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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 109 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 376 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 3,031 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 428 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 08 at EETN Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 08, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 142 kt and left the ground after traveling 736 m, which represented 23 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 17 °C with a wind of 12 kt from 61°, a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 10 kt head-wind.
The climb commenced overhead the departure airport, climbing from 1,092 ft asl to 11,204 ft asl - a gain of 10,112 ft - in 3 minutes while covering 17 nm.
Cruise began approximately 10 mi north-east of Tammneeme, lasted 2 minutes and spanned 11 nm.
Descent was initiated 18 mi south-east of Suomenlinna, descending from 10,842 ft asl to 1,430 ft asl - a loss of 9,412 ft - over 8 minutes and a distance of 34 nm.
The final approach to runway 04L at EFHK Helsinki Vantaa Airport was flown from the south-west on a heading of 47.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,270 ft agl.
Landing on runway 04L, which is 3,050 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 120 kt; touchdown occurred 429 m down the runway at 110 kt and a vertical speed of minus 197 fpm, with the wheel track offset 3.4 m from the centreline. Local conditions were 15 °C, wind 9 kt from 10°, a 5 kt cross-wind and a 7 kt head-wind. The total landing roll measured 1,213 m, representing 40 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, confirming the aircraft remained on the centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied back to the parking area in 8 minutes, traversing 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 70 nm, required 28 minutes of airborne time and consumed 926 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 approached runway 04L at Helsinki Vantaa Airport from the south-west on a heading of 47.0° at 4 nm and 1,270 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits. Local weather was 15 °C with wind 9 kt at 10°, a 5 kt crosswind component and a 7 kt headwind.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 120 kt. The flare resulted in a touchdown distance of 429 m, a touchdown speed of 110 kt that was good, and a touchdown rate of minus 197 fpm that was good. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.4 m from the centreline.
Touchdown occurred 429 m down the runway at a speed of 110 kt and a vertical rate of minus 197 fpm, with a lateral offset of 3.4 m from the centreline.
Rollout alignment was very good. Total landing distance was 1,213 m, representing 40 % of the 3,050 m runway, and the aircraft remained aligned throughout the rollout.
The 3.4 m lateral offset suggests a need to fine-tune centreline tracking on final to achieve exact alignment. Maintaining the current speed and flare technique will preserve the high overall performance reflected by the 99.2 % score.
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