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Stop the rotation once the sink is arrested at 0.5 ft, holding the normal landing attitude instead of continuing to pull back.
What happened: The flare pitch reached 4.6°, well above this type's ground attitude, and touchdown followed at a sink rate of 525 fpm. Over-rotating the flare like this usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: hold the normal landing attitude once sink is arrested at 0.5 ft.
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 1,649 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,649 m of the 1,962 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 257 m touchdown sits inside 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 26R at EDDM Munich Airport. The takeoff distance was 2,875 meters, which is 72% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of -2°C, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 300°. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the headwind component was 3 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile west of EDDM Munich Airport, and climbed from an altitude of 2,506 feet above sea level to 31,015 feet above sea level, an increase of 28,510 feet, in 15 minutes and covering a distance of 62 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 1 mile south of Wendelstein, and lasted for 20 minutes, covering a distance of 122 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 1 mile west of Stadtallendorf, and descended from 30,983 feet above sea level to 2,841 feet above sea level, a decrease of 28,142 feet, in 21 minutes and covering a distance of 85 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 1 mile northwest of Bad Laer, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting overhead Hagen, and descended from 2,840 feet above sea level to 1,441 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,400 feet, in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 25 at EDDG Münster Osnabrück Airport was made from the east, heading 251.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,268 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 25, which has a length of 1,962 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 134 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 256 meters, and the touchdown speed was 127 knots, which was also good.
However, the touchdown rate was heavy at -625 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.2 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 4°C, with a wind speed of 7 knots at 300°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,567 meters, which is 80% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.7 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 291 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 71 minutes. The aircraft used 3,183 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at EDDG Münster Osnabrück Airport, with a score of 89.5%. The final approach to runway 25 was initiated from the east, heading 251.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,268 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach was characterized by a good threshold height, indicating that the pilots maintained a safe altitude before touching down on the runway.
Upon landing, the aircraft's threshold speed was recorded at 134 knots, which is within the acceptable range. The touchdown distance of 256 meters was also deemed good, indicating that the pilots managed to slow down the aircraft effectively before touchdown. However, the touchdown speed of 127 knots was slightly higher than the ideal speed, and the touchdown rate of -625 feet per minute (fpm) was considered heavy, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a slightly rough touchdown.
One notable issue during the landing was the misalignment of the runway touchdown position, which was off-center by 9.2 meters. This may have been due to the pilots' failure to maintain a perfectly aligned approach path. Additionally, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.7 meters from the centerline, which could have been caused by the pilots' difficulty in maintaining a stable and aligned path during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 4°C and a wind speed of 7 knots from 300°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. These conditions may have presented some challenges for the pilots, but they were able to manage the aircraft safely and effectively.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft coming to a stop within 80% of the runway length. However, there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of maintaining a perfectly aligned approach path and touchdown position.
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