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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 4.5 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 4.1° of bank in the first climb segment and 3.7° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink does not return at 200 fpm.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink, but then the sink returned before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch the VSI in the flare and keep arrested sink from returning before touchdown at 289 fpm.
See Arrival Landing
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,532 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,532 m of the 2,398 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,103 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LROP Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport. This process took 13 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 26R, with a takeoff distance of 1,022 meters, which accounted for 29% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 159 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 7 knots at 249 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 7 knots. After departing from Bucharest, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,343 feet above sea level to 8,845 feet above sea level, an increase of 7,502 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 2 miles south west of Poienarii Burchii, a town in Prahova, Romania. This phase of the flight lasted for 32 minutes and covered a distance of 145 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile south west of Tibana, a town in Iasi, Romania. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 8,811 feet above sea level to 1,700 feet above sea level, a decrease of 7,111 feet in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 18 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 32 at LRIA Iaşi Airport was made from the south east, with a heading of 328.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,315 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on runway 32, which had a length of 2,398 meters. The threshold height was excessively above the target, while the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 135 knots. The touchdown point was 640 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 120 knots, which was good, and a touchdown rate of -83 feet per minute, which was excellent. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 5 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 6 knots at 319 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 6 knots. The total landing distance was 1,403 meters, which accounted for 59% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area, which took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 182 nautical miles, which was covered in 60 minutes, and the aircraft used 1,964 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at LRIA Iaşi Airport, with a score of 81.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south east, heading 328.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,315 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 32, which has a length of 2,398 meters.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 640 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is slightly off-target. However, the touchdown speed of 120 knots was within the acceptable range, and the touchdown rate of -83 feet per minute (fpm) was excellent, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, suggesting that the pilot maintained a stable and aligned approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 5°C and a wind speed of 6 knots from 319°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 6 knots, which the pilot effectively managed during the landing. The total landing distance of 1,403 meters was 59% of the runway length, indicating a relatively short landing roll.
The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the pilot maintained control and stability during the landing roll. Overall, while there were some minor deviations from the target, the landing was successful, and the pilot demonstrated good control and management of the aircraft during the approach and landing phases.
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