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Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 146 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 432 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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 1,646 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,646 m of the 2,360 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 554 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 33 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,212 meters, which is 38% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 154 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 15°C and wind speeds of 11 knots at 280°. The crosswind was 9 knots, and the headwind was 7 knots. After departing from Hamburg, the enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of Langenhorn, Germany. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,061 feet above sea level to 36,373 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,311 feet, in 26 minutes and covering 156 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 2 miles northeast of Hammel, Denmark, and lasted 49 minutes, covering 361 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 9 miles southeast of Tolga, Norway. The descent from 35,632 feet above sea level to 1,507 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,124 feet, took 19 minutes and covered 71 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 27 at ENVA Trondheim Airport, Værnes, was made from the east, heading 271.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,458 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 27 was successful, with the touchdown point being 137 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 136 knots, which was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was very hard at -521 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at Trondheim Airport, Værnes, were a temperature of 4°C and wind speeds of 15 knots at 230°. The crosswind was 9 knots, and the headwind was 11 knots. The total landing distance was 1,564 meters, which is 66% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 596 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 106 minutes. The aircraft used 5,121 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at ENVA Trondheim Airport, Værnes, with a score of 91.0%. The final approach to runway 27 was initiated from the east, heading 271.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,458 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway, with the touchdown point located 137 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone. The touchdown speed of 136 knots was slightly above the target speed, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly fast upon touchdown. The touchdown rate of -521 feet per minute (fpm) was also considered very hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a significant deceleration upon touchdown.
Despite the slightly above-target touchdown speed and hard touchdown rate, the runway touchdown alignment was reported to be perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 4°C, with a wind speed of 15 knots at 230°. The crosswind component was 9 knots, while the headwind component was 11 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,564 meters was 66% of the available runway length, indicating that the aircraft had sufficient runway remaining to safely stop. The runway rollout alignment was also reported to be very good, suggesting that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively to bring the aircraft to a stop.
Overall, while there were some minor deviations from the target parameters, the Airbus A321 aircraft landed safely and efficiently at ENVA Trondheim Airport, Værnes, with a score of 91.0%.
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