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Departure
Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 107 kt.
What happened: Climb speed was 84 kt against a target of 107 kt, running 23 kt slow through the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 107 kt.
Arrival
Add power on final to hold 70 kt across the threshold.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 60 kt, 10 kt below VREF, and low energy like this usually carries through to a firm touchdown at 297 fpm.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 70 kt at the threshold
Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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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 513 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 513 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 109 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 taxied to runway 19 at AYPB Paiela Airport and commenced the take-off roll. The aircraft accelerated over a distance of 397 m, representing 77 % of the available runway, and lifted off at 68 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, providing a 1 kt head-wind component and a 2 kt cross-wind.
Climb began directly overhead the departure airport, with the airplane ascending from 6,278 ft asl to 7,878 ft asl. The altitude gain of 1,601 ft was achieved in 1 minute while covering 2 nm.
Cruise was established 2 mi southwest of AYPB, where the aircraft maintained level flight for 2 minutes and traversed 5 nm.
The final approach to runway 01 was flown from the south on a heading of 6.0° at 2 nm distance, descending to an altitude of 1,468 ft agl.
During the approach descent the aircraft reduced altitude from 609 ft agl to 6 ft agl in 38 seconds, satisfying the stabilisation gate criteria.
Landing occurred on runway 01, whose length is 513 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 60 kt. Touchdown was recorded 107 m down the runway at 52 kt with a vertical speed of minus 152 fpm, and the touchdown point was offset 11.8 m from the centreline. Weather at the time was 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, giving a 1 kt tail-wind component and a 2 kt cross-wind.
Rollout continued for a total landing distance of 417 m, representing 81 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s path was laterally misaligned by 8.4 m from the centreline.
In summary, the flight covered 10 nm, required 6 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 23 kg of fuel.
The Kodiak 100 approached runway 01 at AYPB Paiela Airport from the south on a heading of 6.0° at 2 nm and 1,468 ft agl; the final approach was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate, being off the glideslope, off the centreline and more than 5 kt below VREF, and the aircraft descended from 609 ft agl to 6 ft agl in 38 seconds, scoring on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 60 kt, noted as a little below the target.
Touchdown occurred 107 m down the runway at a speed of 52 kt with a vertical rate of -152 fpm, the touchdown point being misaligned by 11.8 m from the centreline; total landing distance was 417 m, representing 81 % of the 513 m runway.
During rollout the aircraft remained slightly misaligned, drifting 8.4 m from the centreline, while local weather was 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 270°, crosswind 2 kt and tailwind 1 kt.
Improving lateral alignment on final approach and at touchdown will reduce the centreline deviations observed, and maintaining a stabilised approach within glideslope and speed targets will support more consistent landings.
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