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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.
What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 597 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Fly a steeper descent on final so you cross the threshold at 50 ft agl instead of 71 ft agl.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 71 ft agl against a 50 ft agl target, well above the normal profile. The touchdown point was also long at 963 m against a 457 m target, a pattern often seen after high threshold crossings.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the 50 ft threshold crossing target on short final.
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 1,914 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,914 m of the 2,998 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 963 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Phenom 300E taxied from the parking area to runway 35 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport in 8 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Take-off was performed on runway 35. The aircraft used 631 m of runway, which is 20 % of the available length. Rotation occurred at 108 kt. Local weather at departure was 19 °C with wind 9 kt from 340°, giving a 3 kt crosswind component and an 8 kt headwind component.
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl lasted 12 seconds, averaging 3,442 fpm and reaching 139 kt at the top of the segment.
The climb continued from 905 ft asl to 39,993 ft asl in 11 minutes, covering 64 nm while remaining overhead UBBB.
Level cruise was held at 40,000 ft asl for 8 minutes, covering 59 nm, beginning 8 mi south-west of Altiagac.
Descent began from 40,007 ft asl to 2,855 ft asl in 22 minutes, covering 121 nm, starting 6 mi north-east of Oguz.
Final approach to runway 31L at UGTB Tbilisi International Airport descended from 1,304 ft agl to 12 ft agl in 133 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level. Configuration changes were: landing gear down at 4,123 ft agl at 190 kt; final flap position 3 at 2,581 ft agl at 132 kt.
Landing on runway 31L (length 2,998 m) had a threshold height of 71 ft agl, noted as well above target, and a threshold speed of 105 kt, described as good. The flare was very good; the aircraft floated before touchdown. Touchdown occurred 530 m beyond the touchdown zone at 91 kt, with a descent rate of minus 192 fpm, and alignment was perfect. No bounce was observed.
Total landing distance was 1,818 m, representing 61 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good. Local weather at landing was 15 °C with wind 7 kt from 350°, giving a 4 kt crosswind component and a 6 kt headwind component.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
The flight covered 250 nm in 49 minutes and consumed 298 kg of fuel.
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