EGFF to EGGD Flight Report - PA28 Arrow III

Flight from EGFF to EGGD

Tuesday, 05 March 2024 18:55

Minutes 14

24 nm

Fuel -99 kg

PA28 Arrow III

Departure

Runway 30 at EGFF

Cardiff

Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Altitude

207 ft asl

Weight

986 kg

Fuel

105 kg

Temperature

28 °C

Wind Speed

6 kt

Wind Direction

270.0 °

Headwind

5 kt

Crosswind

2 kt

Arrival

Runway 09 at EGGD

Bristol

Bristol North Somerset, England

607 ft asl

Altitude

1,099 kg

Weight

204 kg

Fuel

29 °C

Temperature

6 kt

Wind Speed

270.0 °

Wind Direction

-6 kt

Headwind

0 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 96.51%

Departure Score 94.43%

Enroute Score 100.00%

Arrival Score 93.47%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

87.5 %

Touchdown

99.12 %

Warning: Landed with a 6 kt tailwind

Approach & flare

Threshold height

79.51 %

Good threshold height.

Threshold speed

85.71 %

Threshold speed was well above target at 83 kt.

Flare

84.77 %

Very good landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

100 %

Touchdown rate was perfect at -50 ft/m.

Impact

100 %

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 65 kt was a little fast.

Aim point

94.23 %

Touchdown point was 73 m beyond the touchdown zone.

Centreline

100 %

Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.

Bounce

100 %

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Departure Taxi

90 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 8 kn 0 kn min to max 14 kn	0		14 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 13 kn max 13 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.98 g min to max 1.00 g	1.00		1.00 g
0 %	Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info	Average pitch angle 0.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.6 °	0.0		1.0 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.5 °	0.0		0.0 °
Info	Battery Master On at 18:55:45
Info	Engine 1 Started at 18:55:45
Info	Beacon Lights Switched On at 18:55:45
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 18:55:45
Info	Navigation Lights Switched On at 18:55:45
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 18:55:45
Info	Landing Gear Down at 18:55:45
Info	Parking Brake On at 18:55:45
Info	Pitot Heat Switched On at 18:57:17
Info	Parking Brake Off at 18:57:17
Info	Parking Brake On at 18:57:18
Info	Parking Brake Off at 18:57:40

Departure Roll

93.45 %

Departure roll runway 30 at EGFF Cardiff. Takeoff distance 593 m 30 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 80 kn. Local weather - Temperature 29 °C. Wind 6 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 5 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Takeoff distance 593 m 30 % of runway
80.72 %	Liftoff speed was 80 kn Target 70 kn
86.53 %	Runway alignment max 7.33 m 6.74 m left to 0.59 m right	0.24		6.74 m
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.97 g min to max 1.05 g	0.99		1.00 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle 0.8 ° -0.3 ° min to max 1.6 °	1.0		1.6 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.6 °	0.2		0.1 °
Info	Beacon Lights Switched Off at 18:58:19
Info	Strobe Lights Switched Off at 18:58:19
Info	Parking Brake On at 18:58:19
Info	Parking Brake Off at 19:06:03

Departure Climb 1

100 %

Departure climb to 15.2 m agl from runway 30 EGFF Cardiff.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.5 ° -0.7 ° min to max -0.3 °	-0.7		-0.3 °
100 %	Average speed 87 kn 80 kn min to max 91 kn	80		91 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.6 °	0.1		0.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.95 g min to max 1.09 g	1.00		1.04 g
Info	Average VSI 1.7 m/s 1.4 m/s min to max 2.5 m/s	1.4		2.5 m/s
Info	Average altitude 5.0 m agl 0.0 m agl min to max 13.5 m agl	0.0		13.5 m agl
Info	Average pitch angle 3.7 ° 1.6 ° min to max 5.4 °	1.6		5.4 °
Info	Landing Gear Up at 19:06:44

