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Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 4.8 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
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Arrival
On final, make small, early aileron and rudder corrections toward a point at the far end of the runway to recapture the centreline before touchdown.
What happened: This approach drifted off the centreline, crossing with a lateral offset that usually carries through to a touchdown point displaced from the centreline, and from there into a continuing alignment deviation during the rollout of 7.8 m.
Watch for: Watch your lateral position against the runway centreline, correcting any drift back toward 13 m well before the threshold.
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 513 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 513 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 25 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.79 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 taxied from the parking area to runway 04 at AYRM Maramuni Airport in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 04, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 72 kt and left the ground after a takeoff distance of 332 m, representing 69 % of the runway length; ambient temperature was 19 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 326°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and no head-wind.
Climb commenced overhead AYRM, climbing from 5 195 ft asl to 13 405 ft asl, an altitude gain of 8 210 ft achieved in 6 minutes while covering 13 nm.
Cruise began 3 mi southwest of AYRM, persisting for 11 minutes and traversing 14 nm at level flight.
Descent was initiated 11 mi north of AYPE Kairik Airstrip Porgera, descending from 13 401 ft asl to 6 513 ft asl, a loss of 6 888 ft in 7 minutes and covering 18 nm.
The final approach to runway 01 at AYPB Paiela Airport was flown from the south on a heading of 12.0° at 1 nm and 321 ft agl.
Landing on runway 01, which is 513 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 59 kt, a touchdown distance of 19 m, a touchdown speed of 58 kt and a touchdown rate of minus 223 fpm; the touchdown point was 11.6 m off the centreline. Local conditions were 17 °C, wind 5 kt from 269°, a cross-wind of 5 kt and a tail-wind component of 1 kt. The total landing distance measured 229 m, or 45 % of the runway, and the rollout ended with a lateral deviation of 7.8 m from the centreline.
Overall, the flight covered 47 nm, required 21 minutes of elapsed time and consumed 46 kg of fuel.
The Kodiak 100 completed a final approach to runway 01 at Paiela Airport from the south, tracking a heading of 12.0° at one nautical mile and 321 ft agl; the approach featured a good threshold height and the overall score was 89.8 %.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft established a threshold speed a little below target at 59 kt, and the flare produced a touchdown distance of 19 m from the runway threshold. Touchdown speed was 58 kt and the rate of descent at touchdown was fair at minus 223 fpm, while the touchdown point was misaligned by 11.6 m from the centreline.
At touchdown the aircraft touched down at 58 kt with the noted rate of minus 223 fpm and the same 11.6 m centreline deviation, confirming the figures recorded in the flare phase.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 229 m, representing 45 % of the 513 m runway, and the aircraft’s path was slightly misaligned by 7.8 m from the centreline during the rollout.
Focus on improving centreline tracking to reduce the 11-meter touchdown offset and the 7.8-meter rollout deviation, and work on achieving a more stabilized rate of descent to move the touchdown rate from fair toward optimal.
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