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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 8.9 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 295 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 434 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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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 1,855 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,855 m of the 3,018 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 743 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 23 at DIYO Yamoussoukro Airport, a movement that lasted 5 minutes and covered 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 23 the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,375 m, which is 46 % of the runway length, and lifted off at 153 kt. Local weather was 28 °C with wind 2 kt from 220°, crosswind 0 kt and headwind 2 kt.
Climb commenced about 1 mile southwest of DIYO, with the A320 climbing from 1,619 ft asl to 32,979 ft asl, an increase of 31,359 ft achieved in 20 minutes while covering 129 nm.
Level cruise was established 29 miles southwest of Tanda, lasting 28 minutes and encompassing 216 nm of flight.
Descent began 21 miles south of Leo, during which the aircraft descended from 32,998 ft asl to 2,337 ft asl, a loss of 30,661 ft in 17 minutes and covering 99 nm.
The final approach to runway 04 at DFFD Ouagadougou Airport was flown from the southwest on a heading of 33.0°, intercepting the approach at 4 nm and 1,317 ft agl.
Touchdown occurred on runway 04, whose length is 3,011 m, with a threshold speed of 145 kt. The aircraft contacted the runway 327 m beyond the touchdown zone at 138 kt, a hard touchdown rate of minus 442 fpm, and a lateral deviation of 4.2 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 30 °C with wind 2 kt from 130°, crosswind 1 kt and headwind 0 kt. The total landing distance was 1,774 m, representing 59 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total the flight covered 452 nm, taking 74 and used 3,166 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 approached runway 04 at DFFD Ouagadougou Airport from the south-west on a heading of 33.0 °, 4 nm out and 1,317 ft agl. The final approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the local weather was 30 °C with a 2 kt wind from 130 °, 1 kt crosswind and no headwind.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 145 kt. The aircraft crossed the runway threshold and the touchdown point was recorded 327 m beyond the touchdown zone.
Touchdown occurred at a speed of 138 kt, noted as a little fast, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 442 fpm. The touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.2 m from the centreline and the total landing distance was 1,774 m, representing 59 % of the 3,011 m runway.
Rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft continued along the centreline to a safe stop.
With a final score of 89.0 % the landing was solid; refining the touchdown speed toward the target VREF and moderating the flare to reduce the hard rate will further improve consistency while preserving the excellent rollout alignment.
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