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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 11°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 23 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 23 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 23 ft to touchdown.
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Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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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 1,820 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,820 m of the 3,403 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 598 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 16 at Zürich Airport (LSZH) and took off with a takeoff distance of 2,360 meters, which was 73% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 173 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its cruising altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 5°C temperature and a wind speed of 4 knots at 139°. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 4 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Opfikon, a town in the Kanton Zurich region of Switzerland, and continued to an altitude of 35,002 feet above sea level, an increase of 32,106 feet in 29 minutes, covering a distance of 175 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 1 mile north-west of Volpago del Montello, a town in the Veneto region of Italy, and lasted for 89 minutes, covering a distance of 672 nautical miles. The descent started 2 miles north-east of Periyiali, a town in the Peloponnese region of Greece, and continued to an altitude of 1,617 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,377 feet in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 54 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 21L at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (LGAV) was made from the north-east, heading 217.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,329 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 21L, which had a length of 3,403 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 145 knots.
The touchdown point was 187 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 136 knots, which was a little fast. However, the touchdown rate was smooth at -112 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.1 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 16°C temperature and a wind speed of 10 knots at 242°, with a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 9 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,744 meters, which was 51% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 911 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 149 minutes. The aircraft used 7,530 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, achieving a score of 96.4%. The final approach to runway 21L was initiated from the north east, heading 217.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,329 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway, with a threshold height that was considered good. The threshold speed was also satisfactory at 145 knots. However, the touchdown point was located 187 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a slight deviation from the intended landing spot. The touchdown speed of 136 knots was slightly faster than the desired speed, but the touchdown rate was smooth at -112 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 6.1 meters, which may have contributed to the deviation from the touchdown zone. The local weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 16°C, with a wind speed of 10 knots from 242°. The crosswind component was minimal at 4 knots, while the headwind component was 9 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,744 meters was 51% of the available runway length, indicating a relatively short landing distance. The runway rollout alignment was very good, suggesting that the aircraft was well-controlled during the landing phase. Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score despite some minor deviations from the ideal landing parameters.
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