated that we might have had a hard landing as FOQA Data indicated that we slightly exceeded the landing gear G limit. The weather at JFK that evening was approximately 300 OVC with gusty winds that upon review for the approach gave us about a 20 to 22 kt crosswind. The approach was nominal with expected turbulence for the given conditions. We were configured and stable all throughout the approach. I was the pilot flying as due to the weather conditions I felt it prudent for me to do the approach and landing. I disconnected the autopilot around 1;000 feet AFL. We broke out slightly above 300 ft. Just prior to crossing the threshold at approximately 85 feet AFL we received a PWS 'go around windshear ahead' warning. I decided to continue the landing not wanting to perform a go around into a possible windshear event as we were on speed and stable with no indications of windshear. I completed the landing and rollout and although not a smooth touchdown it was consistent with the prevailing weather conditions. Nothing in my previous almost 7;000 hrs in the 737 led me to believe it was a hard landing. I really don't have much to add about avoiding a recurrence my decision to land in the face of the late PWS warning would still be the same. Our reception of the warning may have added to my urgency to put the aircraft on the runway and avoid a possible windshear occurrence but how that affected my landing would be speculation on my part.
B737-800 Captain reported that he was advised FOQA data recorded a hard landing at JFK in gusty conditions.