Did the aircraft produce a LOAD <15> report?
Did you mention this to anyone, logbook entry etc?
If you feel that the incident was bad enough to come on PPRUNE and talk about it like this.. I really hope you did.
Just been reading back over some hard landing reports on the 320.. that were not reported and went undetected and these have caused some serious issues on subsequent flights.
In short, if the landing feels overly hard report it! The 320 may not always produce a LOAD <15> depending on exact circumstances at the time of touch down / bounce it can mislead the software to the actual G load that was attained.
With regard to the winds.. would make a lot more sense if it shifted to a tailwind at 50 feet as opposed to the other way around.
You had a very lucky escape from your own account, and I just hope that the airplane that at a guess is back out flying has had a full inspection and is safe to be doing so.
Otherwise we could be looking at another report!
Well said P51