Departure Climb 2

96.34 %

Departure climb to 121.9 m agl from 30 EGFF Cardiff.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.1 ° -0.3 ° min to max 0.7 °	-0.3		0.7 °
100 %	Average speed 91 kn 88 kn min to max 92 kn	91		88 kn
85.37 %	Average bank angle 0.7 ° 0.1 ° min to max 7.6 °	0.8		7.6 °
100 %	Average g force 1.05 g 0.96 g min to max 1.10 g	1.04		0.96 g
Info	Average VSI 4.0 m/s 2.5 m/s min to max 7.1 m/s	2.5		6.8 m/s
Info	Average altitude 29.8 m agl 13.7 m agl min to max 117.9 m agl	13.7		117.9 m agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.1 ° 5.5 ° min to max 9.7 °	5.5		8.6 °

Departure Climb 3

92.37 %

Departure climb to 304.8 m agl from 30 EGFF Cardiff.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation 0.4 ° -0.0 ° min to max 0.6 °	0.6		-0.0 °
100 %	Average speed 88 kn 88 kn min to max 88 kn	88		88 kn
61.87 %	Average bank angle 13.2 ° 9.8 ° min to max 16.5 °	9.8		16.5 °
100 %	Average g force 0.99 g 0.97 g min to max 1.00 g	0.98		0.99 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 6.0 m/s 5.4 m/s min to max 6.5 m/s	6.5		5.4 m/s
Info	Average altitude 136.1 m agl 124.3 m agl min to max 147.3 m agl	124.3		147.3 m agl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.8 ° 5.8 ° min to max 7.8 °	7.8		5.8 °

Enroute Climb

100 %

Enroute climb started overhead Rhoose (Vale of Glamorgan, Wales). Climbing from 219 m asl to 605 m asl, an increase of 386.2 m in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 94 kn 89 kn min to max 99 kn	89		96 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 12.6 ° 0.2 ° min to max 28.4 °	17.6		2.7 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.86 g min to max 1.17 g	1.02		0.93 g
Info	Average VSI 5.6 m/s 1.9 m/s min to max 8.4 m/s	5.1		4.2 m/s
Info	Average altitude 401 m asl 219 m asl min to max 605 m asl	219		605 m asl
Info	Average pitch angle 5.9 ° 2.0 ° min to max 9.5 °	5.3		2.0 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started overhead Rhoose (Vale of Glamorgan, Wales) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 8 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 602 m asl 564 m asl min to max 632 m asl	608		564 m asl
100 %	Average speed 121 kn 97 kn min to max 126 kn	97		124 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 8.2 ° 0.2 ° min to max 14.3 °	2.7		10.7 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.93 g min to max 1.11 g	0.98		1.05 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -1.2 ° -2.6 ° min to max 1.3 °	1.3		-1.3 °
Info	Autopilot Master Switched On at 19:10:11
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Activated at 19:10:11
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 19:10:11
Info	Autopilot Master Switched Off at 19:10:13
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated at 19:10:13
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated at 19:10:13
Info	Autopilot Master Switched On at 19:10:16
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Activated at 19:10:16
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 19:10:16
Info	Autopilot Master Switched Off at 19:11:06
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated at 19:11:06
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated at 19:11:06
Info	Autopilot Master Switched On at 19:11:15
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Activated at 19:11:15
Info	Autopilot Master Switched Off at 19:11:47
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated at 19:11:47

Enroute Climb 2

100 %

Enroute climb started 5 miles south east of Penarth (Vale of Glamorgan, Wales). Climbing from 564 m asl to 682 m asl, an increase of 117.2 m in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 117 kn 108 kn min to max 124 kn	124		108 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 5.2 ° 0.1 ° min to max 14.2 °	12.3		0.6 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.98 g min to max 1.07 g	1.06		0.98 g
Info	Average VSI 1.2 m/s 0.1 m/s min to max 2.4 m/s	0.4		1.1 m/s
Info	Average altitude 590 m asl 564 m asl min to max 682 m asl	564		682 m asl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.4 ° -1.5 ° min to max 2.2 °	-1.1		0.4 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Navigation Lights Switched Off at 19:13:20
Info	Navigation Lights Switched On at 19:13:21

