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Departure
Start bringing the nose up as the speed reaches 67 kt, not after it.
What happened: You started the rotation at 83 kt, 16 kt past the 67 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 67 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on final so speed is back to 69 kt before the gate, not after it.
What happened: Speed control was already loose at the stabilisation gate, and this flight crossed the threshold at 85 kt against a target of 69 kt, 16 kt fast. Carrying excess speed into the gate like this usually carries straight through to a fast threshold crossing.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator, targeting 69 kt by the gate and held to 69 kt at the threshold.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 16 stages, 14 in the score
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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 for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: wings 26° of bank, against a 10° limit and speed 32 kt FAST on the reference speed of 69 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,490 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 476 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 departed EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde from runway 23, achieving liftoff at 89 kt after a take-off roll of 561 m, which represented 23 % of the available runway. Ambient conditions were 16 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, providing a 1 kt head-wind component and a 1 kt cross-wind component.
During the left-hand pattern the aircraft entered the circuit from runway 23, covering less than 1 nm in 22 seconds, then proceeded to the crosswind leg for another sub-1 nm segment in 18 seconds. The downwind turn spanned 1 nm with a 75.5° angle to the runway, followed by a 2-nm downwind leg completed in 63 seconds. The base-leg turn covered 2 nm at a 44.2° angle, after which the base leg itself was less than 1 nm in 23 seconds, and the final turn was completed in less than 1 nm in 14 seconds. The final approach was established from the north-east on a heading of 232.0° at 1 nm and 229 ft AGL, aligning for runway 23.
Touchdown occurred on runway 23 at a distance of 480 m from the threshold, with a measured speed of 70 kt and a vertical speed of minus 108 fpm. The threshold speed had been set at 85 kt, which was noted as higher than optimal. The aircraft’s alignment on touchdown was very good, and the total landing roll measured 834 m, representing 33 % of the 2,493 m runway. Weather at the time of landing was 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, yielding the same 1 kt head-wind and cross-wind components as earlier.
The rollout phase maintained perfect runway alignment throughout the deceleration and exit maneuver.
In total the flight covered 8 nm, took 5 (units as reported), and consumed 14 kg of fuel.
The aircraft Kodiak 100 conducted the final approach to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde from the north east, maintaining a heading of 232.0° at 1 nm and 229 ft agl. Local weather conditions were temperature 15 °C, wind 1 kt at 270 °, with a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.
The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was too high at 85 kt.
Touchdown occurred 480 m down the runway, a distance described as good, with a touchdown speed of 70 kt that was fast. The vertical rate at touchdown was smooth at -108 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance measured 834 m, 33 % of the 2,493 m runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
Reduce the threshold and touchdown speeds to bring them within optimal limits, which will further improve the landing profile. Maintaining the current alignment and rate control will preserve the high overall score of 98.4 %.
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