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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 394 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 481 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,642 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 575 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 24L at LEBL Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, covering 2 nm in 10 minutes.
During the departure roll on runway 24L, the aircraft used 1,576 m of runway (59 % of the available length) and lifted off at 160 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 17 °C, wind 2 kt from 270°, with a 1 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.
Climb commenced 1 mile south-west of LEBL, with the A320 ascending from 998 ft asl to 29,967 ft asl - an increase of 28,969 ft - over 16 minutes while covering 101 nm.
The first cruise segment began 15 miles south-east of Llafranc, lasting 10 minutes and traversing 82 nm at level flight.
Descent started 46 miles south of Mazargues, descending from 30,009 ft asl to 18,397 ft asl - a loss of 11,612 ft - in 3 minutes and covering 26 nm.
A second cruise phase originated 19 miles south-west of Mazargues, lasting 3 minutes and covering 24 nm.
The next descent began overhead L’Estaque, dropping from 18,008 ft asl to 11,009 ft asl - a decrease of 7,000 ft - in 5 minutes while flying 32 nm.
A third cruise segment started overhead Varages, lasting 5 minutes and covering 29 nm.
The final descent commenced 3 miles south-west of Roquebrune-sur-Argens, descending from 11,009 ft asl to 1,281 ft asl - a loss of 9,728 ft - in 8 minutes and covering 30 nm.
On final approach to runway 04L at LFMN Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport, the aircraft approached from the south-west on a heading of 45.0° at 4 nm and 1,265 ft agl.
Landing on runway 04L, which is 2,642 m long, the threshold speed was 138 kt. Touchdown occurred 149 m beyond the touchdown zone at 130 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 401 fpm and perfect runway alignment. Local conditions were 15 °C temperature, wind 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,262 m, representing 48 % of the runway, and alignment during rollout was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 332 nm, lasted 66 minutes, and consumed 2,856 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 approached runway 04L at LFMN Nice-Côte d’Azur from the south-west on a heading of 45.0° at 4 nm and 1,265 ft agl; the final approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
Good threshold height was recorded and the threshold speed was good at 138 kt.
Touchdown occurred 149 m beyond the touchdown zone; touchdown speed was 130 kt, a little fast, and the touchdown rate was hard at minus 401 fpm, with runway touchdown alignment perfect.
Total landing distance was 1,262 m, representing 48 % of the 2,642 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
Minor refinements should focus on reducing touchdown speed slightly to better match the target and adjusting flare timing to soften the hard touchdown rate.
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