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Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the attitude instead of letting the nose drop.
What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it, and that pattern usually carries the touchdown long - here it landed at 928 m against the 457 m aim point.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, shallow rate through the flare with no renewed sink before touchdown
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 2,321 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,321 m of the 3,662 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 928 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320-ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 09C at KORD Chicago O’Hare International Airport in 9 minutes, covering 2 nm.
Take-off was performed on runway 09C. The aircraft used 2,117 m of runway, which is 60 % of the available length. Rotation occurred at 152 kt. Local weather at departure was 19 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 090°, giving a headwind component of 4 kt and no cross-wind.
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 25 seconds, averaging 1,820 fpm and reaching 169 kt at the top of the segment. The climb continued from 1,655 ft asl to 36,008 ft asl in 21 minutes, covering 121 nm and passing overhead Rosemont.
The aircraft levelled at 36,000 ft asl for 78 minutes, covering 540 nm, beginning about 1 mile south of Low Moor.
Descent began from 36,012 ft asl to 6,609 ft asl in 25 minutes, covering 124 nm, starting 4 miles south-east of KHEQ Holyoke Airport, with a brief level-off at 8,000 ft asl.
Final approach to runway 16L at KDEN Denver International Airport started from 1,281 ft agl and descended to 70 ft agl in 96 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were all met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, on glideslope, on centreline, on speed, wings level. The landing gear was down at 2,045 ft agl at 198 kt, and the final flap position 5 was selected at the same altitude and speed.
Landing was made on runway 16L, whose length is 3,662 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 140 kt. The flare was described as very good, although the nose was raised too far. Touchdown occurred 509 m beyond the touchdown zone, at a speed of 133 kt, which was a little fast. The vertical rate at touchdown was fair at minus 267 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned, 6.7 m off the centreline. Local weather at landing was 18 °C with a wind of 16 kt from 210°, giving a cross-wind component of 8 kt and a head-wind component of 14 kt. No bounce occurred.
The total landing distance was 2,240 m, representing 61 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 797 nm in 139 minutes and used 5,337 kg of fuel.
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