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Improve the touchdown
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,699 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,699 m of the 2,740 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 261 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 the departure runway in 6 minutes, covering approximately 1 nm.
The aircraft departed runway 28 at LIMJ Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, using a take-off roll of 1,258 m (46 % of the runway) and lifting off at 145 kt. Ambient conditions were 28 °C with a 1 kt wind from 130°, no cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced 1 mile west of LIMJ, where the flight rose from 980 ft asl to 34,003 ft asl, an altitude gain of 33,023 ft achieved in 22 minutes while covering 141 nm.
The first cruise segment began overhead Solto Collina in Lombardia, lasting 11 minutes and extending for 74 nm.
Descent 1 started 3 miles south-west of Elm in Switzerland, descending from 34,010 ft asl to 20,007 ft asl-a loss of 14,003 ft-in 7 minutes and traversing 50 nm.
A second cruise phase was flown over Wil, Kanton Zurich, lasting 5 minutes and covering 34 nm.
Descent 2 commenced over Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany, with the aircraft dropping from 20,011 ft asl to 5,401 ft asl, a decrease of 14,610 ft, in 9 minutes while covering 48 nm.
The third cruise segment occurred 1 mile south-east of Bietigheim, lasting 3 minutes and spanning 11 nm.
Descent 3 began 1 mile north of Rheinstetten, Germany, where altitude fell from 4,845 ft asl to 1,704 ft asl, a reduction of 3,141 ft, in 3 minutes over a distance of 11 nm.
For the final approach the aircraft aligned with runway 21 at EDSB Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport from the north-east, tracking a heading of 212.0° at 4 nm and 1,288 ft agl.
Landing was executed on runway 21 (length 2,740 m). The threshold speed was 136 kt, touchdown occurred 259 m down the runway at 130 kt, and the aircraft settled with a firm rate of minus 374 fpm. The total landing distance recorded was 1,617 m (59 % of the runway) and alignment was described as very good.
Runway rollout alignment was noted as perfect as the aircraft decelerated to a stop.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking stand in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 377 nm, required 75 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 3,184 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320ceo entered the final approach to runway 21 at EDSB Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport from the north-east on a heading of 212.0° at 4 nm and 1,288 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 136 kt. The aircraft touched down 259 m down the runway; touchdown speed was 130 kt, noted as a little fast, and the touchdown rate was firm at minus 374 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft aligned very well on the centreline, the distance from the threshold remaining at 259 m and the speed at 130 kt. The firm vertical rate of minus 374 fpm was recorded.
Rollout used a total landing distance of 1,617 m, representing 59 % of the 2,740 m runway, and the runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Reduce the touchdown speed slightly below 130 kt to bring it closer to the good threshold speed of 136 kt and adjust the flare to achieve a softer vertical rate, which will further improve the already high score of 97.5 %.
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