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Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 375 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 572 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,412 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,412 m of the 3,075 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 760 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight commenced at Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport's runway 05, following a 7-minute taxiing period that covered approximately 2 nautical miles. With local weather conditions consisting of a temperature of 21°C and a 6-knot wind, the aircraft took off successfully, achieving liftoff speed of 155 kt after covering 1,363 meters, which is 44% of the runway.
Once airborne, the flight initiated its enroute climb, starting 1 mile south of Le Haillan. Over the course of 16 minutes, the aircraft climbed 32,971 feet from 1,184 feet above sea level (asl) to 34,156 ft asl, while covering 101 nautical miles. The climb phase continued until the aircraft reached 1 mile south east of Marnay, where it began a level cruise that lasted for 21 minutes and covered 212 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise continued until the aircraft reached 1 mile south of Le Bosquel, France, where it initiated its descent to 10,115 ft asl, reducing its altitude by 23,996 feet over a period of 7 minutes and covering 94 nautical miles. From there, the flight entered another level cruise phase, which this time lasted 2 minutes and covered 8 nautical miles as the aircraft flew overhead Herzele, Belgium.
The final descent phase began as the aircraft approached Liedekerke, Belgium, from where it descended 7,841 feet from 9,828 ft asl to 1,988 ft asl in 6 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles. Following this, the flight initiated another level cruise phase, which lasted 6 minutes and covered 17 nautical miles as it flew overhead Bambrugge, Belgium.
Finally, the flight initiated its final approach to runway 07L at Brussels Airport, landing from the south west with a heading of 67.0° at an altitude of 1,150 ft above ground level. The landing occurred 338 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 111 kt and heavy touchdown rate of -610 fpm. The local weather conditions during landing consisted of a temperature of 15°C and a 3-knot wind.
The flight then taxied to the parking area, covering less than 1 nautical mile and taking 3 minutes. In total, the flight covered 447 nautical miles, lasting 72 minutes and consuming approximately 3,292 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A319 aircraft successfully landed at Brussels Airport (EBBR), with a score of 88.2%. The approach was initiated from the south-west, heading 67.0°, at 4 nautical miles (nm) distance and 1,150 feet above ground level (agl).
During the final approach, the aircraft landed safely on runway 07L, which has a length of 3,075 meters. Although the threshold height was above the target height at 63 feet agl, the threshold speed was well-maintained at 131 knots (kt). A good touchdown speed of 111 kt was also achieved.
However, a heavy touchdown rate of -610 feet per minute (fpm) was observed, suggesting that the aircraft touched down with a significant amount of deceleration. This may be due to various factors, such as high thrust during the flare phase or an over-enthusiastic descent. Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was correctly aligned with the runway during the landing.
The local weather conditions during the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 15°C, a wind speed of 3 kt at 80°, and a resultant crosswind of 1 kt and headwind of 3 kt.
The total landing distance of 2,325 meters was within 76% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft utilized a significant portion of the available runway. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the aircraft maintained its alignment with the runway during the rollout phase, ensuring a safe and stable touchdown. Overall, this landing demonstrates good pilot skills, despite a few minor issues.
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