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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 16 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 10 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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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 59 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 taxied from the parking area to runway 05 at AYPE Kairik Airstrip in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 05, using 361 m of runway (30 % of the available length) and achieved liftoff at 72 kt. Local conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a tail-wind component of 1 kt.
Climb began overhead AYPE Kairik Airstrip, with the airplane ascending from 7,908 ft asl to 10,807 ft asl - a gain of 2,899 ft - in 2 minutes while covering 3 nm.
Level cruise was established 2 miles north of Porgera and was maintained for 3 minutes, during which 10 nm were flown.
Descent started 1 mile north of AYPB Paiela Airport, with the aircraft descending from 11,003 ft asl to 6,701 ft asl - a loss of 4,302 ft - in 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
On final approach to runway 01 at AYPB Paiela Airport, the aircraft descended from 602 ft agl to -3 ft agl in 34 seconds and scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 01, whose length is 513 m, the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 57 kt. Touchdown occurred 56 m down the runway at 52 kt with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 139 fpm; the touchdown point was 13.4 m off the centreline. Local weather remained 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 270°, a cross-wind of 1 kt and no head-wind.
The total landing roll measured 389 m, representing 76 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was slightly off centreline by 10.4 m.
In total, the flight covered 22 nm, required 11 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 24 kg of fuel.
The aircraft Kodiak 100 completed the final approach to runway 01 at AYPB Paiela Airport, descending from 602 ft agl to -3 ft agl in 34 seconds and scoring on the stabilisation gates; local weather was 15 °C with a 1 kt wind from 270°, a 1 kt cross-wind and no head-wind.
During the threshold and flare phase the runway presented a good threshold height, while the threshold speed was a little below target at 57 kt.
Touchdown occurred 56 m down the runway at a speed of 52 kt, with a smooth touchdown rate of minus 139 fpm; the touchdown point was misaligned by 13.4 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 389 m, representing 76 % of the 513 m runway, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.4 m from the centreline.
To improve the score, focus on achieving the target threshold speed and refining centreline alignment during touchdown and rollout.
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