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Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 60 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 61 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
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.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 1.1° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,071 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 347 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.23 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 04 at EGAC George Best Belfast City Airport in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 04, the aircraft used 1,663 m of runway, representing 96 % of the available length, and lifted off at 154 kt; ambient temperature was 15 °C with a wind of 23 kt from 321°, a 22 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt head-wind.
The climb commenced overhead Holywood, Northern Ireland, climbing from 1,046 ft asl to 17,128 ft asl-a gain of 16,082 ft-in 7 minutes while covering 40 nm.
Cruise flight began 7 nm south-east of Loughshinny, Leinster, and was maintained for 6 minutes, during which 28 nm were traversed.
The first en-route descent started 3 nm east of EGJO Slieve Croob Airfield, descending from 17,159 ft asl to 4,487 ft asl, a loss of 12,672 ft in 9 minutes and covering 53 nm.
A subsequent descent began overhead Kilmacanoge, Leinster, dropping from 4,087 ft asl to 1,504 ft asl-a decrease of 2,583 ft-in 4 minutes while traveling 12 nm.
On final approach to runway 34 at EIDW Dublin Airport, the aircraft approached from the south-east on a heading of 337.0° at 4 nm and 1,280 ft agl.
Landing on runway 34 was achieved with a touchdown distance of 315 m; touchdown speed was 141 kt and the vertical speed was minus 612 fpm. The touchdown point was 60.8 m off centreline, with a threshold height of 58 ft agl and a threshold speed of 146 kt; local conditions were 15 °C, wind 23 kt from 321°, a 6 kt cross-wind and a 22 kt head-wind.
The total landing roll measured 961 m, equivalent to 47 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was off centreline by 61.1 m.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 140 nm, lasted 38 minutes, and consumed 1,273 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 established the final approach to runway 34 at Dublin Airport from the south-east, tracking a heading of 337.0° at 4 nm and 1,280 ft AGL. Ambient temperature was 15 °C with wind from 321° at 23 kt, including a 6 kt crosswind component and a 22 kt headwind component.
At the threshold the aircraft crossed at 58 ft AGL, which was slightly above target, and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 146 kt.
Touchdown occurred 315 m down the runway, a good distance, with a speed of 141 kt that was a little fast and a heavy descent rate of minus 612 fpm. The touchdown point was excessively misaligned by 60.8 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 961 m, representing 47 % of the 2,058 m runway.
During rollout the aircraft remained excessively misaligned, deviating 61.1 m from the centreline.
Focus on improving lateral alignment to keep the touchdown point within a few metres of centreline and to maintain runway centreline during rollout. Reducing the heavy descent rate will also help achieve a smoother touchdown and better alignment.
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