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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 1.4°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
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.
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 1,704 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,704 m of the 3,837 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 353 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A321 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at EDDC Dresden Airport, a process that took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. Departure roll occurred on runway 22, with the aircraft taking off after covering 983 meters, which was 39% of the runway's length. The liftoff speed was 141 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of EDDC Dresden Airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 18°C temperature and a wind speed of 7 knots at 210°. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 7 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of the airport and continued for 20 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,707 feet above sea level to 38,147 feet, an increase of 36,440 feet. This climb covered a distance of 119 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 1 mile west of Waischenfeld, Bavaria, Germany, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its descent overhead Pinzberg, Bavaria, Germany, and descended from 38,163 feet to 37,271 feet in 2 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles. This was followed by another level cruise, which started overhead Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany, and lasted for 7 minutes, covering 46 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started overhead Rosenberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, and continued for 9 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 37,307 feet to 14,782 feet, a decrease of 22,525 feet. This descent covered a distance of 55 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, which started overhead Bondorf, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, and lasted for 9 minutes, covering 47 nautical miles.
The final descent started 1 mile west of Kenzingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, and continued for 10 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 14,218 feet to 2,149 feet, a decrease of 12,069 feet. This descent covered a distance of 33 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 15 at LFH2 Bale Mulhouse, approaching from the northwest at a heading of 155.0° and at an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level.
The landing occurred on runway 15, which had a length of 3,837 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 140 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 355 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 133 knots. The touchdown rate was hard at -419 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.1 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at LFH2 Bale Mulhouse were 22°C temperature and a wind speed of 16 knots at 180°. The crosswind was 7 knots, while the headwind was 15 knots. The total landing distance was 1,623 meters, which was 42% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area, a process that took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 330 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 71 minutes. The aircraft used 3,250 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at LFH2 Bale Mulhouse, achieving a score of 96.4%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north-west, heading 155.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,274 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 15, which has a length of 3,837 meters.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down with a speed of 133 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown distance of 355 meters was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the touchdown rate of -419 feet per minute (fpm) was deemed hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have touched down with a bit too much force.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 6.1 meters, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's approach path. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 22°C and a wind speed of 16 knots from 180°. The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the headwind component was 15 knots, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment.
The total landing distance of 1,623 meters was 42% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score despite a few minor issues with touchdown speed and runway alignment.
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