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Departure
On the roll, make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline within 17 m.
What happened: The takeoff roll drifted off the centreline by 17 m, and excess bank then carried through all three climb segments. A drifted roll like this usually leads into wandering bank angle through the climb.
Watch for: Watch the heading indicator and runway centreline during the roll, and the attitude indicator for wings level through the climb.
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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.
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 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,561 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 410 m touchdown sits inside 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 LFPG Charles de Gaulle International Airport, a process that took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. Departure roll took place on runway 09R, with the aircraft taking off after covering 36% of the runway's length. The takeoff distance was 1,306 meters, and the liftoff speed was 169 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 18°C, with a wind speed of 14 knots at a direction of 20°. This resulted in a crosswind of 13 knots and a headwind of 6 knots. As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,488 feet above sea level to 37,069 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,581 feet in 21 minutes and covering a distance of 109 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Herry in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. This phase lasted for 20 minutes and covered a distance of 144 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 2 miles east of the 4323 Base ULM Les Vastres in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 36,603 feet above sea level to 33,945 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,658 feet in 3 minutes and covering a distance of 26 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 1 mile northeast of Cruas in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region. This phase lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 13 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, which started 1 mile southeast of Le Poet-Laval in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 33,940 feet above sea level to 1,309 feet above sea level, a decrease of 32,630 feet in 21 minutes and covering a distance of 106 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 04L at LFMN Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport was made from the southwest, with the aircraft heading at 45.0° at an altitude of 1,288 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing took place on the runway, which had a length of 2,561 meters. The threshold height at 64 feet above ground level was above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 136 knots. The touchdown distance was also good at 412 meters, but the touchdown speed at 134 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was hard at -434 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 22°C, with a wind speed of 15 knots at a direction of 100°. This resulted in a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 9 knots. The total landing distance was 1,053 meters, which was 41% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.0 meters from the centerline.
The taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 406 nautical miles, and the flight took 78 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 3,429 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 04L at LFMN Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport, achieving a score of 92.1%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 45.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,288 feet above ground level (agl).
The final approach was executed with a good threshold speed of 136 knots, which is within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown speed of 134 knots was slightly higher than the ideal speed, indicating that the aircraft may have touched down with a bit more force than necessary. The touchdown distance of 412 meters was within the acceptable range, but the touchdown rate of -434 feet per minute (fpm) was considered hard, suggesting that the aircraft may have experienced a significant deceleration upon touchdown.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was well-aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown. The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 22°C and a moderate wind of 15 knots at 100°. The crosswind component was 12 knots, while the headwind component was 9 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly higher touchdown speed.
The total landing distance of 1,053 meters was 41% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.0 meters from the centerline, indicating that the aircraft may have deviated from the ideal path during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown speed and touchdown rate. With some adjustments to the approach and touchdown technique, the aircraft can achieve an even higher score and a smoother landing.
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