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Stop the rotation once the sink is arrested at 8.8 ft, holding the normal landing attitude instead of continuing to pull back.
What happened: The flare pitch reached 2.5°, well above this type's ground attitude, and touchdown followed at a sink rate of 305 fpm. Over-rotating the flare like this usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: hold the normal landing attitude once sink is arrested at 8.8 ft.
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 2,419 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,419 m of the 3,364 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,077 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight involved an Airbus A321 aircraft. Taxiing from the parking area to the runway took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles (nm). The takeoff roll occurred on runway 30 at GCXO Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, a Spanish airport located in the Canary Islands.
During takeoff, the aircraft climbed to 157 knots, requiring a distance of 1,664 meters, which was 49% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were mild, with a temperature of 20°C and a light wind of 15 knots from a direction of 310 degrees.
Following a relatively long takeoff run, the enroute climb commenced 1 mile west of Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport. The aircraft climbed from an initial altitude of 3,092 feet above sea level (ft asl) to a cruise altitude of 35,047 ft asl, an increase of 31,955 feet over a distance of 155 nm and within a span of 28 minutes.
Once the climb was completed, the enroute level cruise began 52 miles northwest of Caleta de Sebo in the Canary Islands, lasting 140 minutes and covering a distance of 788 nm.
The enroute descent started 2 miles west of Quijorna in the Spanish province of Madrid, with the aircraft descending from 34,602 ft asl to 3,283 ft asl over a distance of 26 nm within 19 minutes.
The final approach involved heading towards runway 18R at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport from the north. Upon reaching a distance of 4 nm from the runway threshold and an altitude of 1,320 ft above ground level (agl), with the aircraft heading towards 180.0 degrees.
The aircraft landed on runway 18R at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, which had a length of 3,364 meters. Despite the slightly above target threshold height of 57 feet agl, the touchdown speed was 140 knots and considered good. However, the touchdown rate was somewhat lower than ideal at -276 feet per minute.
The touchdown point was positioned 664 meters beyond the threshold zone. Local weather conditions at the time of landing were slightly cooler, with a temperature of 15°C and light winds of 4 knots from a direction of 330 degrees.
After a total landing distance of 2,340 meters, accounting for 70% of the runway's length, the aircraft rolled out of the runway in relatively good alignment. Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 6 minutes and covered a short distance of less than 1 nm.
The total flight distance was 979 nm, lasting 204 minutes. The aircraft utilized 9,725 kilograms of fuel throughout the flight.
The Airbus A321 has just completed a successful landing at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, but with a few areas for improvement. The final approach was made from the north, heading 180.0 degrees at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,320 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft was able to maintain a good approach, with a threshold height only slightly above the target of 57 ft agl.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down at a speed of 129 kt, which was within the acceptable range of 140 kt. However, the touchdown rate of -276 fpm was only fair, indicating that the aircraft may have touched down slightly harder than expected. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.2 meters from the centerline, which could have been due to a minor error in navigation or control.
The local weather conditions on the day of the landing were moderate, with a temperature of 15 °C and winds of 4 kt at 330 degrees. The crosswind was minimal at 2 kt, while the tailwind was 4 kt. Despite the relatively calm weather, the aircraft still managed to cover a total landing distance of 2,340 meters, which was 70% of the available runway length of 3,364 meters.
One of the highlights of the landing was the runway rollout alignment, which was very good. This suggests that the pilot was able to maintain control and alignment of the aircraft even after touchdown, which is an essential aspect of safe landing operations. Overall, while the landing was successful, there are areas for improvement, particularly in terms of touchdown rate and runway touchdown position.
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