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CAC8
Nanaimo, Canada
Runway 13W
Elevation141 ft asl
Weight1,716 kg
Fuel121 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

86.36 %
BUSH
1 mile east of Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada), Canada
Runway XX
Elevation0 ft asl
Weight1,717 kg
Fuel121 kg
Wind236° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
20 Mar 2025 0:07 2 nm DHC-2 Beaver
Departure Score
72.81 %
Enroute Score
99.49 %
Arrival Score
86.77 %

What went well

Touchdown 144 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 41 ft and 59 kt — both inside band
Straight touchdown — 4.45 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Departure Roll — Runway alignment max 278.71 m at 0 %, Takeoff Bounce at 60 %, −5.43 points
Departure Climb 1 — Heading variation 6.6 ° at 14 %, −3.63 points
Arrival Final 2 — Heading variation -12.5 ° at 19 %, Approach angle 5.1 ° at 38 %, −1.58 points
Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 5.6 ° at 0 %, Heading variation 0.1 ° at 72 %, −1.42 points

Next time

Hold the approach angle

See Arrival Final 1

Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 11 stages, 9 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 13W at CAC8 Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome, Average speed was 7 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 8 kt0 kt min to max 40 kt 0 40 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-0.6 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.5 1.9 °
Info Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 2.8 ° 0.0 2.8 °
Info Average g force 0.98 g0.00 g min to max 1.01 g 0.11 1.00 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 7 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 7 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 7 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 7 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 7 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 7 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake On 7 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 7 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 7 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Parking Brake On 7 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl · 1 kt
Departure Roll 67.39Departure roll runway 13W at CAC8 Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome. Takeoff distance 260 m 38 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 82 kt. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 1 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 260 m38 % of runway
77 % Liftoff speed was 82 ktTarget 68 kt
0 % Runway alignment max 278.71 m0.00 m left to 278.71 m right -278.71 -137.76 m
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.94 g min to max 1.15 g 1.00 1.15 g
60 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °0.3 ° min to max 2.6 ° 2.0 2.6 °
Info Average bank angle 1.9 °0.9 ° min to max 2.9 ° 2.8 0.9 °
Departure Climb 1 78.23Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 13W CAC8 Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
14 % Heading variation 6.6 °4.6 ° min to max 8.8 ° 8.8 4.6 °
100 % Average speed 86 kt83 kt min to max 89 kt 83 89 kt
99 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.9 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.9 1.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.29 g1.17 g min to max 1.34 g 1.17 1.27 g
Info Average VSI 841 fpm299 fpm min to max 1,399 fpm 299 1,399 fpm
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 37 ft agl 0 37 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.6 °2.9 ° min to max 11.8 ° 2.9 11.8 °
Enroute Level 99.49Enroute level cruise started overhead Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada) and lasted 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 493 ft asl164 ft asl min to max 910 ft asl 164 730 ft asl
100 % Average speed 83 kt60 kt min to max 122 kt 89 87 kt
99 % Average bank angle 10.2 °0.0 ° min to max 40.5 ° 1.6 0.6 °
99 % Average g force 1.05 g0.77 g min to max 1.55 g 1.26 0.93 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 4.9 °-10.7 ° min to max 19.8 ° 12.0 -0.3 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 180 ft agl · 87 kt
Info Bounce during liftoff 554 ft agl · 82 kt
Arrival Final 2 71.64Approaching landing ground 1 mile east of Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada) from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 728 ft agl to 485 ft agl. A decrease of 243 ft in 15 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
38 % Approach angle 5.1 °4.9 ° min to max 5.4 °Target 3.0 ° 5.2 4.9 °
100 % Average speed 84 kt81 kt min to max 86 kt 86 81 kt
19 % Heading variation -12.5 °-12.5 ° min to max -12.5 ° -12.5 -12.5 °
92 % Average bank angle 2.1 °0.0 ° min to max 5.9 ° 0.1 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.87 g min to max 1.09 g 0.89 0.92 g
Info Average VSI -862 fpm-1,502 fpm min to max -141 fpm -141 -784 fpm
Info Average altitude 608 ft agl485 ft agl min to max 728 ft agl 728 485 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -5.0 °-9.5 ° min to max -1.5 ° -1.5 -5.3 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 403 ft agl · 85 kt
11.251.51.752400450500550600650700Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-170-128-85-4304385128170Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 74.40Approaching landing ground 1 mile east of Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada) from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 469 ft agl to 50 ft agl. A decrease of 419 ft in 43 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 5.6 °4.9 ° min to max 6.0 °Target 3.0 ° 4.9 6.0 °
100 % Average speed 62 kt59 kt min to max 81 kt 81 59 kt
72 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° 1.0 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.11 g 0.96 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -574 fpm-921 fpm min to max -364 fpm -921 -562 fpm
Info Average altitude 147 ft agl50 ft agl min to max 469 ft agl 469 50 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-5.4 ° min to max 0.5 ° -5.4 0.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 5 329 ft agl · 76 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 311 ft agl · 68 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-90-68-45-23023456890Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 91.27Approaching touchdown 1 mile east of Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada). Descent from 42 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 42 ft in 4 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was a little below target at 59 kt. Target 70 kt
66 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
98 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 2.9 ° 1.0 2.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.03 g 1.02 1.02 g
Info Average speed 58 kt57 kt min to max 59 kt 59 57 kt
Info Average VSI -534 fpm-560 fpm min to max -505 fpm -560 -505 fpm
Info Average altitude 21 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 42 ft agl 42 1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °0.5 ° min to max 2.1 ° 0.5 2.1 °
07515001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 95.55Touchdown 1 mile east of Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada). Touchdown speed at 57 kt was good. Touchdown rate was very hard at -505 fpm. Touchdown distance was good at 142 m. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kt at 235 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Tailwind: 2 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Touchdown VSI was -505 fpm.
100 % Speed at touchdown 57 ktTarget below 66 kt
95 % Alignment max 4.50 m4.48 m left 4.49 4.45 m
98 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.1 ° min to max 2.2 ° 2.2 0.2 °
99 % Average g force 1.24 g1.02 g min to max 1.55 g 1.02 1.28 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 57 kt55 kt min to max 57 kt 57 55 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-1.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 2.1 -0.9 °
Arrival Rollout 97.73Landing rollout 1 mile east of Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada). Altitude0 ft asl. Distance was 48 m.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Alignment max 4.43 m4.43 m left to 0.00 m left 4.43 3.95 m
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.99 g min to max 1.24 g 1.24 0.99 g
Info Average speed 42 kt30 kt min to max 53 kt 53 30 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-1.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.6 -1.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting rollout 1 mile east of Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada), Average speed was 8 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 9 kt7 kt min to max 30 kt 30 7 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-1.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -1.1 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.96 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 5 6 ft agl · 19 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 6 ft agl · 8 kt
Arrival Taxi 90.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 6 kt6 kt min to max 7 kt 7 6 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.95 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.02 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.0 0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Taxi Lights
Info Parking Brake On 6 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 6 ft agl · 5 kt

