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Departure
Reduce climb power to bring speed back to 170 kt and hold it there.
What happened: Climb speed was 43 kt fast at 213 kt during the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 170 kt in the climb
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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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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 1,802 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,802 m of the 3,892 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 524 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport in 4 minutes, covering approximately 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 02, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 170 kt and became airborne after a ground run of 1,876 m, representing 51 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 32 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 289°, a cross-wind component of 4 kt and no head-wind.
Climb commenced over Camarate, lifting the airplane from 1,298 ft asl to 35,837 ft asl, an altitude gain of 34,539 ft achieved in 23 minutes while covering 169 nm.
Cruise began 4 miles southwest of Villavieja de Yeltes, Spain, and was maintained for 68 minutes, during which the flight logged 581 nm.
Descent was initiated over Epinouze, France, descending from 36,013 ft asl to 2,685 ft asl, a loss of 33,328 ft in 18 minutes and a distance of 114 nm.
The final approach to runway 22 at LSGG Geneva Cointrin International Airport was flown from the north-east on a heading of 226.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,273 ft agl.
Landing on runway 22 was executed with a threshold speed of 138 kt; the aircraft touched down 111 m beyond the touchdown zone at 131 kt, a firm rate of minus 378 fpm, and alignment was perfect. The runway length is 3,892 m, the threshold height at 62 ft agl was above target, and the total landing distance measured 1,724 m, equivalent to 44 % of the runway. Local weather reported a temperature of 31 °C, wind 6 kt from 219°, a cross-wind of 1 kt and a head-wind of 6 kt.
Runway rollout proceeded with perfect alignment, confirming the touchdown parameters and distance achieved.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking stand in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 873 nm, taking 118 and consuming 5,230 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 22 at LSGG Geneva Cointrin International Airport was flown from the north-east on a heading of 226.0° at 4 NM and 1,273 ft agl; at the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable because the sink rate was too high.
At threshold the aircraft was 62 ft agl, which was above the target height, while the threshold speed of 138 kt was judged good.
Touchdown occurred 111 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 131 kt, noted as a little fast, and a firm vertical rate of minus 378 fpm; runway-touchdown alignment was perfect.
Rollout covered a total distance of 1,724 m, representing 44 % of the 3,892 m runway, and runway-rollout alignment was perfect.
To improve the score, focus on reducing the high sink rate to achieve a stabilized approach at the 1,000 ft gate and adjust the flare to bring touchdown speed and point closer to the target zone; these refinements will help maintain the strong overall performance reflected by the 91.1 % final score.
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