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Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 134 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 167 kt, 33 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 134 kt at liftoff
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Arrival
Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare ballooned, with 872 fpm of sink returning after the arrest; a balloon like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown, as it did here at 337 fpm.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
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 1,627 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,627 m of the 2,483 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 972 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LPMA Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo. This process took approximately 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 23, with a takeoff distance of 917 meters, which accounted for 37% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 167 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 18°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot at 270 degrees. The crosswind and headwind were both 1 knot. After departing from the airport, the enroute climb started overhead LPMA Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo Funchal. The aircraft climbed from 1,085 feet above sea level to 4,585 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,500 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 2 miles south of Canico, with the aircraft descending from 5,069 feet above sea level to 3,346 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,723 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began 7 miles south of Canico and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 20 nautical miles. Another enroute descent started 9 miles northeast of Canical, with the aircraft descending from 3,011 feet above sea level to 1,483 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,528 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 23 at LPMA Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo was made from the northeast, with the aircraft heading 224.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,303 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 23, which had a length of 2,483 meters. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 124 knots. The touchdown point was 554 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 113 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was hard at -449 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.7 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 15°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot at 269 degrees, with a crosswind and headwind of 1 knot each. The total landing distance was 1,544 meters, which accounted for 62% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.3 meters from the centerline.
After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area from the runway, taking less than 1 minute and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 44 nautical miles, taking 19 minutes, and the aircraft used 590 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at LPMA Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo, but with some minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the north east, heading 224.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,303 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was executed with a good threshold height, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 124 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 554 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the ideal landing point. The touchdown speed of 113 knots was also a little fast, indicating that the pilot may have applied too much reverse thrust or failed to maintain a steady descent rate. The touchdown rate was particularly hard at -449 feet per minute (fpm), which could have put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear.
In terms of alignment, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.7 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 10.3 meters from the centerline. These deviations may have been due to the pilot's judgment or the aircraft's response to the crosswind and headwind conditions.
The local weather conditions were relatively calm, with a temperature of 15°C and a wind speed of 1 knot at 269°. The crosswind and headwind components were both 1 knot, which is relatively minimal. Despite these favorable conditions, the pilot still struggled to maintain a precise landing.
The total landing distance was 1,544 meters, which is 62% of the runway length. This is a relatively long landing distance, indicating that the pilot may have applied too much reverse thrust or failed to maintain a steady descent rate. Overall, while the landing was successful, there is room for improvement in terms of precision and control.
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