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Stop the rotation once the sink is arrested at 0.2 ft, holding the normal landing attitude instead of continuing to pull back.
What happened: The flare pitch reached 3.5°, well above this type's ground attitude, and touchdown followed at a sink rate of 299 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 0.2 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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 40 kt FAST on the reference speed of 127 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,889 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 505 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A319 taxied from the parking area to runway 24 at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport in 8 minutes, covering 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 24, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 145 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,501 m, which represented 38 % of the runway; ambient temperature was 28 °C with wind 9 kt from 279°, a 6 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind component.
The initial climb began over ELLX, climbing from 2,113 ft asl to 3,972 ft asl, an increase of 1,859 ft achieved in 1 minute while covering 5 nm.
A level cruise segment followed over Leudelange, lasting 3 minutes and extending 16 nm.
A subsequent climb commenced over Vichten, raising the aircraft from 4,917 ft asl to 24,015 ft asl, a gain of 19,098 ft in 8 minutes and spanning 52 nm.
The next cruise phase was over Boncelles, lasting 23 minutes and covering 172 nm.
Descent began 7 mi south-east of Frinton-on-Sea, descending from 24,009 ft asl to 4,436 ft asl, a loss of 19,574 ft in 11 minutes while traveling 50 nm.
A brief level cruise over Barking lasted 2 minutes and added 7 nm to the flight path.
A further descent over Lambeth reduced altitude from 3,696 ft asl to 1,393 ft asl, a decrease of 2,303 ft in 3 minutes and covering 9 nm.
The final approach to runway 27R at EGLL London Heathrow Airport was conducted from the east, aligned on a heading of 270.0° at 4 nm and 1,302 ft agl.
Landing on runway 27R, which is 3,896 m long, occurred with a threshold height of 62 ft agl and a threshold speed of 129 kt; touchdown was recorded 91 m beyond the touchdown zone at 120 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 318 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.1 m from the centreline. Local conditions were 22 °C, wind 14 kt from 220°, a 10 kt cross-wind and a 9 kt head-wind. The total landing roll measured 1,270 m, representing 33 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking stand in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 319 nm, took 66 minutes, and consumed 2,829 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A319 conducted the final approach to runway 27R at EGLL, maintaining a heading of 270.0° from 4 NM out and descending to 1,302 ft AGL. Ambient temperature was 22 °C with wind from 220° at 14 kt, providing a 9 kt headwind component and a 10 kt cross-wind component.
At the threshold the aircraft was 62 ft AGL, which was above the target height, while the threshold speed of 129 kt was recorded as good.
Touchdown occurred 91 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 120 kt, noted as a little fast, and a firm vertical rate of minus 318 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly off centreline by 3.1 m.
The rollout covered 1,270 m, representing 33 % of the runway length, and the runway alignment during rollout was perfect.
With a final score of 91.7 % the landing was solid; refining the approach to achieve the target threshold height and reducing touchdown speed slightly will help obtain a softer, more controlled touchdown while maintaining the excellent rollout alignment.
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