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Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the nose up through to touchdown instead of easing it.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink but 234 fpm of it came back before touchdown, and in flights like this one that returning sink usually carries through to a firm or hard touchdown at 392 fpm.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: the sink held near zero all the way through touchdown, not allowed to build back up.
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.
Read more in Flare TimingStart to finish · 17 stages, 15 in the score
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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 1,632 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,632 m of the 2,898 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 816 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 392 fpm arrival was firm.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320-ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 17L at KDEN for nine minutes, covering three nautical miles, and then took off. The take-off roll used 2,048 m, which was 56 % of the runway. Rotation occurred at 151 kt. Local weather was 20 °C with a wind of 17 kt from 190°, giving a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 17 kt head-wind component.
Initial climb to 1,000 ft AGL lasted 22 seconds, averaging 2,066 fpm and reaching 167 kt at the top of the segment. The aircraft then climbed from 6,409 ft ASL to 37,015 ft ASL in 18 minutes, covering 127 nm, beginning the climb two miles southeast of KDEN. Cruise level flight was held at 37,000 ft ASL for 25 minutes, covering 200 nm, starting six miles south of the 2NE9 Harford Ranch Haigler fix.
Descent began from 36,957 ft ASL and proceeded to 2,286 ft ASL in 25 minutes, covering 148 nm, starting two miles southeast of KHJH. A brief level-off occurred at 4,000 ft ASL. The final approach to runway 19L at KMCI started from 1,317 ft AGL and descended to 48 ft AGL in 105 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were all met: gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed, and wings level. Configuration was gear down at 2,477 ft AGL with 177 kt, and final flap position 5 was selected at 2,124 ft AGL with 155 kt.
Landing on runway 19L (runway length 2,898 m) had a threshold height of 61 ft AGL, which was above target, while the threshold speed of 140 kt was good. The flare was described as excellent; the aircraft floated before touchdown. Touchdown occurred 397 m beyond the touchdown zone at 130 kt, with a firm rate of -393 fpm. The touchdown point was 5.4 m off the centreline. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 1,548 m, representing 53 % of the runway. Rollout alignment was slightly off centreline by 11.8 m.
Local weather at KMCI was 13 °C with a wind of 8 kt from 150°, giving a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt head-wind component. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in five minutes, covering two nautical miles.
The flight covered a total of 485 nm in 84 minutes and used 3,246 kg of fuel.
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