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Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the speed to bleed before raising the nose, starting the flare within the normal band instead of 84 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 84 ft, 39 ft earlier than the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: start the flare within the normal flare band
See Arrival Landing
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 305 m and 152 m above the runway.
At the 305 m gate: speed above the reference speed.
At the 152 m gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,959 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,959 m of the 3,502 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 671 m 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 26 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an A21N, then departed from runway 17 at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan. The takeoff distance was 1,610 meters, which is 49% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 167 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Baku, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius. The enroute climb started 1 mile west of Biny Selo, a suburb of Baku, and reached an altitude of 2,366 meters above sea level in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off and cruised for 2 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles, before starting another climb 5 miles south of Zyrya, another suburb of Baku.
This second climb was more significant, taking the aircraft from 2,449 meters to 9,446 meters above sea level in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 96 nautical miles. The aircraft then leveled off again, this time for 2 minutes, covering 12 nautical miles, before starting another climb 21 miles south west of Turkmenbasy, a city in Turkmenistan. This climb took the aircraft from 9,448 meters to 10,848 meters above sea level in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 73 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued to cruise and climb, with a level cruise lasting 81 minutes and covering 682 nautical miles. However, the climb from 10,925 meters to 11,102 meters above sea level was relatively short, taking just 2 minutes and covering 14 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 27 miles north east of Bamyan, a city in Afghanistan.
The descent took the aircraft from 11,284 meters to 2,203 meters above sea level in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 69 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 29 at Kabul International Airport was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 287.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 406.4 meters above ground level. The landing was made on runway 29, which has a length of 3,502 meters.
The threshold height was above the target, and the threshold speed was too high at 165 knots. However, the touchdown speed was good at 154 knots, and the touchdown rate was also good at -1.0 meters per second. The touchdown point was 259 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.2 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,882 meters, which is 54% of the runway length.
The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 12.4 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 986 nautical miles, and the flight took 157 minutes, using 6,695 kilograms of fuel.
The aircraft, identified as an A21N, successfully landed at OAKB Kabul International Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 287.0° at an altitude of 406.4 meters above ground level (agl) and 4 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft's approach speed was slightly above the target threshold speed, reaching 165 knots, which may have contributed to the subsequent deviations.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 259 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation. However, the touchdown speed of 154 knots was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -1.0 meters per second was also satisfactory. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.2 meters from the centerline, which may have been a result of the aircraft's slightly high approach speed and the deviation from the touchdown zone.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 12°C, which may have had some impact on the aircraft's performance. The total landing distance of 1,882 meters was 54% of the runway length, which is a relatively high percentage. This may indicate that the aircraft's approach speed was too high, resulting in a longer landing distance.
During the rollout, the aircraft's alignment was slightly misaligned by 12.4 meters from the centerline, which is a minor deviation. Overall, while the landing was successful, there were some notable deviations from the ideal parameters, which may require attention from the pilots and air traffic control to improve the aircraft's performance and safety.
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