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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 879 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 attitude instead of letting the nose drop.
What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it, and that pattern usually carries the touchdown long - here it landed at 1,054 m against the 457 m aim point.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, shallow rate through the flare with no renewed sink before touchdown
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,060 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,060 m of the 3,564 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,054 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.91 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The A343 taxied from the parking area to runway 04C at MMSM Aeropuerto Internacional General Felipe Ángeles. The taxi-out lasted 20 minutes and covered 2 nm.
The aircraft began its departure roll on runway 04C, using 2,395 m of runway, which is 53 % of the runway length. Liftoff was achieved at 170 kt. Ambient temperature was 17 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 42 °, providing a headwind component of 3 kt and a crosswind of 0 kt.
Climb commenced 1 mile north east of MMSM Aeropuerto Internacional General Felipe Ángeles, rising from 8,290 ft asl to 35,003 ft asl, an increase of 26,712 ft attained in 14 minutes while covering 87 nm.
Level cruise was established 1 mile south west of MMTW Aerolandia Airport Tlaxco and persisted for 120 minutes, encompassing 947 nm.
Descent began 48 miles south west of Captiva (Florida, United States), descending from 34,998 ft asl to 1,192 ft asl, a loss of 33,806 ft in 24 minutes over 133 nm.
The final approach to runway 09 at KMIA Miami International Airport started from 1,214 ft agl and descended to 65 ft agl in 99 seconds, with the aircraft scoring on the stabilisation gates.
Landing was executed on runway 09, which measures 3,564 m. The threshold speed was slightly below target at 147 kt. Touchdown occurred 633 m beyond the touchdown zone, at a speed of 134 kt and a firm touchdown rate of minus 300 fpm. The touchdown point was laterally offset by 42.9 m from the centreline. Local weather reported a temperature of 32 °C, wind 3 kt from 141 °, a crosswind of 2 kt and a headwind of 2 kt.
The aircraft rolled out for a total distance of 1,978 m, representing 55 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 75.4 m from the centreline.
After exiting the runway, the A343 taxied to the parking area in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 1,178 nm, required 179 (unspecified units) of time, and consumed 19,175 kg of fuel.
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