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Arrival
Stop raising the nose once the sink is arrested at 21 ft, holding that pitch steady through touchdown rather than further.
What happened: The nose came up 3.8° in the flare, leaving pitch well above this type's ground attitude at touchdown. Carrying that much pitch through touchdown usually carries a bounce after it.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: hold pitch at the normal ground attitude through touchdown.
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 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,827 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,827 m of the 2,483 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,080 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Zürich Airport, taking 7 minutes and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. Departure roll took place on runway 16, with the aircraft lifting off at a speed of 164 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 20°C, a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 250°, with no crosswind or headwind.
As the aircraft climbed to its initial cruising altitude, it passed over Opfikon, a town in the Kanton Zurich region of Switzerland. The climb from 2,422 feet above sea level to 33,064 feet above sea level took 19 minutes and covered a distance of 110 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 82 minutes and covered a distance of 602 nautical miles, with the aircraft flying over the town of Vinzel in the Canton de Vaud region of Switzerland.
The aircraft then began another climb phase, this time from 33,127 feet above sea level to 35,108 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,980 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 27 nautical miles. This climb phase took place 3 miles south of Villoria in the Castilla y Leon region of Spain. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which lasted for 76 minutes and covered a distance of 562 nautical miles, with the aircraft flying 1 mile northwest of Fuenterroble de Salvatierra in the Castilla y Leon region of Spain.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent phase, starting 115 miles northeast of LPPS Porto Santo Airport Vila Baleira in Madeira, Portugal. The descent from 35,115 feet above sea level to 3,520 feet above sea level took 22 minutes and covered a distance of 140 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a short level cruise phase, lasting just 2 minutes and covering a distance of 6 nautical miles, with the aircraft flying 3 miles east of Canical in Madeira, Portugal.
The final descent phase took place 4 miles southeast of LPMA Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo Funchal, with the aircraft descending from 2,954 feet above sea level to 409 feet above sea level in just 4 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 05 at LPMA Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo, flying from the southwest at a heading of 45.0° and an altitude of 242 feet above ground level.
The landing took place on runway 05, which had a length of 2,483 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 136 knots. The touchdown point was 657 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 121 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -252 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 7.7 meters.
The total landing distance was 1,740 meters, which was 70% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centerline by 9.3 meters. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 2 minutes and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 1,458 nautical miles, taking 221 minutes and using 8,969 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo, scoring an overall grade of 85.2%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 45.0° at 1 nautical mile and 242 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 05, which has a length of 2,483 meters.
The threshold height was reported as good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 136 knots. However, the touchdown point was located 657 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which may indicate a slight deviation from the intended landing path. The touchdown speed of 121 knots was within the acceptable range, but the touchdown rate of -252 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the aircraft may have touched down slightly harder than desired.
The runway touchdown position was found to be misaligned by 7.7 meters from the centerline, which could have contributed to the deviation from the intended landing path. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 25°C and a gentle wind of 6 knots at 20°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots, which may have helped to stabilize the aircraft during the approach.
The total landing distance of 1,740 meters was 70% of the runway length, indicating that the aircraft was able to stop within a reasonable distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was found to be slightly misaligned by 9.3 meters from the centerline, which may have been a result of the initial touchdown point deviation. Overall, the landing was satisfactory, but there were some minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters.
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