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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.
What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 448 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the attitude instead of letting the nose drop.
What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it, and that pattern usually carries the touchdown long - here it landed at 639 m against the 457 m aim point.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, shallow rate through the flare with no renewed sink before touchdown
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,700 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 639 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320neo taxied from the parking area to runway 34 at OLBA Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport in 8 minutes, covering 2 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 34, accelerating over a takeoff distance of 1,748 m (51 % of the runway). Rotation was achieved at 160 kt. Ambient temperature was 25 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 039°, giving a 1 kt headwind and a 2 kt crosswind.
Climb began 1 mile north of OLBA Beirut, with the airplane climbing from 988 ft asl to 37,693 ft asl - an increase of 36,705 ft - in 23 minutes while covering 151 nm.
The first cruise segment started 2 miles north-east of Lefka, Cyprus, and lasted 204 minutes, during which 1,478 nm were flown at level altitude.
Descent commenced overhead Etevaux, France, descending from 37,989 ft asl to 4,311 ft asl - a loss of 33,678 ft - in 27 minutes and covering 137 nm.
A brief cruise over Jaignes, France, followed, lasting 2 minutes and spanning 5 nm.
The next descent began over Varreddes, France, with altitude decreasing from 3,994 ft asl to 1,635 ft asl - a reduction of 2,359 ft - in 4 minutes while covering 9 nm.
Final approach to runway 26L at LFPG Charles de Gaulle International Airport involved a descent from 1,329 ft agl to 41 ft agl in 106 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 26L was performed on a 2,700 m runway; the threshold speed was 138 kt. Touchdown occurred 220 m beyond the touchdown zone at 130 kt with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 108 fpm. Local weather reported a temperature of 14 °C, wind 4 kt from 249°, a 3 kt headwind and a 1 kt crosswind. The total landing distance measured 1,263 m (47 % of the runway).
Runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the aircraft decelerated within the remaining runway length.
The Airbus A320neo taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,790 nm, lasted 272 minutes, and consumed 8,891 kg of fuel.
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