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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 4.6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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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.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed 20 kt FAST on the reference speed of 125 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,238 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 202 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A220-300 taxied from the parking area to runway 04 at LSGG Geneva Cointrin International Airport, a movement that lasted 13 minutes and covered 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 04, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 142 kt and became airborne after a takeoff distance of 1,032 m, representing 29 % of the runway. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 24 °C, wind 3 kt from 339°, with a 2 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind.
Climb commenced over Ferney-Voltaire, with the airplane ascending from 2,375 ft asl to 17,619 ft asl, a gain of 15,244 ft achieved in 7 minutes while covering 35 nm.
Level cruise began over Palezieux and was maintained for 15 minutes, during which the flight progressed 95 nm.
Descent started over Klingnau, the aircraft descending from 17,548 ft asl to 2,797 ft asl, a loss of 14,751 ft in 10 minutes and spanning 43 nm.
The final approach to runway 34 at LSZH Zürich Airport was flown from the south-east on a heading of 335.0° at 4 nm and 1,382 ft agl.
Landing on runway 34 was executed with a threshold speed of 139 kt; touchdown occurred 183 m down the runway at 138 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 585 fpm. The total landing distance measured 672 m, equivalent to 21 % of the runway, and alignment on touchdown and rollout was very good. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 26 °C, wind 10 kt from 250°, with a 10 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind.
In summary, the flight covered a total distance of 179 nm, took 38, and consumed 1,274 kg of fuel.
Airbus A220-300 executed a final approach to runway 34 at LSZH Zürich Airport from the south-east, tracking a heading of 335.0° at 4 nm and 1,382 ft agl. The local weather was 26 °C with wind 10 kt from 250°, providing a 10 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good height and maintained a good threshold speed of 139 kt.
Touchdown occurred 183 m down the runway at a speed of 138 kt, with a very hard vertical rate of minus 585 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good and the total landing distance was 672 m, representing 21 % of the 3,234 m runway.
Rollout alignment remained very good throughout the deceleration phase.
Refine flare timing to reduce the vertical speed at touchdown and achieve a smoother landing, while preserving the excellent alignment already demonstrated.
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