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Apply steady, continuous back pressure through the flare to arrest the sink smoothly and hold the normal profile, rather than letting it drift.
What happened: The flare did not hold its target profile, with the sink most arrested at 9.3 ft, and this flight then touched down at 339 fpm of sink - a firm arrival. An unsettled flare profile like this usually carries through to a firmer touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smooth, steadily decreasing sink rate through the flare to touchdown.
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.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 4,065 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 424 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 33 at EDDH Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport; the taxi-out phase lasted 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 33, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 153 kt and left the ground after traveling 1,657 m, which represented 52 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 23 °C, wind 2 kt from 310°, with a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
Climb commenced 1 mile south of Norderstedt, with the A320 ascending from 1,025 ft asl to 29,011 ft asl, an altitude gain of 27,986 ft achieved in 12 minutes while covering 57 nm.
Level cruise began 1 mile west of Uelzen and was maintained for 26 minutes, during which the aircraft flew 199 nm at cruise altitude.
Descent was initiated overhead Falkenberg, descending from 29,002 ft asl to 2,771 ft asl, a loss of 26,230 ft completed in 23 minutes over a distance of 128 nm.
The final approach to runway 08L at EDDM Munich Airport was conducted from the west, on a heading of 83.0° at 4 nm and 1,294 ft agl.
Landing on runway 08L, which is 4,065 m long, was executed with a threshold speed of 132 kt. Touchdown occurred 425 m down the runway at 124 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 332 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.7 m from the centreline. The total landing distance measured 1,275 m, equivalent to 31 % of the runway. Local weather at the time was 22 °C, wind 4 kt from 50°, cross-wind 2 kt and head-wind 3 kt.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area; the taxi-in phase required 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 391 nm, lasted 70 minutes, and consumed 2,820 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 approached runway 08L at Munich Airport from the west on a heading of 83.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,294 ft agl. The final approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the local weather was 22 °C with wind 4 kt from 050 °, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 132 kt, and the touchdown distance was good at 425 m.
Touchdown occurred at a speed of 124 kt, which was judged good, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 332 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned, being 3.7 m off the centreline.
Rollout used 1,275 m of runway, representing 31 % of the 4,065 m runway length, and the runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Refine the flare timing to soften the firm touchdown rate and adjust the final alignment to reduce the 3.7 m centreline offset, which will bring the already high score of 97.5 % even closer to optimal.
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