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22nd Apr 2004, 20:29

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r304ndy

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According the Airbus AMM Chapter 5, a hard landing means, for aircraft greater than 240T,:

- Nz is greater than 1.6g

or

- descent rate equal to or greater than 9ft/s

Note that a hard landing is different to a heavy landing.