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Departure
Use smooth aileron to roll the wings level in the first climb segment, holding bank angle near wings-level instead of letting it build to 3.7°.
What happened: The wings held 3.7° of bank through the first climb segment and had drifted to 3.5° by the second - this early wing-level drift usually carries through into a larger bank excursion later in the climb.
Watch for: Watch the attitude indicator's bank pointer and keep it at wings level throughout the climb.
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 21 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 21 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 21 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,373 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 639 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to the departure runway at LFPO Paris-Orly Airport in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 24, achieving a takeoff distance of 1,284 m (38 % of the runway) and lifting off at 164 kt. Ambient conditions were 17 °C with a wind of 13 kt from 160°, providing a 13 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt headwind.
Climb began overhead Chilly-Mazarin (Ile-de-France, France), ascending from 1,341 ft asl to 34,830 ft asl - a gain of 33,489 ft - over 29 minutes while covering 214 nm.
Descent was initiated 1 mile north of Felines (Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France), descending from 34,772 ft asl to 1,358 ft asl - a loss of 33,414 ft - in 21 minutes and traversing 123 nm.
The final approach to runway 13L at LFML Marseille Provence Airport was flown from the north-west on a heading of 134.0° at 4 nm and 1,335 ft agl.
Landing was executed on runway 13L, whose length is 3,373 m. The threshold height at 107 ft agl was noted as excessively over target, while the threshold speed of 133 kt was within expectations. Touchdown occurred 219 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 130 kt, with a descent rate of minus 230 fpm and very good alignment. Local weather reported 20 °C, wind 11 kt from 119°, a 3 kt crosswind and an 11 kt headwind. The total landing distance measured 1,182 m (35 % of the runway).
Runway rollout alignment was perfect as the aircraft decelerated and exited the runway.
The A320 taxied from the runway to the parking area in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 345 nm, lasted 60 minutes, and consumed 2,939 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 executed a final approach to runway 13L at LFML Marseille Provence Airport from the north-west, on a heading of 134.0° at 4 nm and 1,335 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the aircraft was 107 ft agl, which was excessively over the target height, while the threshold speed was good at 133 kt.
Touchdown occurred 219 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 130 kt, noted as a little fast, and a touchdown rate of -230 fpm, described as fair. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance was 1,182 m, representing 35 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
Reduce the flare height to bring the threshold height within target and trim the approach to achieve a slightly lower touchdown speed, keeping it closer to the expected VREF. Maintaining the current stabilised approach technique will preserve the strong alignment already demonstrated.
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