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Not the biggest loss in points — the one thing on this flight a check pilot would raise first, and the guide passage for it.
Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,790 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 870 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 departed from runway 07 at EDDS Stuttgart Airport, accelerating through a takeoff roll of 490 m (16 % of the runway) and lifting off at 92 kt. Ambient conditions were 34 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 206°, a 3 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt tail-wind component.
Climb commenced one mile west of Denkendorf, where the aircraft rose from 1,959 ft asl to 5,933 ft asl, an altitude gain of 3,974 ft achieved in 7 minutes while covering 19 nm.
Level cruise began overhead Murr and continued for 24 minutes, during which the flight covered 75 nm at a steady altitude.
Descent was initiated one mile west of Alzenau, descending from 5,996 ft asl to 1,620 ft asl, a loss of 4,376 ft in 6 minutes over a distance of 17 nm.
The final approach to runway 25R at EDDF Frankfurt Airport was flown from the east on a heading of 250.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 1,270 ft agl.
Landing on runway 25R, which is 2,797 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 107 kt. Touchdown was recorded 432 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 74 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 156 fpm and a lateral offset of 6.6 m from the centreline. The total landing distance measured 1,158 m (41 % of the runway). Weather at the time mirrored departure conditions: 34 °C, wind 4 kt from 206°, 3 kt cross-wind and a 3 kt head-wind component.
Runway rollout showed a slight centreline deviation of 11.4 m before the aircraft exited the paved surface.
The aircraft taxied to the parking area, a movement that lasted 6 minutes and covered 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 121 nm, required 47 minutes of airborne time and consumed 116 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 25R at EDDF Frankfurt Airport was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate because the flaps were not set, with the aircraft on a heading of 250.0° at 4 nm and 1,270 ft agl.
At threshold the height was good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 107 kt.
Touchdown occurred 432 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 74 kt, which the input describes as fast, and a vertical rate of minus 156 fpm that was rated good; the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 6.6 m from the centreline.
The rollout used a total landing distance of 1,158 m, representing 41 % of the 2,797 m runway, and the aircraft was slightly misaligned by 11.4 m from the centreline during rollout.
Ensure flap configuration is completed before reaching the 1,000 ft gate to achieve a stabilized approach, and manage speed to meet the appropriate threshold speed rather than the excessive 107 kt recorded.
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