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Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 323 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 324 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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 305 m and 152 m above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,059 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,059 m of the 3,894 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 917 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 15 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an A21N, then departed from runway 24R at EDDB Berlin Brandenburg Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,826 meters, which was 61% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 169 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb 1 mile south west of Schoenefeld, a town in Brandenburg, Germany. The climb took 25 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 361 meters above sea level to 10,889 meters above sea level, an increase of 10,528.5 meters. The distance covered during this period was 111 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Crottendorf, a town in Saxony, Germany, and lasted for 50 minutes, covering a distance of 370 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting overhead Mordano, a town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The descent took 3 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 10,873 meters above sea level to 10,058 meters above sea level, a decrease of 815.1 meters. The distance covered during this period was 23 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started again, this time overhead Civitella di Romagna, a town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 12 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent, starting 3 miles south west of Bagno di Romagna, a town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The descent took 14 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 10,061 meters above sea level to 3,364 meters above sea level, a decrease of 6,696.9 meters. The distance covered during this period was 81 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started once more, this time 1 mile south west of Penna in Teverina, a town in Umbria, Italy, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent, starting 1 mile east of Gallese, a town in Lazio, Italy. The descent took 2 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 3,334 meters above sea level to 2,748 meters above sea level, a decrease of 586.6 meters. The distance covered during this period was 7 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started again, this time 1 mile north west of Sant'Oreste, a town in Lazio, Italy, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent, starting overhead Sacrofano, a town in Lazio, Italy. The descent took 3 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 2,816 meters above sea level to 1,831 meters above sea level, a decrease of 985.5 meters. The distance covered during this period was 12 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started once more, this time 2 miles north of LINP Aviosuperficie Carocci Nepi, a town in Lazio, Italy, and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent, starting 2 miles south east of Vetralla, a town in Lazio, Italy. The descent took 3 minutes, during which the aircraft descended from 1,799 meters above sea level to 895 meters above sea level, a decrease of 903.4 meters. The distance covered during this period was 12 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started
The aircraft, identified as an A21N, successfully landed at LIRF Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport on runway 16L. The final approach was initiated from the north, heading 163.0° at an altitude of 392.8 meters above ground level (agl) and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft's performance during the landing was satisfactory, with a threshold speed of 143 knots, which is within the acceptable range.
However, there were some minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The threshold height at 18.5 meters agl was above the target, indicating that the aircraft touched down slightly higher than intended. Additionally, the touchdown point was 498 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which may indicate a slight over-shooting of the target. The touchdown speed of 133 knots was within the acceptable range, but the touchdown rate of -1.7 meters per second was firm, suggesting a slightly steeper descent than desired.
The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 3.1 meters from the centerline, which may require some adjustments to the aircraft's alignment during future landings. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 12°C, which is relatively cool but not extreme.
The total landing distance of 1,975 meters was 51% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable and aligned path during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was satisfactory, with some minor deviations from the ideal parameters.
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