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Fixing the bounce
Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 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 2,497 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 320 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320-ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 29 at LOWW Vienna International Airport in 5 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 29, the aircraft used 2,492 m of runway, representing 71 % of the available length, and lifted off at 150 kt. Ambient conditions were 18 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 340°, including a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced 2 mi east of Schwechat, Austria, with the flight ascending from 1,309 ft asl to 32,003 ft asl, a gain of 30,694 ft achieved in 17 minutes while covering 104 nm.
Level cruise began overhead Eibiswald, Austria, lasting 3 minutes and extending for 24 nm.
Descent was initiated over Radegunda, Slovenia, with the aircraft descending from 31,999 ft asl to 1,508 ft asl, a loss of 30,492 ft in 18 minutes and traversing 80 nm.
The final approach to runway 14 at LDRI Rijeka Airport was flown from the north-west on a heading of 144.0° at 4 nm and 1,239 ft agl.
Landing on runway 14 was performed on a runway 2,497 m long; the threshold height and speed were reported as good at 139 kt. Touchdown occurred 321 m down the runway at 133 kt, described as a little fast, with a touchdown rate of minus 180 fpm and perfect alignment. Local weather at the time was 18 °C with wind 8 kt from 100°, including a 5 kt cross-wind and a 6 kt head-wind component.
The total landing distance recorded was 1,094 m, equivalent to 44 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was noted as very good.
After rollout, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 221 nm, taking 47 minutes and consuming 2,218 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320ceo entered the final approach to runway 14 at LDRI Rijeka Airport from the north-west on a heading of 144.0° at 4 nm and 1,239 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. Local weather was 18 °C with wind 8 kt from 100°, a 5 kt crosswind component and a 6 kt headwind component.
At threshold the aircraft maintained good height and established a threshold speed of 139 kt. The flare was executed in accordance with the aircraft’s performance parameters.
Touchdown occurred 321 m down the runway at a speed of 133 kt, noted as a little fast, with a vertical rate of minus 180 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment. Runway 14 has a length of 2,497 m.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,094 m, representing 44 % of the runway, and runway-rollout alignment was very good.
To refine the performance, reduce the touchdown speed slightly to better match the target speed and fine-tune flare timing to maintain the optimal vertical rate, thereby improving overall landing efficiency.
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