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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 14 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
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 1.5 ft, 9.7 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.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,018 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 261 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 8 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A319, then departed from runway 21 at DIAP Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, located in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The takeoff distance was 1,873 meters, which accounted for 62% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 153 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 33 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 9 knots at 179 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 8 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport, and continued to climb from 1,046 feet above sea level to 38,350 feet above sea level, an increase of 37,305 feet in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 114 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 19 miles east of Daoukro, Ivory Coast, and lasted for 33 minutes, covering a distance of 250 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 9 miles northeast of Dano, Burkina Faso. The descent from 38,293 feet above sea level to 3,065 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,228 feet in 23 minutes, covered a distance of 96 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 10 miles southwest of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and lasted for 8 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04 at DFFD Ouagadougou Airport was made from the southwest, heading 33.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,465 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 04 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 261 meters, which was good. However, the touchdown speed of 124 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was heavy at -665 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 21.1 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 8 knots at 80 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The total landing distance was 908 meters, which accounted for 30% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 21.2 meters from the centerline. The taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 477 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 92 minutes. The aircraft used 3,245 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 aircraft successfully landed at DFFD Ouagadougou Airport, but with some notable areas for improvement. The final approach was conducted from the southwest, heading 33.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,465 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft touched down on runway 04, which has a length of 3,018 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed of 132 knots was also within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown speed of 124 knots was slightly faster than desired, which may have contributed to the heavy touchdown rate of -665 feet per minute (fpm). This high rate of descent could have put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear and may have affected the overall safety of the landing.
One of the most significant issues with this landing was the misalignment of the runway touchdown position, which was off-centerline by 21.1 meters. This misalignment was also evident during the runway rollout, where the aircraft was still 21.2 meters off-centerline. This could have made it more challenging for the pilots to maintain control of the aircraft during the landing and rollout phases.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were hot, with a temperature of 37°C, and relatively calm, with winds of 8 knots at 80°. The crosswind component was 6 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots. The total landing distance was 908 meters, which is 30% of the runway length. Overall, while the landing was successful, there are areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown speed and runway alignment.
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