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Stop raising the nose once the sink is arrested at 15 ft, holding that pitch steady through touchdown rather than further.
What happened: The nose came up 3.1° in the flare, leaving pitch well above this type's ground attitude at touchdown. Carrying that much pitch through touchdown usually carries a bounce after it.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: hold pitch at the normal ground attitude through touchdown.
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 1,853 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,853 m of the 3,701 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 811 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 31R at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (LHBP). The Airbus A321 took off with a takeoff distance of 1,105 meters, which is 30% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 153 knots, and the aircraft climbed away from the airport.
As the aircraft climbed, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 7°C and a wind speed of 4 knots from a direction of 312°. The crosswind component was negligible, but the aircraft did experience a headwind of 4 knots. The enroute climb started overhead the airport, where the aircraft climbed from an altitude of 1,448 feet above sea level to 2,893 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,445 feet in just 2 minutes. During this climb, the aircraft covered a distance of 5 nautical miles.
After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 8 minutes and covered a distance of 9 nautical miles. This phase of the flight took place 1 mile south of Kispest, a suburb of Budapest.
As the aircraft approached the airport for landing, it began its final approach to runway 31R from the southeast, heading 313.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway threshold. The aircraft was at an altitude of 1,254 feet above ground level at this point.
The landing was executed on runway 31R, which has a length of 3,701 meters. The threshold height at 55 feet above ground level was slightly above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 134 knots. The touchdown point was 392 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 126 knots. However, the touchdown rate was good at -157 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 2 minutes to cover a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total landing distance was 1,770 meters, which is 48% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also very good.
The flight was completed with a total distance of 22 nautical miles, taking 16 minutes to complete. The aircraft used a total of -1,881 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at LHBP Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport on runway 31R. The final approach was initiated from the south east, heading 313.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,254 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft maintained a good speed of 134 knots during the approach, which is in line with the target threshold speed.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft landed 392 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly off-target. However, the touchdown speed of 126 knots was a bit faster than desired, indicating that the pilots may have needed to apply more braking force to slow down the aircraft. The touchdown rate of -157 feet per minute (fpm) was still within acceptable limits, suggesting that the pilots managed to control the descent effectively.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 4°C and a wind speed of 2 knots from 360°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind and headwind component, making the landing conditions favorable. The runway length of 3,701 meters provided a sufficient margin for the aircraft to come to a stop, with a total landing distance of 1,770 meters, which is approximately 48% of the runway length.
The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots maintained a stable and aligned approach path. Similarly, the runway rollout alignment was also very good, suggesting that the pilots managed to control the aircraft's rotation and braking effectively during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, with the aircraft coming to a stop within a reasonable distance from the runway threshold.
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