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Improve the touchdown
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,039 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 840 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 25L at HAAB Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, covering 2 nm in 9 minutes.
During the departure roll on runway 25L, the aircraft used 5,777 ft of runway, representing 51 % of the available length, and lifted off at 153 kt. Ambient conditions were 69 °F with a wind of 4 kt from 180°, a cross-wind component of 3 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
Climb commenced 1 mile west of HAAB, with the airplane ascending from 8,522 ft asl to 39,475 ft asl, a gain of 30,953 ft achieved in 28 minutes while covering 202 nm.
The first cruise segment began 9 miles west of Metu (Oromiya Region, Ethiopia) and continued for 189 minutes, during which 1,515 nm were flown.
Descent started 6 miles north-west of Nsok (Provincia de Wele-Nzas, Equatorial Guinea), with the aircraft descending from 39,995 ft asl to 2,052 ft asl, a loss of 37,943 ft in 15 minutes over 100 nm.
A second cruise phase was initiated 15 miles south of Cocobeach (Estuaire, Gabon) and lasted 6 minutes, covering 23 nm.
On final approach to runway 16 at FOOL Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,503 ft agl to 59 ft agl in 92 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates; weather was 79 °F with a wind of 3 kt from 180°, a cross-wind of 1 kt and a head-wind of 3 kt.
Landing on runway 16, which is 10,039 ft long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 131 kt. Touchdown occurred 830 ft down the runway at 130 kt, a little fast, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 406 fpm and a lateral deviation of 28 ft from the centreline. Total landing distance was 3,450 ft, representing 34 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft rolled out on runway 16 with very good alignment before taxiing off.
Taxi-in to the parking area covered less than 1 nm in 1 minute.
Overall, the flight covered 1,849 nm, lasted 248 minutes, and consumed 48,934 lbs of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 conducted the final approach to runway 16 at FOOL Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport, descending from 1 503 ft agl to 59 ft agl in 92 seconds. At the 1 000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable, being more than 20 kt above VREF, and the stabilisation gates reflected this condition. Ambient temperature was 79 °F with a wind of 3 kt from 180°, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind.
Threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 131 kt, indicating the aircraft met the required parameters at the runway threshold.
Touchdown occurred 830 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 130 kt described as a little fast. The touchdown rate was hard at minus 406 fpm and the touchdown point was misaligned by 28 ft from the centreline.
Rollout alignment was very good and the aircraft travelled a total landing distance of 3 450 ft, representing 34 % of the 10 039 ft runway length.
Reduce the approach speed to be within VREF by the 1 000 ft gate to achieve a stabilised approach, and refine flare timing to moderate the touchdown rate and avoid a hard landing while maintaining the aim point near 300 m down the runway.
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