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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 7 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
On final, make small, early aileron and rudder corrections toward a point at the far end of the runway to recapture the centreline before touchdown.
What happened: This approach drifted off the centreline, crossing with a lateral offset that usually carries through to a touchdown point displaced from the centreline, and from there into a continuing alignment deviation during the rollout of 16 m.
Watch for: Watch your lateral position against the runway centreline, correcting any drift back toward 19 m well before the threshold.
There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 513 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 513 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 21 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.31 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 taxied from the parking area to runway 19 at AYPB Paiela Airport in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm during the taxi-out.
During the departure roll on runway 19, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 420 m, representing 82 % of the runway, and lifted off at 70 kt. Ambient conditions were 20 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 270°, including a 5 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt headwind.
The en-route climb commenced overhead AYPB Paiela Airport, Porgera, rising from 6,401 ft asl to 6,809 ft asl-a gain of 408 ft-in 2 minutes while covering 5 nm.
On final approach to runway 01, the aircraft approached from the south on a heading of 10.0° at 1 nm distance and 573 ft agl.
Touchdown occurred on runway 01 with a threshold speed of 54 kt, a touchdown distance of 7 m, and a touchdown speed of 54 kt. The vertical speed at touchdown was minus 276 fpm, and the touchdown point was offset 19.0 m from the centreline. Weather at the time remained 20 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 270°, a 5 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt tailwind.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 256 m, equal to 50 % of the 513 m runway, and the aircraft’s alignment during rollout was off by 15.8 m from the centreline.
In summary, the flight covered 7 nm, lasted 6 minutes, and consumed 14 kg of fuel.
Kodiak 100 approached runway 01 at AYPB Paiela Airport from the south on a heading of 10.0° at 1 nm and 573 ft AGL. The final approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate, being off the glideslope and off the centreline. Local weather was 20 °C with wind 5 kt from 270°, a 5 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt tailwind component.
At threshold the height was good and the aircraft crossed at a speed of 54 kt, which was well below the target speed; the report notes to take care not to stall.
Touchdown occurred 7 m from the threshold at a speed of 54 kt, which was rated good, and the vertical rate was minus 276 fpm, rated fair. The touchdown point was significantly misaligned, being 19.0 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance was 256 m, representing 50 % of the 513 m runway.
Rollout alignment was misaligned by 15.8 m from the centreline.
Improving glideslope and centreline tracking on the final approach will reduce the large lateral deviations observed at touchdown and during rollout. Maintaining the target approach speed will also help keep the touchdown point closer to the centreline and improve overall alignment.
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