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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 252 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 299 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,520 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 475 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 19R at RJCC New Chitose Airport in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 19R, the A350-900 accelerated for a takeoff distance of 1,445 m, representing 48 % of the runway, and lifted off at 159 kt; ambient temperature was 20 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 129°, a cross-wind component of 2 kt and a head-wind component of 2 kt.
The first en-route climb began overhead RJCC, climbing from 998 ft asl to 37,002 ft asl-a gain of 36,004 ft-in 38 minutes while covering 283 nm.
Level cruise commenced at latitude 41.7838533, longitude 147.8882637 and continued for 74 minutes, traversing 664 nm.
A subsequent climb segment started at latitude 48.9112515, longitude 159.8406655, raising the aircraft from 37,000 ft asl to 38,855 ft asl, an increase of 1,854 ft in 3 minutes and covering 32 nm.
The next cruise phase began at latitude 49.2352137, longitude 160.5275575, lasting 213 minutes and covering 1,877 nm.
A further climb was initiated at latitude 51.0056902, longitude -150.0389347, climbing from 39,039 ft asl to 40,488 ft asl, a gain of 1,450 ft in 3 minutes and covering 29 nm.
The following cruise segment started at latitude 50.8278149, longitude -149.2959057, lasting 147 minutes and covering 1,266 nm.
Descent began 19 mi west of Mendocino, California, descending from 40,981 ft asl to 6,162 ft asl-a loss of 34,819 ft-in 21 minutes while covering 145 nm.
A brief level cruise followed 2 mi south-west of Woodside, California, lasting 2 minutes and covering 7 nm.
The next descent started 1 mi south-west of Los Altos Hills, California, dropping from 6,002 ft asl to 1,306 ft asl, a decrease of 4,695 ft in 5 minutes and covering 17 nm.
On final approach to runway 28R at KSFO San Francisco International Airport, the aircraft approached from the south-east on a heading of 298.0° at 4 nm and 1,286 ft agl.
Landing on runway 28R was executed with a threshold speed of 147 kt; touchdown occurred 58 m beyond the touchdown zone at 149 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 263 fpm and a lateral deviation of 6.1 m from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 18 °C, wind 25 kt from 279°, a cross-wind of 8 kt and a head-wind of 24 kt. The total landing distance measured 1,198 m, representing 34 % of the runway.
Runway rollout showed a slight alignment deviation of 11.6 m from the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 4,328 nm, took 513 (units as provided), and consumed 49,270 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 established the final approach to runway 28R at KSFO from the south-east on a heading of 298.0° at 4 nm and 1,286 ft agl, with a temperature of 18 °C, wind 25 kt from 279°, a crosswind component of 8 kt and a headwind component of 24 kt.
The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was well above target at 147 kt.
Touchdown occurred 58 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 149 kt, which was fast, and the vertical rate was fair at minus 263 fpm; the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 6.2 m from the centreline.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 1,198 m, representing 34 % of the 3,516 m runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 11.7 m from the centreline.
Reduce the approach and touchdown speeds to meet the target values to avoid excess speed on touchdown, and fine-tune lateral control to keep the touchdown and rollout points closer to the centreline.
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