The pilot of a small jet transport felt low while flying the vgsi slope to lkp runway 14 and was tol...

Attributes
ACN	1105913
Time
Date	201307
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LKP.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Landing runway 14 at lkp. While stabilized on final on PAPI 3.5 degree glide path; it 'felt' low. After safely landing and discussing with FBO personnel; they commented 'if you stay on the PAPI glide path; you might get some pine needles in your wheel well. The PAPI has not been calibrated in a few years and the trees have only grown taller.' additionally; no 'official' wind information is available and would be very helpful for high performance aircraft operating at this location. Obstacle clearance while on PAPI needs to be evaluated. As a company; I believe we need to evaluate whether operations in/out of lkp fall within a prudent safety margin given the airfield configuration and the nearby location of slk.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a small jet transport felt low while flying the VGSI slope to LKP Runway 14 and was told after landing that trees had grown up to just below the 3.5 degree visual path.

Narrative: Landing Runway 14 at LKP. While stabilized on final on PAPI 3.5 degree glide path; it 'felt' low. After safely landing and discussing with FBO personnel; they commented 'if you stay on the PAPI glide path; you might get some pine needles in your wheel well. The PAPI has not been calibrated in a few years and the trees have only grown taller.' Additionally; no 'official' wind information is available and would be very helpful for high performance aircraft operating at this location. Obstacle clearance while on PAPI needs to be evaluated. As a Company; I believe we need to evaluate whether operations in/out of LKP fall within a prudent safety margin given the airfield configuration and the nearby location of SLK.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

The pilot of a small jet transport felt low while flying the vgsi slope to lkp runway 14 and was told after landing that trees had grown up to just below the 3.5 degree visual path.