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Speed on the slow side
Between four hundred and a thousand feet you're heavy, close to the ground and still carrying flap, and speed is the margin holding all three apart. Slow here doesn't feel like anything — the aeroplane climbs, the nose is up, nothing complains — right up until a turn, a gust or a bank tightens the wing's job and the margin is already gone. The fix is rarely "fly faster", it's lowering the nose a degree and letting the speed build before the next thing you do. Pitch buys altitude, speed buys options, and at this height options are the scarcer of the two.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
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 118 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, covering 336 m which represents 65 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 66 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 269°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and no head-wind.
Climb began directly overhead AYPB Paiela Airport in Porgera, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The aircraft ascended from 6,601 ft asl to 7,716 ft asl, gaining 1,115 ft in 1 minute while traversing 2 nm.
Descent was initiated 1 mile east of AYPB Paiela Airport, again in Porgera, Morobe Province. Altitude was reduced from 7,709 ft asl to 6,483 ft asl, a loss of 1,225 ft over 2 minutes and a ground distance of 3 nm.
During the final approach to runway 19 at AYPB Paiela Airport the aircraft descended from 349 ft agl to 6 ft agl in 31 seconds and met the stabilisation gate criteria.
Landing was executed on runway 19, whose length is 513 m. The threshold height was satisfactory and the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 61 kt. Touchdown occurred 116 m down the runway at 52 kt with a smooth vertical speed of minus 132 fpm, and runway alignment at touchdown was very good. Weather remained 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 269°, a cross-wind of 1 kt and no head-wind.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 284 m, representing 55 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
In total the flight covered 7 nm, lasted 4 minutes and consumed 8 kg of fuel.
The Kodiak 100 approached runway 19 at AYPB Paiela Airport on a final approach that descended from 349 ft agl to 6 ft agl in 31 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates. Local conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 269°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and no head-wind.
At threshold the aircraft’s speed was slightly below the target at 61 kt and the threshold height was good.
Touchdown occurred 116 m down the runway at a speed of 52 kt, with a smooth vertical rate of minus 132 fpm and very good runway-touchdown alignment.
The aircraft rolled out over a total distance of 284 m, representing 55 % of the 513 m runway, and the rollout alignment was perfect.
Maintain the target threshold speed to optimise energy management while preserving the excellent alignment and rollout performance demonstrated in this 98.3 % landing.
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