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Departure
Use smooth aileron to roll the wings level in the first climb segment, holding bank angle near wings-level instead of letting it build to 5.1°.
What happened: The wings held 5.1° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 4.8° by the second - this early wing-level drift usually carries through into a larger bank excursion later in the climb.
Watch for: Watch the attitude indicator's bank pointer and keep it at wings level throughout the climb.
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 34 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 34 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 34 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,623 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,623 m of the 3,002 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 859 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 14 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, then departed from runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport). The takeoff distance was 1,483 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 166 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 20 knots at 336 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 14 knots and a headwind of 14 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Camarate, a town in the Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal. The climb took 16 minutes and covered a distance of 96 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 1,363 feet above sea level to 30,745 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,382 feet.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 9 miles northeast of Marvao, a town in the Distrito de Portalegre, Portugal. This phase lasted for 13 minutes and covered a distance of 94 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 1 mile west of Herreruela de Oropesa, a town in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The descent took 14 minutes and covered a distance of 78 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 30,561 feet above sea level to 6,747 feet above sea level, a decrease of 23,814 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 3 miles south of Titulcia, a town in the Comunidad de Madrid, Spain. This phase lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 2 miles northwest of Chinchon, a town in the Comunidad de Madrid, Spain. The descent took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 15 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 6,372 feet above sea level to 3,220 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,152 feet.
The final approach to runway 32R at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport was made from the southeast, with the aircraft heading 322.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,260 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 32R, which had a length of 3,002 meters. The threshold height was well above the target, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 140 knots.
The touchdown point was 404 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 123 knots and a touchdown rate of -66 feet per minute, which was excellent. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.3 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 1 degree Celsius and a wind speed of 18 knots at 350 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 8 knots and a headwind of 16 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,504 meters, which accounted for 50% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.8 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 6 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 299 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 70 minutes. The aircraft used 6,884 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A350-900 aircraft successfully landed at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, with a final approach from the southeast. The aircraft was at an altitude of 1,260 feet above ground level (agl) and 4 nautical miles from the runway when it began its descent. The heading was 322.0°, which is aligned with the runway 32R.
The landing was executed with a slight deviation from the target threshold height, which was 74 feet agl, but still within a safe margin. The threshold speed was also slightly above the target at 140 knots, indicating a smooth and controlled approach. The touchdown point was 404 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively long distance, but the touchdown speed of 123 knots was within the acceptable range.
The touchdown rate of -66 feet per minute (fpm) was excellent, indicating a smooth and controlled touchdown. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.3 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the crosswind or pilot error. The local weather conditions were moderate, with a temperature of 1°C and a wind speed of 18 knots at 350°.
The crosswind component was 8 knots, while the headwind component was 16 knots, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment of the runway touchdown position. The total landing distance was 1,504 meters, which is 50% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 9.8 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to the same factors that contributed to the initial misalignment.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the target parameters. The pilots demonstrated good control and handling of the aircraft, and the landing was executed smoothly and safely. However, there is room for improvement in terms of aligning the aircraft with the runway centerline and achieving a more precise touchdown point.
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