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Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,775 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,511 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Wellington International Airport, the Airbus A320 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. As the aircraft lined up on runway 34, it was cleared for departure, and the takeoff roll commenced. The aircraft lifted off the ground at a speed of 150 knots, having covered a distance of 4,373 feet, which represented 73% of the runway length.
As the aircraft climbed away from Wellington, it encountered a local weather pattern characterized by a temperature of 50°F and a gentle headwind of 6 knots. The enroute climb phase began overhead SB14, where the aircraft ascended from 978 feet above sea level to 31,009 feet, an increase of 30,032 feet in just 15 minutes, covering a distance of 95 nautical miles. Following a brief level cruise phase, the aircraft commenced its descent, which started 11 miles southwest of Piopio. The descent phase saw the aircraft decrease in altitude from 30,949 feet to 1,371 feet, a decrease of 29,579 feet in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 104 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached Auckland International Airport, it began its final approach to runway 05R from the southwest, aligning itself with the runway at a height of 1,331 feet above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed of 135 knots, and the aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 129 knots, which was slightly faster than desired. The touchdown distance was 1,520 feet, representing 43% of the runway length. Following a smooth rollout, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took just 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 273 nautical miles, and the aircraft used 4,691 pounds of fuel during the journey, which lasted a total of 57 minutes.
The aircraft touched down on runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport with a good threshold height, indicating a well-executed approach. The threshold speed of 135 kt was within acceptable limits, demonstrating the pilot's ability to manage the aircraft's descent and airspeed. The touchdown distance of 1,520 ft was also satisfactory, indicating a controlled and stable approach.
However, the touchdown speed of 129 kt was slightly above the recommended range, resulting in a fair touchdown rate of -245 fpm. This may have been due to the pilot's attempt to maintain a stable approach despite the presence of a 6 kt crosswind and 5 kt headwind. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, with the aircraft remaining centered on the runway, a testament to the pilot's skill and attention to detail.
The rollout phase was equally impressive, with the aircraft maintaining very good alignment on the runway centerline. The total landing distance of 4,665 ft, which accounted for 43% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. Overall, the landing was considered to be of high quality, with a score of 99.6% reflecting the pilot's exceptional skill and attention to detail.
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