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Hold the nose until reaching 75 kt before rotating.
What happened: Rotation began at 68 kt, 7 kt before the 75 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator approaching 75 kt.
Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 9.3 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 8.1 m.
A good takeoff has a defined shape. It also has a defined end. For an airliner that's thrust reduction and acceleration, commonly somewhere around 1,000 to 1,500 ft above the airfield depending on the operator, while for a light aircraft it's established at Vy with the flaps on schedule. Most simmers have no defined end to their takeoff, which is exactly why it never gets judged.
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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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 573 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 573 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 122 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 departed AYGH Guhu Airstrip on runway 02, using a takeoff run of 333 m which represented 58 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 68 kt. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind from 270° at 3 kt, a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
During the climb the aircraft rose from 4,100 ft asl to 6,210 ft asl, gaining 2,110 ft in 1 minute while covering 2 nm. The climb was initiated overhead the departure aerodrome.
Level cruise commenced 2 mi east of the airfield and persisted for 3 minutes, during which 9 nm were flown at a steady altitude.
The descent began 3 mi east of AYGH, descending from 5,933 ft asl to 4,110 ft asl, a loss of 1,822 ft in 2 minutes while covering 3 nm.
Final approach to runway 20 was executed from the north-east on a heading of 203.0° at 0 nm distance and 161 ft agl. The approach environment featured a temperature of 18 °C, wind from 231° at 3 kt, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind component.
Touchdown occurred on runway 20, whose length is 573 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 67 kt. The aircraft contacted the surface after 120 m of rollout at a speed of 57 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 82 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 8.5 m from the centreline.
Runway rollout continued to a total landing distance of 341 m, representing 60 % of the runway, and the aircraft remained slightly misaligned by 8.1 m from the centreline during the roll.
In total the flight covered 15 nm, required 7 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed -43 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 20 at AYGH Guhu Airstrip was flown from the north-east on a heading of 203.0° at 0 nm and 161 ft AGL, with a temperature of 18 °C, wind 3 kt from 231°, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt headwind component.
Threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 67 kt, indicating the aircraft was correctly configured for the flare.
Touchdown occurred 120 m down the runway at a speed of 57 kt, which was good, and the vertical rate was excellent at minus 82 fpm; however, the touchdown point was misaligned by 8.5 m from the centreline.
The aircraft rolled out over a total distance of 341 m, representing 60 % of the 573 m runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.1 m from the centreline.
To refine future landings, focus on reducing lateral deviation at touchdown and maintaining centreline tracking through rollout, as these were the largest offsets despite the overall 95.7 % score.
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