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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 7.6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 0.5 ft, 11 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
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 2,991 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,991 m of the 3,707 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 616 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A350-900 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at EPKK Kraków John Paul II International Airport. This process took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 25, with a takeoff distance of 967 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 160 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 5°C, with a wind speed of 5 knots at 257 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Morawica in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The climb took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 111 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 1,868 feet above sea level to 31,756 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,888 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting overhead Mala Morava in the Olomoucky kraj, Czech Republic. This phase of the flight lasted 17 minutes and covered a distance of 122 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting overhead Osek in the Jihocesky kraj, Czech Republic. The descent took 18 minutes and covered a distance of 41 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 31,759 feet above sea level to 4,882 feet above sea level, a decrease of 26,878 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 2 miles east of Hrebecniky in the Stredocesky kraj, Czech Republic. This phase of the flight lasted 2 minutes and covered a distance of 6 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 1 mile south east of Sykorice in the Stredocesky kraj, Czech Republic. The descent took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 8 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 4,880 feet above sea level to 2,494 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,386 feet.
The final approach to runway 06 at LKPR Václav Havel Airport Prague was made from the south west, with the aircraft heading 65.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,292 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 06, which had a length of 3,707 meters. The threshold height at 60 feet above ground level was above the target, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 133 knots.
The touchdown point was 192 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with the touchdown speed being 134 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was very hard at -574 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 16.6 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 1°C, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 235 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 0 knots and a tailwind of 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 2,901 meters, which accounted for 78% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 20.6 meters from the centreline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, taking 3 minutes and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 296 nautical miles, taking 71 minutes, and the aircraft used 7,262 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 aircraft successfully landed at LKPR Václav Havel Airport Prague, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the southwest, heading 65.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,292 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 06, which has a length of 3,707 meters.
Upon landing, the threshold height was found to be above the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been slightly higher than desired at the moment of touchdown. Additionally, the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 133 knots, suggesting that the aircraft may have been slightly faster than necessary. The touchdown point was 192 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 134 knots, which was a little fast.
The most concerning aspect of the landing was the very hard touchdown rate of -574 feet per minute (fpm). This indicates that the aircraft may have experienced a significant impact upon touchdown, which could potentially lead to damage or discomfort for the passengers. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 16.6 meters from the centerline, which could pose a risk to the aircraft's stability and control during the landing roll.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 1°C and a wind speed of 3 knots from 235°. The crosswind component was negligible, but there was a tailwind of 3 knots, which may have contributed to the aircraft's slightly faster than desired touchdown speed.
The total landing distance was 2,901 meters, which is 78% of the runway length. This is a relatively long landing distance, and it may be worth investigating the factors that contributed to this, such as the aircraft's speed and the runway's alignment. Finally, the runway rollout alignment was also found to be misaligned by 20.6 meters from the centerline, which could pose a risk to the aircraft's stability and control during the landing roll.
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