Step by Step Guide

A318/319/320/321
Profesional
Step-By-Step Tutorial
Vol
6
06-01- 98
11. Dezember 2018
49.
APPR Button: Before passing LSR06 (you are already flying at LSR34) and after hearing the call
“LOCALIZER ALIVE” = press the APPR button on the FCU.
50.
LOC Capture: The “capture” will be confirmed i.e. lateral path has been caught. Please note: If you
are pushing the APPR button too early (before turning to LSR06/LSR34) it might happen that the plane
captures the localizer in the wrong direction. Please see also chapter 9.4 for details. First the lateral
path will be caught (LOC* or LOC displayed on the PFD -FMA)
55.
GROUND SPOILERS: For STEEP APPROACH it is necessary to set the Ground Spoilers (Speed Brakes)
to FULL.
56.
GoAround ALT: This is the altitude a plane has to fly to when using the GO AROUND procedure (MCDU
FPLAN waypoints in blue) in case a landing has to be aborted. Set the GoAround Altitude according to
the FPLAN e.g. change the set altitude on the FCU to the altitude to be reached after a “Go Around”.
Please just change the altitude and do not press or pull the knob at this point. In case the Copilot
function is enabled it is automatically set by the copilot under following conditions:
• FAF passed - plus 0.5 NM added
• Actual flight level below GA ALT
• Actual flight level below FCU set ALT
• Vertical speed below 250 knots
If the copilot function is set to ON the highest value is automatically inserted using the MCDU FPLAN
data. The value will be entered by the copilot in visible steps (with sound) and also considering the
100 and 1000 switch. Some values like 3.490 feet cannot be entered so the next possible higher value
which means for 3.490 = 3.500 has to be or are entered.
If no values are available in the F-PLAN or there is no GA flight path available in the NAV DB the
copilot sets the value to a value of (airport altitude rounded to next full 1.000) plus 4.000 feet e. g.
normally to 5.000 feet.
58.
Landing Memo / blue entries - : Please check if there are no “blue” entries in the Landing Memo. If
for some reasons there are still “blue” entries (you might have forgotten to make certain settings)
then please make those settings now.
Landing Memo – Steep Approach
59.
Set VAPP: After the flaps are set to FULL and the landing gear is down the speed now should be
changed to Vapp speed in our example to 130 as calculated by the FMGC – MCDU (PERF APPR) or
manually adjusted like in our case for a STEEP APPROACH (please also see #4). As we are flying in
“Managed Mode” the speed automatically is reduced to Vapp after the flaps are set to FULL – i.e.
nothing has to be done in “Managed Mode”.
But using this speed of 130 knots we would be very near Alpha Protection and PFD VLS. We therefore
suggest (like it would be done in “real life”) to use “selected speed” mode e.g. draw the FCU SPD knob
and set it to 135 knots instead.
It is the final approach speed and automatically be calculated / inserted by the system. It is calculated
in the following way: VLS plus 1/3 of the tower headwind component. The value of VAPP is limited so