Enroute Level 2

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north west of Weston-super-Mare (North Somerset, England) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 701 m asl 686 m asl min to max 726 m asl	686		726 m asl
100 %	Average speed 110 kn 108 kn min to max 111 kn	111		111 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 5.2 ° 2.8 ° min to max 8.2 °	3.5		3.7 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.98 g min to max 1.02 g	1.01		1.01 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 0.5 ° -0.4 ° min to max 1.7 °	0.1		-0.4 °

Enroute Climb 3

100 %

Enroute climb started 1 mile north of Weston-super-Mare (North Somerset, England). Climbing from 726 m asl to 905 m asl, an increase of 178.3 m in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 111 kn 105 kn min to max 115 kn	111		114 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.9 ° 0.5 ° min to max 9.4 °	5.6		8.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.95 g min to max 1.08 g	1.02		1.07 g
Info	Average VSI 2.3 m/s 0.1 m/s min to max 4.7 m/s	0.2		4.2 m/s
Info	Average altitude 841 m asl 726 m asl min to max 905 m asl	726		905 m asl
Info	Average pitch angle -0.6 ° -3.4 ° min to max 1.3 °	0.1		0.9 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 3

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south west of Kingston Seymour (North Somerset, England) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 949 m asl 915 m asl min to max 966 m asl	915		952 m asl
100 %	Average speed 109 kn 106 kn min to max 113 kn	113		106 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 7.5 ° 2.2 ° min to max 9.6 °	6.3		2.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.95 g min to max 1.06 g	1.06		0.97 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 0.1 ° -3.7 ° min to max 3.1 °	2.8		-3.7 °

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 1 mile south of Kingston Seymour (North Somerset, England). Descent from 914 m asl to 581 m asl, a decrease of 333.3 m in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 107 kn 90 kn min to max 114 kn	110		90 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 5.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 10.0 °	0.3		0.5 °
100 %	Average g force 0.97 g 0.86 g min to max 1.07 g	1.02		0.92 g
Info	Average VSI -5.0 m/s -7.5 m/s min to max -1.8 m/s	-3.5		-5.4 m/s
Info	Average altitude 736 m asl 581 m asl min to max 914 m asl	914		581 m asl
Info	Average pitch angle -5.7 ° -7.8 ° min to max -3.1 °	-3.1		-7.8 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Landing Gear Down at 19:16:57
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 19:17:25
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 19:17:26

Arrival

100 %

Arrival started 1 mile south of Kingston Seymour (North Somerset, England).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 86 kn 82 kn min to max 90 kn	90		82 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 1.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 6.1 °	0.2		3.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.92 g min to max 1.09 g	0.92		1.00 g
Info	Average VSI -5.9 m/s -7.9 m/s min to max -2.4 m/s	-6.2		-3.0 m/s
Info	Average altitude 397 m asl 265 m asl min to max 574 m asl	574		265 m asl
Info	Average pitch angle -6.9 ° -10.0 ° min to max -2.6 °	-8.4		-3.2 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 19:17:43

Arrival Final 1

93.79 %

Approaching runway 09 at EGGD Bristol from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 76.6 m agl to 15.7 m agl. A decrease of 60.9 m in 31 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
70.77 %	Approach angle 2.4 ° 2.3 ° min to max 2.9 ° Target 3.0 °	2.3		2.4 °
100 %	Average speed 83 kn 80 kn min to max 84 kn	82		83 kn
100 %	Heading variation -0.1 ° -0.4 ° min to max 0.0 °	-0.4		-0.1 °
98.16 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 3.7 °	2.7		0.5 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.96 g min to max 1.06 g	1.02		0.98 g
Info	Average VSI -2.0 m/s -3.1 m/s min to max -0.1 m/s	-3.0		-1.9 m/s
Info	Average altitude 31.6 m agl 15.7 m agl min to max 76.6 m agl	76.6		15.7 m agl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.7 ° -3.8 ° min to max 0.4 °	-2.9		-2.8 °

