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Work on the flare
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.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 5,473 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,473 ft of the 11,780 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,311 ft 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, then departed from runway 27 at East Midlands Airport (EGNX). The takeoff distance was 3,157 feet, which accounted for 37% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 160 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 64°F and a wind speed of 1 knot at 269 degrees. The crosswind was negligible, and the headwind was 1 knot. The enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England, and reached an altitude of 5,684 feet above sea level (asl) after climbing 4,331 feet in 2 minutes and covering 8 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its descent from 5,667 feet asl to 4,999 feet asl, a decrease of 668 feet in 2 minutes and covering 6 nautical miles, starting overhead Moira, Leicestershire, England. Following this, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, lasting 2 minutes and covering 8 nautical miles, 1 mile southwest of Twycross (Gopsall House) Airstrip Measham, Leicestershire, England.
The flight continued with multiple enroute climb and level cruise phases, with notable climbs from 5,694 feet asl to 9,997 feet asl, an increase of 4,304 feet in 3 minutes and covering 16 nautical miles, starting 1 mile southeast of Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, and from 9,999 feet asl to 13,011 feet asl, an increase of 3,012 feet in 3 minutes and covering 17 nautical miles, starting overhead Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, lasting 5 minutes and covering 23 nautical miles, 1 mile south of Longwick, Buckinghamshire, England. The final descent phase started overhead Bramley, Hampshire, England, and the aircraft descended from 13,418 feet asl to 1,264 feet asl, a decrease of 12,154 feet in 5 minutes and covering 13 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, lasting 2 minutes and covering 4 nautical miles, 2 miles west of Dockenfield, Surrey, England. Another climb phase started 1 mile south of Crondall, Hampshire, England, and the aircraft climbed from 1,634 feet asl to 2,346 feet asl, an increase of 712 feet in 2 minutes and covering 4 nautical miles.
The final level cruise phase lasted 8 minutes and covered 16 nautical miles, 1 mile west of Fleet, Hampshire, England. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 09L at London Heathrow Airport (EGLL) from the west, heading 88.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,587 feet above ground level (agl).
The landing on runway 09L at EGLL was successful, with a touchdown point 945 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 131 knots, which was fast, and the touchdown rate was hard at -470 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, but the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 78 feet from the centreline.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 140 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 45 minutes. The aircraft used 13,211 pounds of fuel during the
The Airbus A350-900 aircraft successfully landed on runway 09L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport, achieving an overall score of 81.8%. The final approach was initiated from the west, heading 88.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,587 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft successfully touched down on the runway, with a threshold height that was considered good.
However, there were some areas of concern during the landing. The threshold speed was significantly above the target speed, reaching 137 knots. This may indicate that the aircraft was not properly configured for landing, or that the pilots may have been experiencing difficulties in controlling the aircraft's descent. Additionally, the touchdown point was 945 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which may indicate that the pilots were not able to accurately judge the aircraft's position and speed during the final approach.
The touchdown speed of 131 knots was also faster than desired, which may have contributed to the hard touchdown rate of -470 feet per minute (fpm). A hard touchdown rate can be a concern, as it may indicate that the aircraft's landing gear and other components may be subjected to excessive stress and wear.
Despite these issues, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilots were able to maintain control of the aircraft during the final approach and touchdown. The local weather conditions were also favorable, with a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 1 knot from 269°.
The total landing distance of 5,207 feet was 44% of the runway length, which is within acceptable limits. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 78 feet from the centreline, which may indicate that the pilots were not able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase of the landing.
Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some areas of concern that need to be addressed in order to improve the aircraft's performance and safety.
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