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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 636 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
In the last part of the flare, hold a little more back pressure to fully arrest the sink before the mains touch down.
What happened: Threshold speed and height were within limits, and the flare began on time and arrested the sink normally; even so, the touchdown rate was 238 fpm, a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, gentle rate at touchdown
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,710 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 272 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A330-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 05 at LPMA Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo, a movement that lasted 8 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 05 at LPMA Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo, the aircraft reached a liftoff speed of 162 kt, using a takeoff distance of 1,148 m 44 % of runway. Ambient conditions were 24 °C with a wind of 9 kt from 350°, including a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 5 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced overhead Machico, with the airplane ascending from 981 ft asl to 38 000 ft asl, a gain of 37 019 ft achieved in 12 minutes while covering 195 nm.
The first level cruise began at latitude 34.9227594 and longitude -13.9263027, lasting 7 minutes and traversing 208 nm.
Descent started 100 miles south-west of Cascais, descending from 38 016 ft asl to 9 001 ft asl, a loss of 29 014 ft over 7 minutes and a distance of 95 nm.
A second cruise segment was initiated 9 miles south-west of Cascais, lasting 2 minutes and covering 26 nm.
The final descent began 5 miles south-west of Sesimbra, dropping from 9 010 ft asl to 1 616 ft asl, a reduction of 7 394 ft in 8 minutes across 27 nm.
The aircraft entered the final approach to runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) from the south, on a heading of 23.0 ° at 4 nm and 1 261 ft agl.
Touchdown occurred on runway 02 with a threshold speed of 142 kt, slightly above target, and the aircraft contacted the runway 89 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 138 kt. The touchdown rate was hard at minus 456 fpm, and the touchdown point was misaligned by 9.7 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was
The Airbus A330-900 established the final approach to runway 02 at LPPT from the south, tracking a heading of 23.0° at 4 NM and 1,261 ft agl. Local weather was 26 °C with wind 2 kt from 341°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 142 kt.
Touchdown occurred 89 m beyond the touchdown zone with a touchdown speed of 138 kt that was a little fast. The aircraft landed with a hard rate of descent of minus 456 fpm and the touchdown point was misaligned by 9.7 m from the centreline.
The total landing distance was 1,306 m, representing 35 % of the runway, and the rollout remained slightly misaligned by 9.5 m from the centreline.
Refine the flare to achieve a smoother rate of descent and reduce the hard touchdown characteristic. Maintain tighter centreline tracking during the flare and rollout to minimise the 9-metre alignment offsets.
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