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Work on the flare
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Begin raising the nose sooner, at 11 ft, rather than waiting until 0.6 ft.
What happened: The flare began late at 0.6 ft, below the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter approaching 11 ft as the cue to start the flare.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,829 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,829 m of the 3,148 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 443 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A220-300 taxied from its parking position to runway 27L at LFPG Charles de Gaulle International Airport in 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27L, the aircraft used 1,296 m of runway, representing 36 % of the available length, and lifted off at 145 kt; ambient temperature was 24 °C with a wind of 23 kt from 210°, a cross-wind component of 19 kt and a head-wind component of 13 kt.
Climb commenced overhead Goussainville, rising from 1,323 ft asl to 33,308 ft asl, an altitude gain of 31,985 ft achieved in 21 minutes while covering 136 nm.
The first cruise segment began 2 mi north-west of Bourdons-sur-Rognon, lasted 5 minutes and traversed 42 nm.
Descent started 1 mi west of Hautevelle, descending from 33,489 ft asl to 6,575 ft asl, a loss of 26,913 ft in 19 minutes over a distance of 114 nm.
A second cruise phase was flown overhead ED33 Bohlhof Airfield Wutoschingen, lasting 18 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.
The subsequent descent, also over ED33 Bohlhof Airfield, reduced altitude from 6,490 ft asl to 4,018 ft asl, a decrease of 2,472 ft in 2 minutes while traveling 6 nm.
A third cruise segment was conducted 1 mi south-west of Uhlingen-Birkendorf, lasting 3 minutes and covering 14 nm.
The final descent began 2 mi south-east of Lauchringen, dropping from 3,984 ft asl to 2,672 ft asl, a loss of 1,312 ft in 3 minutes and spanning 7 nm.
For the final approach to runway 14 at LSZH Zürich Airport, the aircraft approached from the north-west on a heading of 137.0° at 4 nm and 1,260 ft agl.
Landing on runway 14 was executed with a threshold speed of 140 kt, touchdown occurring at 142 kt, a touchdown distance of 442 m, and a hard touchdown rate of minus 490 fpm; the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, the runway length is 3,148 m, the threshold height at 63 ft agl was above target, and local weather reported a temperature of 18 °C, wind 2 kt from 150°, cross-wind 1 kt and head-wind 2 kt.
Rollout continued with perfect runway alignment; the total landing distance recorded was 1,754 m, representing 56 % of the runway.
In total, the flight covered 327 nm, lasted 55 minutes, and consumed 1,983 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23L at EDDL Düsseldorf was flown from the north-east on a heading of 234.0° at 4 nm and 1,326 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as stabilised, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the aircraft maintained a speed of 138 kt as it crossed the threshold.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft entered the runway envelope at the good threshold speed of 138 kt, reduced to a touchdown speed of 129 kt, and executed a firm flare resulting in a descent rate of minus 375 fpm. The touchdown point was recorded 50 m beyond the touchdown zone and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft aligned on centreline, the firm rate of minus 375 fpm and speed of 129 kt producing a total landing distance of 1,534 m, which represents 57 % of the 2,690 m runway. All parameters remained within the expected limits for a safe landing.
Rollout was completed with perfect runway alignment, the aircraft decelerating along the remaining runway length under calm conditions. Local weather was 18 °C, wind 4 kt from 160°, with a 4 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind component.
The 50 m overshoot of the touchdown zone and the firm touchdown rate suggest a slightly longer flare would help place the main gear nearer the designated zone and soften the rate of descent, bringing the already high 97.2 % score even closer to optimal.
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