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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 172 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 301 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,759 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,759 m of the 3,049 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 430 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A350-900 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Charles de Gaulle International Airport, taking 8 minutes and covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 27L, with a takeoff distance of 1,268 meters, which was 35% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 161 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 2°C, a wind speed of 4 knots at 270°, with a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it passed over Roissy-en-France, where the enroute climb began. The aircraft climbed from 1,360 feet above sea level to 35,775 feet, an increase of 34,415 feet, in 13 minutes and covering a distance of 156 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 1 mile north of Montsurvent, lasting 18 minutes and covering 487 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time from 36,574 feet to 37,612 feet, an increase of 1,038 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 49 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 67 miles northeast of Bonavista, lasting 47 minutes and covering 1,393 nautical miles. Another enroute climb began 39 miles southeast of CDY3 Fogo Airport, where the aircraft climbed from 37,186 feet to 38,130 feet, an increase of 945 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 48 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 5 miles southwest of Burford, lasting 66 minutes and covering 1,183 nautical miles. As the aircraft began its descent, it passed over Madison Heights, where the enroute level cruise lasted only 2 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles. The descent started 2 miles south of Oak Park, where the aircraft descended from 4,739 feet to 1,776 feet, a decrease of 2,963 feet, in 4 minutes and covering 10 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 21L at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport was made from the northeast, with a heading of 209.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,135 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with a touchdown distance of 428 meters and a touchdown speed of 130 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown rate was firm at -318 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.5 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 1°C, a wind speed of 5 knots at 210°, with a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The total landing distance was 1,671 meters, which was 55% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft was able to taxi to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 3,459 nautical miles, taking 183 minutes, and the aircraft used 45,199 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A350-900 successfully landed on runway 21L at KDTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, achieving a score of 98.7%. The aircraft approached the runway from the north east, heading 209.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,135 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was executed with good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was properly configured for touchdown.
The threshold speed was slightly above the target speed of 133 kt, which may have contributed to a slightly faster touchdown speed of 130 kt. However, the touchdown distance of 428 meters was considered good, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain control and stability during the landing. The touchdown rate of -318 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the aircraft was able to absorb the impact of touchdown effectively.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.5 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain control and stability during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 1°C and a wind speed of 5 kt from 210°. The crosswind component was negligible, while the headwind component was 5 kt, which may have contributed to the slightly faster touchdown speed. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a good touchdown distance and rollout alignment despite some minor deviations from the target parameters.
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