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In the last part of the flare, hold a little more back pressure to fully arrest the sink before the mains touch down.
What happened: Threshold speed and height were within limits, and the flare began on time and arrested the sink normally; even so, the touchdown rate was 208 fpm, a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, gentle rate at touchdown
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 2,440 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 292 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 03L at Gran Canaria Airport, covering 2 nm in 6 minutes.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 03L, accelerating over a takeoff distance of 1,361 m (44 % of the runway). Liftoff was achieved at 159 kt. Ambient temperature was 32 °C with wind from 020° at 28 kt, giving a 28 kt headwind and 1 kt crosswind.
Climb began overhead Gran Canaria Airport, rising from 1,044 ft asl to 37,175 ft asl, an increase of 36,131 ft, in 24 minutes while covering 166 nm.
Level cruise was established 39 miles northeast of Caleta de Sebo and continued for 180 minutes, covering 1,473 nm.
Descent started 22 miles west of Ponza, descending from 37,178 ft asl to 1,656 ft asl, a loss of 35,523 ft, in 27 minutes and 141 nm.
The final approach to runway 24 at Naples International Airport was flown from the northeast on a heading of 238.0°, intercepting the approach at 4 nm and 1,265 ft agl.
Landing was executed on runway 24, which is 2,440 m long. The threshold speed was 133 kt. Touchdown occurred 97 m beyond the touchdown zone at 130 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 323 fpm and a lateral deviation of 9.2 m from the centreline. Local temperature was 31 °C with wind from 299° at 7 kt, providing a 3 kt headwind and 6 kt crosswind.
The aircraft rolled out over a distance of 1,033 m, representing 42 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was offset by 9.1 m from the centreline.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 1,787 nm, required 239 minutes of flight time, and consumed 9,603 kg of fuel.
The B77W executed a final approach to runway 24 at LIRN Naples International Airport from the north-east, tracking a heading of 238.0° at 4 nm and 1,344 ft agl. The approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate because the sink rate was too high.
At the threshold the runway measured 2,440 m in length and the threshold height of 59 ft agl was slightly above target, while the threshold speed of 149 kt was slightly below target. Local conditions were 29 °C with wind 3 kt from 213°, providing a 1 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt headwind.
Touchdown occurred 343 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 144 kt, which was recorded as good, and a vertical rate of 64 fpm, described as perfect. The aircraft landed 8.9 m off the centreline and required a total landing distance of 1,588 m, representing 65 % of the runway length.
During rollout the aircraft remained slightly misaligned, deviating 12.0 m from the centreline.
Minor refinements to lateral guidance on final approach will reduce the 8.9 m touchdown offset and the 12.0 m rollout deviation, keeping the aircraft closer to the centreline throughout the landing. Maintaining the current speed and flare technique will preserve the good touchdown speed and vertical rate already achieved.
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