Arrival Landing

87.5 %

Landing on runway 09 at EGGD Bristol, runway length 1,881 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 83 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
85.71 %	Threshold speed was well above target at 83 kn. Target 71 kn
79.51 %	Target 15.2 m agl
84.77 %	Landing and flare profile
100 %	Heading variation -0.0 ° -0.1 ° min to max 0.0 °	-0.1		0.0 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.6 °	0.5		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.97 g min to max 1.06 g	0.98		0.99 g
Info	Average speed 76 kn 65 kn min to max 83 kn	83		65 kn
Info	Average VSI -1.1 m/s -2.1 m/s min to max -0.1 m/s	-1.9		-0.2 m/s
Info	Average altitude 3.0 m agl 0.0 m agl min to max 10.9 m agl	10.9		0.0 m agl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.2 ° -2.8 ° min to max 3.1 °	-2.8		3.1 °

Arrival Touchdown

99.12 %

Touchdown point was 73 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 65 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was perfect at -0.2 m/s. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 29 °C. Wind 6 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Tailwind: 6 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Touchdown VSI was -0.2 m/s.
94.23 %	Touchdown distance was 510 m Target 457 m
100 %	Speed at touchdown 65 kn Target 61 kn
100 %	Runway alignment max 0.70 m 0.69 m left	0.69		0.67 m
100 %	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.2 °	0.1		0.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.04 g 0.99 g min to max 1.08 g	0.99		1.03 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 65 kn 64 kn min to max 65 kn	65		64 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 3.3 ° 3.1 ° min to max 3.6 °	3.1		3.6 °

Takeoff on runway 30 at EGFF Cardiff in the PA28 Arrow III

94.43 %

90 %

Taxi

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Taxi Lights

100 %

Switched On

Ground Speed kt

100 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

93.45 %

Takeoff Roll

Departure roll runway 30 at EGFF Cardiff. Takeoff distance 593 m 30 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 80 kn. Local weather - Temperature 29 °C. Wind 6 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 5 kn.

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 593 m using 29.83 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

80.72 %

Liftoff speed was 80 kn - Target 67 kn

Alignment

86.53 %

6.74 m left to 0.59 m right

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

100 %

Switched On

Landing Lights

100 %

Switched On

100 %

IAS kt

Info

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

100 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 15.2 m agl from runway 30 EGFF Cardiff.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

96.34 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 121.9 m agl from 30 EGFF Cardiff.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

85.37 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

92.37 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 304.8 m agl from 30 EGFF Cardiff.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

61.87 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 09 at EGGD Bristol in the PA28 Arrow III

Landing Score 93.47 %

93.79 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 09 at EGGD Bristol from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 76.6 m agl to 15.7 m agl. A decrease of 60.9 m in 31 seconds.

Glideslope

70.77 %

Excellent glideslope alignment

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

70.77 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

100 %

Bank °

98.16 %

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

87.5 %

Landing

Landing on runway 09 at EGGD Bristol, runway length 1,881 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 83 kn.

Height

79.51 %

Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

85.71 %

Threshold speed was well above target at 83 kt. Target 71 kt

Flare

84.77 %

Very good landing flare

Alignment

100 %

Bank °

100 %

IAS kt

Info

Pitch °

Info

Descent Rate fpm

Info

99.12 %

Touchdown

100 %

Touchdown rate was perfect at -50 ft/m.

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 65 kt was a little fast. Target below 61 kn

Distance

94.23 %

Touchdown point was 73 m beyond the touchdown zone.

Alignment

100 %

Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.

Bank

100 %

Bank angle 0.2 °

100 %

G 1.04 g

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

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