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Raise the nose more slowly in the flare and stop as soon as the sink is checked; if it balloons, hold the attitude.
What happened: The flare arrested the sink only for 189 fpm of it to come back as the aircraft ballooned before touchdown; this pattern usually carries the touchdown further down the runway, and here it touched down 974 m past the target point.
Watch for: The runway ahead: the aircraft still sinking gently towards it through the flare, never rising.
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 2,122 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,122 m of the 3,200 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,431 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320-ceo departed from runway 12 at LEBB Bilbao Airport. The take-off roll used 1,795 m, which is 69 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 145 kt. Local weather was 17 °C with wind 2 kt from 269°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt tail-wind.
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl lasted 19 seconds, averaging 2,383 fpm and reaching 149 kt at the top of the segment. The aircraft then climbed from 1,208 ft asl to 34,012 ft asl in 18 minutes, covering 117 nm while passing overhead Zamudio. Cruise was held at 34,000 ft asl for 57 minutes, covering 438 nm, beginning 1 mile west of Liposthey.
Descent began at 33,999 ft asl and proceeded to 1,444 ft asl in 16 minutes, covering 90 nm, starting 1 mile south of Brakel. The final approach to runway 25L at EBBR Brussels Airport descended from 1,327 ft agl to 82 ft agl in 95 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level.
Landing was made on runway 25L, whose length is 3,200 m. The threshold height at 57 ft agl was slightly above target and the threshold speed was good at 139 kt. The flare was described as fair; the aircraft ballooned in the flare. Touchdown occurred 1,011 m beyond the touchdown zone at 128 kt, a good speed, with a fair rate of -206 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.0 m from the centreline. No bounce was observed. Total landing distance was 2,037 m, 64 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 8 minutes, covering 1 nm. The overall flight covered 654 nm in 109 minutes and used 4,203 kg of fuel.
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