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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 107 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 94 kt against a target of 107 kt, running 13 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 107 kt.
Arrival
Add power on short final to hold speed at 70 kt, correcting the slow threshold speed before it carries through to the flare.
What happened: Threshold speed was slow at 60 kt against 70 kt, and touchdown followed short of the aim point at 37 m. Crossing the threshold slow like this usually carries the touchdown short.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 70 kt on short final.
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 477 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 477 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 37 m short of the threshold. The 1.99 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 taxied from its parking position to runway 04 at AYRM Maramuni Airport in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
On the departure roll the aircraft used 324 m of runway, representing 68 % of the available length, and lifted off at 70 kt. Local conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 271°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead AYRM, rising from 5,245 ft asl to 8,008 ft asl - an increase of 2,763 ft - in 3 minutes while traversing 7 nm.
The first cruise segment began 7 miles east of AYRM, lasted 2 minutes and covered 5 nm.
Descent started 7 miles north-east of the airport, descending from 7,621 ft asl to 6,503 ft asl - a loss of 1,119 ft - in 2 minutes over 4 nm.
A second cruise phase was initiated 2 miles north-east of AYRM, lasting 2 minutes and encompassing 4 nm.
The subsequent descent began overhead AYRM, dropping from 6,642 ft asl to 5,404 ft asl - a decrease of 1,238 ft - in 2 minutes while covering 3 nm.
Final approach to runway 22 was flown from the north-east, on a heading of 225.0° at 2 nm and 277 ft agl. Weather at the time was 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 267°, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Touchdown occurred before the runway threshold at 53 kt with a vertical speed of 19 fpm and a perfectly aligned touchdown. The aircraft required a landing distance of 168 m, equal to 35 % of the runway.
Runway rollout maintained very good alignment throughout the deceleration phase.
In total the flight covered 26 nm, took 12 minutes and consumed 33 kg of fuel.
The Kodiak 100 executed a final approach to runway 22 at AYRM Maramuni Airport from the north-east on a heading of 225.0° at 2 NM and 277 ft AGL. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
Touchdown occurred before the threshold with a speed of 53 kt, described as good, and a vertical rate of 19 fpm, described as perfect. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Rollout covered 168 m, representing 35 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
Maintain the high overall technique but adjust the flare to achieve touchdown at the intended aim point about 300 m (1,000 ft) down the runway to avoid early contact with the pavement. This small refinement will preserve the excellent score while ensuring optimal use of runway length.
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