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Stop the rotation once the sink is arrested at 0.4 ft, holding the normal landing attitude instead of continuing to pull back.
What happened: The flare pitch reached 2.3°, well above this type's ground attitude, and touchdown followed at a sink rate of 298 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 0.4 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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,967 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,967 m of the 2,504 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 355 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A321 taxied from the parking area to runway 33 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 33, the aircraft used 1,430 m of runway, representing 44 % of the available length, and lifted off at 156 kt; ambient conditions were 26 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 0°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 1 mile south-west of Langenhorn, ascending from 1,013 ft asl to 37,009 ft asl, an increase of 35,997 ft achieved in 22 minutes while covering 131 nm.
Level cruise began 1 mile north-east of Ruebeland and continued for 18 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled another 131 nm.
Descent started 2 miles east of Puchersreuth, descending from 37,034 ft asl to 1,736 ft asl, a loss of 35,298 ft over 28 minutes and covering 140 nm.
The final approach to runway 33 at LOWS Salzburg Airport was executed from the south-east on a heading of 338.0° at 1 nm and 309 ft agl.
Landing on runway 33, which is 2,509 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 137 kt; touchdown was recorded at 360 m down the runway at 131 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 300 fpm and perfect alignment; local weather reported 30 °C, wind 2 kt from 310°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind, and the total landing distance measured 1,894 m, equivalent to 75 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft completed the rollout after the 360 m touchdown distance.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 406 nm, took 76 minutes, and consumed 3,376 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A321 approached runway 33 at LOWS Salzburg Airport from the south-east on a heading of 338.0° at one nautical mile out, descending to 309 ft AGL while the local temperature was 30 °C, wind 2 kt from 310°, with a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good threshold height and the threshold speed was good at 137 kt.
Touchdown occurred 360 m down the runway at a speed of 131 kt, noted as a little fast, with a firm vertical rate of minus 300 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment.
The rollout was very good in alignment, and the total landing distance used was 1,894 m, representing 75 % of the 2,509 m runway length.
To refine an already high score of 96.9 %, a slight reduction in touchdown speed and a smoother flare to lessen the firm rate would further optimise the landing.
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