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Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 8.6 ft, 2.6 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.
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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 2,103 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,103 m of the 3,291 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 375 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 07 at LFPO Paris-Orly, a taxi-out lasting 38 minutes and covering 5 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 07, the aircraft used a takeoff distance of 2,029 m, representing 61 % of the runway, and achieved a liftoff speed of 158 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 34 °C, wind 11 kt from 329°, a crosswind component of 10 kt and a tailwind component of 3 kt.
The en-route climb commenced overhead Ablon-sur-Seine, climbing from 1,195 ft asl to 36,446 ft asl, an increase of 35,251 ft achieved in 20 minutes while covering 136 nm.
Level cruise began overhead Bourmont, persisting for 29 minutes and encompassing 221 nm of flight.
Descent operations started 2 miles northwest of Grosio, descending from 36,433 ft asl to 1,245 ft asl, a loss of 35,188 ft in 20 minutes and covering 113 nm.
The final approach to runway 04R at LIPZ Venice Marco Polo was executed from the southwest, on a heading of 42.0°, at 4 nm and 1,231 ft agl.
Landing on runway 04R, which is 3,311 m long, was performed with a threshold speed of 138 kt. Touchdown occurred 402 m down the runway at a speed of 135 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 490 fpm and perfect runway alignment. Weather at the time was 30 °C, wind 6 kt from 150°, a crosswind of 6 kt and a tailwind of 2 kt.
The rollout distance measured 2,054 m, equivalent to 62 % of the runway, and the alignment during rollout was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 11 minutes, traversing 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 482 nm, required 85 minutes of airborne time, and used minus 1,063 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 approached runway 04R at LIPZ from the south-west on a heading of 42.0° at 4 nm and 1,231 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.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 138 kt. Touchdown distance was recorded at 402 m, meeting the expected aim point.
Touchdown occurred with a speed of 135 kt, noted as a little fast, and a hard rate of -490 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout proceeded with very good alignment and a total landing distance of 2,054 m, representing 62 % of the 3,311 m runway. Local weather was 30 °C with wind 6 kt from 150°, including a 6 kt crosswind and a 2 kt tailwind.
Reduce touchdown speed toward the target speed of 138 kt to lessen the hard rate observed. Refine flare timing to achieve a smoother touchdown while preserving the accurate alignment.
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