Originally Posted by
mad_atta
Was on NZ453 AKL-WLG yesterday (having barely made my connection in AKL thanks to chaos at biosecurity in AKL, but that's another story). It was a beautiful looking evening over the Kapiti Coast and looking across to the sounds as we descended to the west of WLG, looped around to the south and came in for a northerly landing. All seemed fine and not very bumpy or unstable (certainly not by WLG standards) but we had no sooner touched down than full power was applied and we fairly rocketed back into the sky for a go around.
I've had my share of go-arounds in my (ahem) many years of flying, but I'm fairly sure that it's a first for me to actually touch down and then go around. Landing had seemed fine to me - maybe seemed a tad fast (but so did the second time) - so I loved it. Managed an uneventful landing on second attempt.
/off-topic I do enjoy living on the Kapiti Coast for this reason 😎 (if not in Thailand)
/on-topic
I flew to Nelson and back on Sat, and the return flight was a bit rough, but nothing extraordinary (arrived 5:40pm).
The aircrew may have already made the decision to ‘go around’ immediately prior to touch-down for the reasons you have relayed, applied power but still touched whilst the engines were accelerating.
Wellington, being ‘short-ish’, also has Touchdown Zone Limit markings and if the aircraft has not ‘landed’ within the markings then a ‘go around’ is required. Your observation the approach seemed ‘a tad fast’ could possibly be a contributor if indeed the landing was not within the Touchdown Zone Limit marking for the A320 (assuming it is relevant for the A320 category or is company policy).
Here is a CAA flyer that explains a bit about this
https://www.aviation.govt.nz/assets/...vector-101.pdf
Touchdown Zone Limit markers are in the yellow rectangle
