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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, as soon as you reach 11 ft, rather than waiting until closer to the runway.
What happened: The flare began at 7.3 ft, 4 ft later than the normal band, leaving little time to arrest the sink. A late flare like this usually carries through to a firmer-than-normal touchdown.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the normal flare band, calling the flare at 11 ft.
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 305 m and 152 m 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 1,640 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,640 m of the 3,595 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 515 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from EDDG Münster Osnabrück Airport, the Airbus A320 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took approximately 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. With a takeoff distance of 1,290 meters, which equated to 66% of the available runway length, the aircraft lifted off from runway 25 at a liftoff speed of 158 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 15°C, with a gentle wind of 4 knots blowing from a direction of 224°.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started approximately 1 mile west of EDDG Münster Osnabrück Airport. Over the course of 20 minutes, the aircraft ascended from an initial altitude of 347 meters above sea level to a cruising altitude of 10,663 meters, an increase of 10,316.1 meters. This climb phase covered a distance of 133 nautical miles. Following a brief level cruise phase, the aircraft began its initial descent, which started approximately 2 miles south west of Cachrov in the Czech Republic. The descent from 10,585 meters to 5,183 meters took 11 minutes and covered 75 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued to follow a series of level cruise and descent phases, with the final approach to runway 34 at LOWW Vienna International Airport commencing from the south, at an altitude of 388.9 meters above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed of 141 knots, and the touchdown point was located 105 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The total landing distance was 1,565 meters, which equated to 43% of the available runway length. Following a taxiing period of 4 minutes, the aircraft arrived at the parking area, having completed a total flight distance of 476 nautical miles and consuming 3,720 kilograms of fuel over a flight duration of 82 minutes.
The aircraft touched down smoothly on runway 34 at LOWW Vienna International Airport, with a threshold height that met the desired standards. The threshold speed of 141 kt was well within the acceptable range, indicating a well-executed approach. As the aircraft made contact with the runway, it touched down at a speed of 135 kt, which was also within the desired parameters.
The touchdown point was located 105 m beyond the touchdown zone, which, although not ideal, did not significantly impact the overall performance of the landing. The touchdown rate of -1.2 m/s was fair, suggesting a slight loss of control during the final stages of the approach. However, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was well-centered on the runway. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 14 °C and a gentle headwind of 1 kt, contributed to a relatively stable approach.
The total landing distance of 1,565 m was 43% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.9 m from the centreline, which, although not ideal, did not significantly impact the overall performance of the landing. Overall, the landing scored 96.5%, reflecting a well-executed approach and touchdown, but with some room for improvement in terms of touchdown rate and rollout alignment.
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