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Hold a little more back pressure through the last of the flare to arrest the sink before 433 fpm develops.
What happened: Touchdown sink rate was 433 fpm, a firm arrival with no other fault on this landing to account for it.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: minimal sink at 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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: centreline 2.2° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 239 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A380-800 taxied to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft used a takeoff distance of 1,333 m, representing 41 % of the runway, and lifted off at 160 kt. Ambient conditions were 18 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 110°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a head-wind component of 2 kt.
Climb began overhead the departure airport, with the airplane accelerating from 1,017 ft asl to 1,466 ft asl, an altitude gain of 448 ft achieved in 1 minute while covering 3 nm.
Cruise was established 2 miles south-east of NZAA and was maintained for 4 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 11 nm at level flight.
During final approach the aircraft descended from 1,373 ft agl to 62 ft agl in 101 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gate criteria.
The approach continued to runway 05R at NZAA, positioning the aircraft for landing under the same weather conditions of 18 °C, wind 2 kt from 110°, cross-wind 1 kt and head-wind 2 kt.
Landing was executed on runway 05R, whose length is 3,284 m, with a threshold speed of 144 kt. Touchdown occurred 239 m down the runway at 142 kt, a speed noted as slightly fast, and the aircraft experienced a hard touchdown rate of minus 434 fpm while maintaining perfect runway alignment.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 20 nm, taking 7, and consumed 111,218 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320neo completed the final approach to runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport from the south, tracking a heading of 23.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,281 ft agl. The 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 23 °C with wind 5 kt at 310 °, including a 5 kt crosswind and a 2 kt headwind.
During the threshold and flare phase the threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 138 kt. The aircraft maintained the appropriate configuration and height for a smooth flare.
Touchdown occurred with a distance of 251 m, a speed of 135 kt that was good, and a rate of descent that was good at minus 186 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Rollout used a total landing distance of 970 m, representing 26 % of the 3,710 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 99.6 % the landing was excellent; minor refinements should focus on preserving the consistent touchdown point near 250 m and maintaining the touchdown speed around 135 kt to keep performance at this high level.
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