BE36 (G36) parked at YBTL today! (Merged)

[Chimbu chuckles]

I put the data through my pax load system (my own design) and for my aircraft the following;

Assuming 4 x 100kg (220lb) pax

Baggage 123kg (271lb)

Fuel 227 liters (60usg)

TOW 1699kg (max structural 1633kg)

CofG 2182mm (aft limit 2227mm)

If he burned down to 60 liters fuel at his planned landing the CofG would have been 2190mm (aft limit 2227mm)

Now two of the pax were women and even older overweight Yank women are not typically 100kg...maybe 75-80?

So in my aeroplane they would have been around max structural TOW or maybe a 10kgs over (non issue) and safely inside the rear limit of the CofG envelope. I don't know how old that aeroplane was...it may well have been a much later model than mine and loaded with all the stuff yanks love like aircon etc making it's empty weight much higher than mine.

1200m of TORA, 41C/1300' amsl = be a little wary. Combined with MTOW and rising terrain = not much in the margins.

Turbulence/TW component and all the above factors suggest excellent pilot technique required that recognises and makes concious allowance for all the above. I very much doubt that existed.

Assuming 75kg female pax and full tanks TOW/CofG = 1709/2151 so 75kg overweight but still comfortably inside the aft CofG limit. You would get something similar with a higher A/C empty weight and only 60usg...either way test pilot territory.