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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive climb is confirmed, before reaching the target retraction height.
What happened: Gear retraction was delayed, with the gear not coming up until 561 ft agl.
Watch for: Landing gear: up by the normal retraction gate
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 206 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 231 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 7.2° 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 2,521 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 591 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320neo taxied from the parking area to runway 14 at LJMB Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 14, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 151 kt and left the ground after a takeoff distance of 1,112 m, representing 45 % of the runway; ambient temperature was 24 °C with a wind of 18 kt from 214°, a cross-wind component of 17 kt and a head-wind component of 7 kt.
Climb commenced overhead Dravski Dvor, with the airplane ascending from 1,833 ft asl to 36,565 ft asl-a gain of 34,732 ft-in 11 minutes while covering 64 nm.
The first cruise segment began 1 mile south of Spodnje Gameljne and continued for 45 minutes, during which the flight covered 303 nm at level altitude.
Descent phase one started 2 miles south of Ormea, with the aircraft descending from 36,544 ft asl to 2,545 ft asl, a loss of 33,998 ft, over 20 minutes and a distance of 102 nm.
A brief cruise interval followed 5 miles south-east of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, lasting 2 minutes and spanning 3 nm.
The second descent began 2 miles south of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, where the airplane dropped from 2,001 ft asl to 292 ft asl-a decrease of 1,709 ft-in 3 minutes, covering 5 nm.
Final approach to runway 22R at LFMN Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport reduced altitude from 953 ft agl to 117 ft agl in 57 seconds.
Landing on runway 22R was executed with a threshold speed of 114 kt; the touchdown occurred 369 m beyond the touchdown zone at 107 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 231 fpm, and the aircraft aligned very well with the runway centreline. Local conditions were 20 °C, wind 2 kt from 7°, a cross-wind of 1 kt and a tail-wind component of 2 kt. The total landing roll measured 1,262 m, equivalent to 50 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as perfect as the aircraft decelerated to a stop on the paved surface.
Taxi-in from the runway to the parking stand required 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 483 nm, lasted 89 minutes, and consumed 2,493 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320neo entered the final approach to runway 34 at LRBC Bacău George Enescu International Airport from the south on a heading of 345.0° at 4 nm and 1,367 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare phase the threshold height of 63 ft agl was above target and the threshold speed of 153 kt was well above target. Touchdown distance was good at 369 m, while the touchdown speed of 148 kt was fast.
At touchdown the aircraft recorded a heavy sink rate of minus 610 fpm and was slightly misaligned by 4.2 m from the centreline. Total landing distance was 925 m, representing 37 % of the 2,498 m runway. Local weather was 15 °C with wind 1 kt from 270°, a cross-wind of 1 kt and a head-wind of 0 kt.
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
The heavy touchdown rate and fast touchdown speed indicate a need to refine flare timing and speed management to achieve a lighter touchdown while preserving the aim point. Maintaining the stabilised approach and adjusting the flare height should allow a smoother touchdown without compromising runway usage.
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