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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 2.3°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
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 2,043 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 615 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 27R at London Heathrow Airport, with the Airbus A320 taking off after a distance of 1,886 meters, which was 53% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 167 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 9 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 22 knots from a direction of 279 degrees, resulting in a headwind of 22 knots and a crosswind of 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it passed over Colnbrook, a location in Slough, England, and began its ascent from an altitude of 1,102 feet above sea level to a maximum altitude of 35,489 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,387 feet in just 19 minutes. The enroute climb covered a distance of 133 nautical miles. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started over Quincampoix in Normandie, France, and lasted for 123 minutes, covering a distance of 672 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent, starting 2 miles north-west of Massa d'Albe-Corona in Abruzzo, Italy, and descended from an altitude of 35,031 feet above sea level to 21,676 feet above sea level, a decrease of 13,355 feet in just 7 minutes, covering a distance of 43 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 2 miles south-west of Castel San Vincenzo in Molise, Italy, and lasted for 71 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The aircraft then began its descent again, starting 2 miles south-west of Castel San Vincenzo, and descended from an altitude of 21,676 feet above sea level to 8,505 feet above sea level, a decrease of 13,171 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 40 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile south-east of Ponte in Campania, Italy, and lasted for 8 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent once more, starting 1 mile east of LIEH Aviosuperficie Olivola Castelpoto in Campania, Italy, and descended from an altitude of 7,816 feet above sea level to 6,663 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,153 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile south-west of Benevento in Campania, Italy, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent for the final time, starting 1 mile south-west of Apollosa in Campania, Italy, and descended from an altitude of 6,760 feet above sea level to 1,811 feet above sea level, a decrease of 4,949 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 16 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered its final approach phase, heading towards runway 24 at Naples International Airport from the north-east.
The final approach to runway 24 at LIRN Naples International Airport was characterized by a heading of 238.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,348 feet above ground level, 4 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft landed on runway 24, which had a length of 2,043 meters. The threshold height at 87 feet above ground level was significantly above the target, while the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 137 knots.
The touchdown point
The Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed at LIRN Naples International Airport, but the landing was not without its challenges. The final approach to runway 24 was initiated from the north east, heading 238.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,348 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on the runway, but the touchdown point was 201 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 128 knots was within the acceptable range, which is a positive aspect of the landing. However, the touchdown rate was very hard, at -547 feet per minute (fpm), which may have caused some discomfort for the passengers. The runway touchdown position was also misaligned by 11.9 meters from the centerline, which could have contributed to the hard touchdown.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 7°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from 277°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the headwind component was 6 knots. These conditions were not particularly challenging, but they may have played a role in the aircraft's alignment and touchdown.
The total landing distance of 1,204 meters was 59% of the available runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 21.5 meters from the centerline, which may have contributed to the overall performance of the landing.
Overall, while the Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed at LIRN Naples International Airport, there were some areas for improvement. The hard touchdown rate and misaligned touchdown and rollout positions indicate that the pilots may have needed to make some adjustments to their approach and landing technique.
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