The Piper PA-28-236 Dakota taxied to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport and commenced the departure roll, covering a takeoff distance of 297 m which represented 16 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 66 kt while the ambient temperature was 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 269°, with a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.

The aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 23, flying a distance of less than 1 nm in 23 seconds.

Continuing the left-hand pattern, the cross-wind leg was flown for less than 1 nm in 20 seconds.

During the downwind turn the aircraft covered 1 nm and established an angle to the runway of 84.7° measured from the 45-degree reference.

The downwind leg was maintained for 1 nm and required 52 seconds to complete.

A base-turn maneuver followed, again spanning 1 nm and producing an angle to the runway of 48.0° from the 45-degree reference.

The base leg was flown for less than 1 nm and was completed in 24 seconds.

The final turn to the runway was executed over a distance of less than 1 nm in 21 seconds.

On final approach to runway 23 the aircraft descended from 344 ft AGL to 31 ft AGL in 41 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gates; weather conditions remained temperature 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 270°, with a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind.

Touchdown occurred on runway 23, whose length is 1,866 m, with a threshold speed of 74 kt. The aircraft landed 356 m from the threshold at 59 kt, achieving a touchdown rate of minus 58 fpm and perfect runway alignment; the total landing distance was 585 m, representing 31 % of the runway.

Runway rollout alignment was perfect as the aircraft decelerated and exited the runway.

In total the flight covered 6 nm, required approximately 5 minutes, and consumed 2 kg of fuel.