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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 arrested the sink only for 0.1 fpm of it to come back as the aircraft ballooned before touchdown; this pattern usually carries the touchdown further down the runway, and here it touched down 99 m past the target point.
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. 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 2,984 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 556 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 04 at LSGG Geneva Cointrin International Airport; the taxi-out required 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Commencing the departure roll on runway 04, the aircraft used a takeoff distance of 1,613 m, representing 45 % of the runway, and lifted off at 154 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 12 °C, wind 18 kt from 105°, with a crosswind component of 16 kt and a headwind component of 9 kt.
Climb began overhead Ferney-Voltaire, with the A320 ascending from 2,359 ft asl to 34,535 ft asl, an increase of 32,176 ft achieved in 18 minutes while covering 108 nm.
Level cruise was established 4 miles northwest of Aspres-sur-Buech and persisted for 182 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 1,352 nm.
Descent started 82 miles north of DATM Bordj Badji Mokhtar Airport, descending from 34,088 ft asl to 2,587 ft asl, a loss of 31,501 ft over 20 minutes and covering 109 nm.
Final approach to runway 08 at DATM Bordj Badji Mokhtar Airport was conducted from the west on a heading of 78.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,281 ft agl.
Landing on runway 08, which is 2,984 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 63 ft agl above target and a threshold speed slightly above target at 137 kt. Touchdown was recorded 206 m beyond the touchdown zone, at a speed of 132 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 182 fpm and perfect runway alignment. Local weather at the time showed a temperature of 12 °C, wind 18 kt from 105°, a crosswind of 8 kt and a headwind of 16 kt.
Runway rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,167 m, representing 39 % of the runway, and the alignment remained perfect throughout the rollout.
In total, the flight covered 1,575 nm, taking 227 minutes, and consumed 10,618 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 on final approach to runway 08 at DATM Bordj Badji Mokhtar Airport was established from the west on a heading of 78.0° at 4 nm and 1,281 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.
At threshold the height of 63 ft agl was above target and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 137 kt.
Touchdown occurred 206 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 132 kt, noted as a little fast, and a vertical rate of -182 fpm, described as good. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect and the total landing distance measured 1,167 m, representing 39 % of the 2,984 m runway.
Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Refine the touchdown point to land nearer the intended aim point, approximately 300 m (1,000 ft) in, and adjust the approach speed to meet the target, reducing the slight excess observed at threshold and touchdown. This will tighten the landing distance margin while preserving the high overall score.
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