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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 24 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 24 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 24 ft to touchdown.
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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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.
At the 500 ft gate: speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,910 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 179 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The Airbus A321 then departed from runway 33 at LOWS Salzburg Airport, with a takeoff distance of 934 meters, which was 40% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 154 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of -2°C, with a wind speed of 4 knots at 150°.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead LOWS Salzburg Airport. The climb took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 121 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 2,439 feet above sea level to 36,071 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,632 feet. The enroute level cruise then began, which lasted for 70 minutes and covered a distance of 531 nautical miles, starting overhead Lona-Lases in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
The enroute descent started 17 miles southeast of La Pineda in Catalunya, Spain, and took 24 minutes to complete, covering a distance of 118 nautical miles. During this time, the aircraft descended from an altitude of 36,129 feet above sea level to 1,451 feet above sea level, a decrease of 34,678 feet. The final approach to runway 30 at LEVC Valencia Airport was made from the southeast, with the aircraft heading 296.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,232 feet above ground level.
However, the aircraft was required to perform a go-around at LEVC Valencia Airport, touching down at 8 feet above ground level. The landing was eventually completed on runway 30, with a touchdown distance of 176 meters, which was good, and a touchdown speed of 128 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -290 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.2 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 9°C, with a wind speed of 10 knots at 330°.
The total landing distance was 1,106 meters, which was 38% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, and the aircraft was able to taxi to the parking area in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 787 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 140 minutes, during which the aircraft used 6,168 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at LEVC Valencia Airport, achieving a high score of 98.2%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south east, heading 296.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,232 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height, which is a critical aspect of a safe landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold speed was within the acceptable range, at 134 kt. However, the touchdown speed of 128 kt was slightly faster than desired, which may have contributed to a fair touchdown rate of -290 feet per minute (fpm). The runway touchdown position was also slightly misaligned by 3.2 meters from the centerline, which could have been a result of the crosswind or pilot error.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were moderate, with a temperature of 9°C and a wind speed of 10 kt from 330°. The crosswind component was 6 kt, while the headwind component was 8 kt. Despite these conditions, the pilot managed to maintain a good runway rollout alignment, which is a testament to their skill and experience.
The total landing distance of 1,106 meters was 38% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot's performance was commendable, given the challenging weather conditions. However, there is room for improvement in terms of touchdown speed and alignment.
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