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Old 14th Oct 2019, 06:05
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Originally Posted by punkalouver
Could someone explain what happened in this A320 incident. The crew was faulted for improper braking.

http://dgca.gov.in/accident/reports/incident/VT-ESL.pdf
Although the investigation report doesn't exactly cover itself with glory what is absolutely clear is for a performance limited airfield the experienced PIC's performance was far below the required. Below 180 ft RA the aircraft was allowed to deviate to 3/4 below GS and then was flown back to GS. So obviously the reduced ROD was going to shift the touchdown point and the very high flare at 55ft aggravated the problem. He continued to float at 2ft and instead of pushing the stick forward he is pleading the aircraft to touch down. On approach to RW limited airport any problems with braking system a goaround and proper assessment of threat and plan is required. The way he landed he had no chance to stop with ASkid failure. However he seems to have been faulted because the normal brake was available and there was no need to switch off antiskid. All he had to do was touch down at normal point and max manual braking.
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