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Departure
Start bringing the nose up as the speed reaches 67 kt, not after it.
What happened: You started the rotation at 88 kt, 21 kt past the 67 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 67 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Nothing to change in the speed, the height or the flare. Keep the landing attitude held until the mains are on, so the aircraft is not let down onto the runway in the last moment.
What happened: The touchdown rate was 127 fpm. Nothing before it explains that: threshold speed and height were within limits and the flare was flown normally.
Watch for: Touchdown rate: a little less than 127 fpm next time
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards 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 for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: wings 15° of bank, against a 10° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,490 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 373 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 taxied to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde and commenced the take-off roll, covering 609 m which represented 24 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 90 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, giving a 1 kt head-wind component and a 1 kt cross-wind component.
The aircraft entered the left-hand traffic pattern from runway 23, flying a distance of less than 1 nm in 27 seconds.
It then proceeded onto the left-hand crosswind leg, covering less than 1 nm in 15 seconds.
During the downwind turn the aircraft described a 1 nm arc and established an angle to the runway of 78.6°.
The downwind leg was flown for 2 nm and required 51 seconds to complete.
On the base-leg turn the aircraft described a 2 nm arc, attaining an angle to the runway of 48.2°.
The base leg itself was less than 1 nm in length and was completed in 22 seconds.
The final turn to align with the runway was also less than 1 nm and took 31 seconds.
For the final approach the aircraft was established on a heading of 232.0°, inbound from the north-east, at 1 nm distance and 212 ft above ground level.
Landing was executed on runway 23, whose length is 2 493 m. The threshold speed was slightly above target at 75 kt. Touchdown occurred 376 m down the runway at 61 kt, with a descent rate of minus 98 fpm and excellent runway-centerline alignment. Weather at the time was 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 269°, providing a 1 kt head-wind and a 1 kt cross-wind component.
In total the flight covered 8 nm, lasted 5 (units as provided), and consumed 15 kg of fuel.
The Kodiak 100 established a final approach to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde from the north-east, tracking a heading of 232.0° at one nautical mile and 212 ft AGL. Local conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 269°, providing a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component, and the threshold height was reported as good.
During the threshold and flare segment the aircraft’s threshold speed was slightly above target at 75 kt, while the height over the threshold remained good.
Touchdown occurred 376 m down the runway at a speed of 61 kt, with a vertical rate of -98 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
With a perfect final score of 100.0 % the landing was exemplary; fine-tuning the approach speed to match the target value will further tighten performance, while the current alignment and touchdown point should be maintained.
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