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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 4.6 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 3,498 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 408 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Munich Airport, the Airbus A321 began its journey on runway 26L, taking off with a distance of 1,739 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 153 knots, with a local temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and a wind of 9 knots at 334 degrees. The crosswind component was 9 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it passed over Hallbergmoos in Bavaria, Germany, and continued to ascend to 34,828 feet above sea level. The enroute climb phase lasted 23 minutes and covered 156 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which started over Zgosa in Slovenia and lasted 73 minutes, covering 588 nautical miles. The descent phase began 3 miles northwest of Kamena Vourla in Central Greece, where the aircraft descended from 34,942 feet to 3,003 feet above sea level in 15 minutes, covering 93 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 03L at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport was initiated from the southwest, with a heading of 37.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,223 feet above ground level.
The aircraft landed on runway 03L, with a touchdown distance of 409 meters, which was 42% of the runway length. The touchdown speed was 132 knots, slightly above the recommended threshold speed of 138 knots. The touchdown rate was -401 feet per minute, which was considered hard. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.3 meters from the centerline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, taking 7 minutes and covering 2 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 858 nautical miles, with a total fuel consumption of 6,191 kilograms and a flight duration of 132 minutes.
The aircraft touched down on runway 03L at LGAV Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport with a good threshold height, indicating a well-executed approach. The threshold speed of 138 kt was within acceptable limits, demonstrating a high degree of control and precision. The touchdown distance of 409 m was also satisfactory, reflecting a smooth and stable descent.
However, the touchdown speed of 132 kt was slightly above the optimal range, resulting in a hard touchdown rate of -401 fpm. This may have been due to a slight overcorrection or a brief loss of control during the final stages of the approach. The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 4.3 m from the centreline, although this did not appear to have any significant impact on the subsequent rollout.
The aircraft's rollout was characterized by excellent alignment, with the aircraft remaining on course throughout the deceleration phase. The total landing distance of 1,355 m, which accounted for 42% of the runway length, was within acceptable limits. Overall, the landing was considered to be of high quality, with a score of 96.7% reflecting the crew's skill and attention to detail.
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