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Departure
Use coordinated aileron input to level the wings and hold bank angle close to wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the initial climb, your average bank angle drifted to 4.2°.
Watch for: Attitude indicator, bank angle near wings-level
Arrival
After the sink arrests at 29 ft, keep easing the yoke forward to let the aircraft continue settling rather than pausing above the runway.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink at 29 ft and the aircraft was held level there instead of being let down. Holding off high like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, and here the touchdown rate was 307 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, continuing descent through the flare all the way to touchdown.
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 2,395 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 593 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 17 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, then departed from runway 03 at Eindhoven Airport (EHEH), with a takeoff distance of 885 meters, which was 35% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 6°C, with a wind speed of 19 knots at a direction of 70°. This resulted in a crosswind of 11 knots and a headwind of 16 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, which started overhead Eindhoven Airport and took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,076 feet above sea level to 18,774 feet above sea level, an increase of 17,697 feet in just 9 minutes, covering a distance of 37 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which started 1 mile east of Schimmert, a town in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. This cruise phase lasted for 7 minutes and covered a distance of 32 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 4 miles west of Hellenthal, a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 18,764 feet above sea level to 1,395 feet above sea level, a decrease of 17,368 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 48 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 05R at Düsseldorf Airport (EDDL) was made from the southwest, with a heading of 53.0° at an altitude of 1,250 feet above ground level, 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on a runway length of 2,395 meters, with a threshold height of 57 feet above ground level, which was slightly above the target. The threshold speed was also slightly above the target at 134 knots.
The touchdown point was 174 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 128 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was firm at -318 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the runway rollout alignment was also very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 4°C, with a wind speed of 13 knots at a direction of 50°, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 13 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,310 meters, which was 55% of the runway length. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 5 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 127 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 50 minutes, and the aircraft used 5,174 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 successfully landed on runway 05R at EDDL Düsseldorf Airport, achieving a score of 91.0%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 53.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,250 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 174 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly outside the target area. The touchdown speed of 128 knots was a bit faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilots may have needed to apply more braking to bring the aircraft to a stop. However, the touchdown rate of -318 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 4°C and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 50°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 13 knots, which the pilots effectively managed during the landing. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots maintained a stable and controlled approach to the runway.
The total landing distance of 1,310 meters was 55% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and brought it to a stop safely.
Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilots demonstrated good control and management of the aircraft during the approach, touchdown, and rollout phases. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and distance from the touchdown zone.
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