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Fixing the bounce
Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 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 2,187 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 416 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
This flight involved the operation of a Kodiak 100 aircraft. The aircraft taxiing from the parking to the runway took approximately 8 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile.
Departure from Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE) occurred on runway 36. The aircraft achieved liftoff speed at 87 knots. Weather conditions at the time of departure included a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius, wind of 3 knots at 19 degrees, providing a slight headwind, with the crosswind and headwind components measured at 1 and 2 knots respectively.
Following departure, the aircraft began its enroute climb approximately 2 miles north of the Mitchell Municipal Airport, lifting off from a height of 2,314 feet above sea level. The aircraft ascended to a height of 9,760 feet above sea level in 7 minutes and covered 16 nautical miles. The climb involved an increase of 7,446 feet in altitude.
After completing the enroute climb, the aircraft transitioned to an enroute level cruise 10 miles west of Howard, lasting for 22 minutes as it covered 71 nautical miles. Following the cruise phase, the aircraft began its enroute descent approximately 6 miles south of Tyler in the state of Minnesota, descending from 10,408 feet above sea level to 3,515 feet in a matter of 9 minutes, covering 23 nautical miles.
Another level cruise started immediately after, approximately 3 miles north of Tracy Municipal Airport, where the aircraft flew for 4 minutes, covering 8 nautical miles.
The final approach phase involved an approach to runway 30 at Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field (KMML), coming from the southeast with a heading of 310.0 degrees and at an altitude of 1,398 feet above ground level, approximately 4 nautical miles from the runway threshold.
The landing was conducted on a runway of 2,187 meters in length, with the aircraft achieving good threshold height and touchdown speed of 70 knots, which was a tad faster than the target value. However, the aircraft did experience a touchdown point 402 meters beyond the touchdown zone. Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned from the centerline by 19.3 meters. Weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius and wind of 4 knots at 212 degrees, providing a slight tailwind.
After touchdown, the aircraft took approximately 8 minutes to taxi to the parking from the runway, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. Total flight distance covered was 126 nautical miles, taking approximately 56 minutes to complete, and the aircraft consumed a total of 133 kilograms of fuel.
An aircraft, presumably a Kodiak 100, was observed landing at KMML Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field with a performance score of 82.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south east, aligning with heading 310.0° at 4 nautical miles from the threshold and 1,398 feet above ground level.
The aircraft's landing on runway 30 was evaluated in the context of the runway's length, which is approximately 2,187 meters. The threshold height of the aircraft was satisfactory, but the airspeed was higher than the target speed at 81 knots. The touchdown speed of 70 knots was faster than ideal, and the touchdown rate, however, was good at -195 feet per minute, indicating a controlled descent.
One notable observation during the landing was the significant misalignment of the aircraft's touchdown point, which was 402 meters beyond the touchdown zone. This implies that the pilot may have been somewhat off target at the moment of touchdown. Furthermore, the runway rollout alignment was also found to be misaligned by 21.2 meters from the centreline, suggesting that the pilot may have struggled to maintain the aircraft's alignment during the roll-out phase after touchdown.
The local weather on the day of the landing included a temperature of 26°C and a relatively light wind of 4 knots at 212°. Although there was a crosswind of 4 knots, the overall wind conditions were not considered to be severe, and therefore, are unlikely to have contributed significantly to the observed misalignments.
The total landing distance of 1,250 meters accounts for 57% of the runway length, which indicates that the aircraft was relatively able to decelerate and stop within a moderate distance. Overall, the landing was deemed satisfactory, but there are areas for improvement, particularly in terms of maintaining the aircraft's alignment with the runway during the touchdown and rollout phases.
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