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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 14 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
Reduce power on approach to bring threshold speed back to 106 kt.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 119 kt, 13 kt above the 106 kt target, then ballooned in the flare as the excess speed met the flare's back pressure. Crossing fast and ballooning like this usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 106 kt at the threshold
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. 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 2,199 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 851 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The ATR-72 taxied to runway 07 at V C Bird International Airport (TAPA) and commenced the take-off roll. The aircraft used 719 m of runway, representing 28 % of the available length, and lifted off at 124 kt. Ambient temperature was 31 °C with a wind of 23 kt from 079°, providing a 21 kt head-wind component and an 8 kt cross-wind component.
Climb began directly overhead TAPA, with the airplane accelerating from 1,039 ft asl to 6,247 ft asl, an altitude gain of 5,208 ft achieved in 4 minutes while covering 13 nm.
Level cruise was established 8 nm west of Saint John’s and was maintained for 9 minutes, during which the aircraft progressed 44 nm.
Descent was initiated 6 nm south of Boyd’s, descending from 6,259 ft asl to 1,470 ft asl, a loss of 4,789 ft in 6 minutes and spanning 19 nm.
The final approach to runway 07 at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport (TKPK) was flown from the south-west on a heading of 56.0° at 4 nm and 1,301 ft agl. The aircraft then descended from 1,345 ft agl to 54 ft agl in 133 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gate criteria.
Landing was executed on runway 07, whose length is 2,196 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was well above target at 120 kt. Touchdown occurred 420 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 96 kt and a smooth touchdown rate of minus 139 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 8.9 m from the centreline. Local conditions were 29 °C, wind 46 kt from 148°, yielding a 46 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component. Total landing distance measured 1,020 m, equivalent to 46 % of the runway, and the rollout was slightly misaligned by 10.9 m from the centreline.
In total, the flight covered 85 nm, taking 22, and consumed 319 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 aircraft has successfully landed at TFFF Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport, but with some notable deviations from the ideal landing parameters. The final approach to runway 28 was initiated from the east, heading 262.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,798 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 202 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation. The touchdown speed of 144 knots was also faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have applied excessive braking or failed to maintain a stable approach speed. Furthermore, the touchdown rate of -889 feet per minute (fpm) was extremely heavy, suggesting that the aircraft may have been subjected to excessive deceleration forces upon touchdown.
The runway touchdown position was also misaligned by 10.1 meters from the centerline, which could have contributed to the aircraft's deviation from the designated touchdown zone. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 15°C, a wind speed of 1 knot from 270°, and a crosswind of 0 knots. The headwind of 1 knot may have had a minimal impact on the aircraft's approach and landing.
The total landing distance of 1,174 meters was 43% of the available runway length, which is a relatively high percentage. This may indicate that the aircraft required a longer distance to come to a stop after touchdown. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 10.7 meters from the centerline, which could have contributed to the aircraft's deviation from the desired path.
Overall, while the Airbus A320 aircraft successfully landed at TFFF Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport, the deviations from the ideal landing parameters suggest that the pilot may have encountered some challenges during the approach and landing. A thorough review of the flight data and a debriefing with the pilot may be necessary to identify the root causes of these deviations and to implement corrective actions to improve future landings.
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