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Departure
Smooth your pitch and roll inputs during the climb so the g force stays close to 1.3 g instead of spiking.
What happened: During the third climb segment the g force swung to 1.3 g, well outside the steady level flight band.
Watch for: Watch the g-meter and keep it settled near the normal one g climb band.
Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the proper flare height before you start rotating; let the runway come up to you rather than anticipating it.
What happened: The flare began early, well above the normal flare band, and touchdown followed at 923 m past the threshold, 466 m beyond the 457 m target. Starting the flare early like this usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the normal flare band, then touchdown distance against 457 m.
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 1,930 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,930 m of the 2,713 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 923 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 16 at LSZH Zürich Airport in 8 minutes, covering 2 nm on the ground.
During the departure roll on runway 16, the aircraft accelerated to a rotation speed of 150 kt and lifted off after a takeoff distance of 2,165 m, which represented 59 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 14 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 199°, including a 1 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind.
The first en-route climb commenced overhead LSZH, climbing from 2,344 ft asl to 39,644 ft asl - a gain of 37,300 ft - in 19 minutes while traversing 133 nm.
Level cruise began 1 mile north-east of Sulbiate, Italy, and persisted for 90 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 757 nm.
A second climb segment started 6 miles south-west of Tripoli, Greece, raising altitude from 40,001 ft asl to 40,946 ft asl, an increase of 945 ft, in 2 minutes and over a distance of 13 nm.
The subsequent cruise phase originated 1 mile north-west of Agios Petros, Greece, lasting 8 minutes and encompassing 70 nm.
Descent began 26 miles west of Plaka, South Aegean, Greece, descending from 41,000 ft asl to 3,212 ft asl - a loss of 37,789 ft - in 21 minutes and covering 138 nm.
A brief cruise segment followed, starting 4 miles north-east of Khersonisos, Crete, and lasting 1 minute for a distance of 4 nm.
The next descent started 1 mile north-west of Khersonisos, Crete, dropping from 2,966 ft asl to 1,459 ft asl, a decrease of 1,506 ft, in 2 minutes and over 4 nm.
On the first final approach to runway 27 at LGIR Heraklion International Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,428 ft agl to 172 ft agl in 97 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
A go-around was executed on runway 27 at LGIR at an altitude of 81 ft agl.
A second final approach to runway 27 at LGIR followed, with a descent from 1,437 ft agl to 139 ft agl in 94 seconds, again receiving a stabilisation-gate score.
Landing on runway 27, which is 2,713 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 73 ft agl and a threshold speed of 137 kt; the touchdown point was 509 m beyond the touchdown zone, the touchdown speed was 137 kt, and the vertical speed was minus 146 fpm. The touchdown position was offset 7.4 m from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 24 °C, wind 6 kt from 40°, a 5 kt cross-wind and a 3 kt tail-wind. Total landing distance measured 1,852 m, representing 68 % of the runway.
Runway rollout showed a slight alignment deviation of 11.5 m from the centreline.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 1,159 nm, took 164 (units as given), and consumed 14,895 kg of fuel.
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