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Ease back pressure in smoothly as you approach 154 kt, holding a steady rotation rate rather than snatching the controls.
What happened: On the takeoff roll the aircraft bounced before becoming fully airborne.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: a smooth, continuous pitch-up through liftoff with no secondary bounce.
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Arrival
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.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,207 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 179 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Gran Canaria Airport, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles in 11 minutes. The departure roll took place on runway 21R, with the aircraft lifting off at a speed of 160 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 24°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 219°. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 5 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile south of Gran Canaria Airport and reaching an altitude of 21,442 feet above sea level. This climb phase covered a distance of 17 nautical miles and took 9 minutes to complete, with the aircraft increasing its altitude by 20,363 feet. Following this, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 7 minutes and covered a distance of 49 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began 3 miles northwest of Tacoronte, with the aircraft descending from an altitude of 22,019 feet to 2,881 feet above sea level. This descent phase covered a distance of 58 nautical miles and took 11 minutes to complete, with the aircraft decreasing its altitude by 19,139 feet. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, this time lasting for 6 minutes and covering a distance of 14 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, La Palma Airport, it began its final approach to runway 36 from the south. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 20°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 160°. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a tailwind of 5 knots. The aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 137 knots, which was slightly faster than the recommended threshold speed of 140 knots. The touchdown distance was 181 meters, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 5.7 meters.
The aircraft's landing distance was 1,039 meters, which was 47% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft was able to taxi to the parking area in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 145 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 45 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 1,921 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at GCLA La Palma Airport, achieving a score of 93.9%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, heading 359.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,334 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 36, which has a length of 2,207 meters.
The threshold height was good, indicating that the aircraft was at the correct height as it approached the runway. The threshold speed of 140 knots was also satisfactory, suggesting that the pilot had maintained a safe and controlled approach speed. The touchdown distance of 181 meters was within acceptable limits, demonstrating that the pilot had managed to slow the aircraft down effectively.
However, there were a few areas for improvement. The touchdown speed of 137 knots was slightly faster than recommended, which may have contributed to a harder-than-ideal touchdown. The touchdown rate of -590 feet per minute (fpm) was very hard, indicating that the aircraft may have experienced a significant deceleration upon touching down. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.7 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's alignment during the approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 20°C and a wind speed of 6 knots from 160°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the tailwind component was 5 knots. These conditions were likely to have had a minimal impact on the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,039 meters was 47% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were a few areas for improvement that the pilot could work on to achieve an even higher score.
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