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Shorten the long landing
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 1,794 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,794 m of the 2,790 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 950 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A300 taxied from the parking area to runway 28R at Dublin Airport in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 28R, the aircraft used 1,470 m of runway, representing 56 % of the available length, and lifted off at 160 kt; ambient temperature was 19 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 169°, a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced 2 mi northwest of Dublin, where the aircraft rose from 1,265 ft asl to 34,387 ft asl, an altitude gain of 33,122 ft achieved in 20 minutes while covering 142 nm.
The first cruise segment began overhead EGLU Lymm Dam Airstrip in England and continued for 38 minutes, during which 293 nm were flown.
Descent started 1 mi northeast of Herwijnen in the Netherlands, with the aircraft descending from 34,950 ft asl to 5,067 ft asl, a loss of 29,883 ft over 35 minutes and a distance of 212 nm.
A brief cruise followed 1 mi south of Bad Soden-Salmuenster, lasting 5 minutes and covering 20 nm.
The next descent began 1 mi west of Hanau am Main, Germany, where altitude fell from 4,994 ft asl to 1,626 ft asl, a reduction of 3,368 ft in 5 minutes while traveling 10 nm.
Final approach to runway 25R at Frankfurt Airport was executed from the east on a heading of 250.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,277 ft agl.
Landing on runway 25R, which is 2,790 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 55 ft agl and a threshold speed of 132 kt; touchdown was recorded 528 m beyond the touchdown zone at 128 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 240 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.4 m from the centreline. Local conditions were 21 °C, wind 4 kt from 240°, cross-wind 1 kt and head-wind 4 kt. The total landing roll measured 1,707 m, or 61 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was offset 11.1 m from centreline.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 8 minutes, covering 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 686 nm, lasted 116 minutes, and consumed 10,611 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 16R at KSEA was flown from the north on a heading of 181.0° at 4 nm and 1,287 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 144 kt.
Touchdown occurred 407 m down the runway at a speed of 142 kt, which the report notes was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at minus 296 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,849 m, representing 71 % of the 2,588 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
Reduce the touchdown speed slightly toward the target VREF to eliminate the “little fast” condition and manage the descent rate to improve the fair rating, which will help maintain the already high overall score of 97.5 %.
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