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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 127 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 316 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,656 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 457 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 27 at EGGD Bristol Airport in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27, the aircraft accelerated to a takeoff distance of 1,013 m, representing 54 % of the runway, and rotated at 131 kt; local weather reported a temperature of 14 °C, wind 18 kt at 280 °, with a 4 kt crosswind component and an 18 kt headwind.
The first en-route climb began 1 mile north-east of Wrington, lifting the aircraft from 1,425 ft asl to 6,011 ft asl, a gain of 4,586 ft achieved in 2 minutes while covering 7 nm.
A level cruise segment commenced 1 mile west of Kingston Seymour and lasted 3 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 13 nm.
The second climb started 1 mile south-west of Easter Compton, raising the flight from 6,006 ft asl to 35,008 ft asl, an increase of 29,002 ft over 18 minutes and a distance of 142 nm.
Subsequent level cruise began 1 mile south-west of Wix, persisting for 29 minutes and covering 244 nm.
The first descent was initiated 1 mile north of Jemgum, descending from 35,010 ft asl to 4,448 ft asl, a loss of 30,561 ft in 14 minutes while traversing 95 nm.
A brief level cruise followed 1 mile east of Peissen, lasting 3 minutes and spanning 13 nm.
The second descent began 1 mile south-east of Moenkloh, dropping from 4,007 ft asl to 1,406 ft asl, a decrease of 2,601 ft in 3 minutes over 10 nm.
On final approach to runway 15 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,419 ft agl to 72 ft agl in 105 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 15 was executed with a runway length of 3,656 m; the threshold speed was 133 kt, touchdown occurred at 457 m from the threshold at 126 kt, and the touchdown rate was firm at minus 317 fpm, with the touchdown point offset 4.5 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was temperature 14 °C, wind 17 kt at 220 °, crosswind 15 kt and headwind 6 kt. Total landing distance measured 1,076 m, representing 29 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 533nm, lasted 87 minutes, and consumed 3,541 kg of fuel.
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