Speed and pitch

From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.

Lifted off at 82 kt with 2.9° of pitch.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then.

90 kt6030020°10°0°LIFTOFF2.9° off12° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH010 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 38 kt 2.0° 0 s
Liftoff222 m · target 68 82 kt 2.9° 8.0 s
35 ft313 m · 2.4 s after liftoff 89 kt 11.6° 10.3 s
End of the climb315 m · 38 ft 89 kt 11.8° 10.4 s

Takeoff from CAC8 13W

Takeoff roll100.00
260m38 %
Liftoff speed76.95
82kttarget 68, 14 fast
Runway alignment0.00
278.71m R
Bounce on takeoff60.00
Yes
Rate of climb78.23
840fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 38 ft.

Reached 35 ft 284 m past the runway end.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END3040506070KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 82 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 682 m runway.

Rolled from 654 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 279 m at the widest, and lifted off 136 m right. Airborne 129 % of the way down the runway, past the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length.

100200300400500600THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 278.71 m RROLL 654 M INAirborne 875 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 875 m of 682 m · 128 %
Behind the start of the roll, 654 mTakeoff roll, 222 m Left ahead, 0 m

Landing and touchdown on BUSH XX

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
41ft
Threshold speed100.00
59kttarget 70, 11 slow
Centreline offset100.00
0.06m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
144m
Centreline94.71
4.50m L
Speed100.00
57kttarget 66 or less
Touchdown rate86.02
-505fpm
Impact98.57
1.55G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, 2° of bank.

Wind 236° at 2 kt · 2 kt tail · 0 kt across

How to read this

The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.

The stop

From 58 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 3 s, an average deceleration of 0.52 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

02040608030 kt · 67 mtouchdown91 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 41 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 144 m in, 160 m short of the ideal 305 m.

How to read this

The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.

41 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −505 fpm · 2.1° nose up · 57 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 41 ft, down at 144 m

Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.

The sink stayed between 500 fpm and 550 fpm from 42 ft to the runway. The nose came up 1.5° on the way down.

How to read this

Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°touchdown−505 fpm at touchdown2.1° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 4.4 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 4.5 m left at the widest.

How to read this

The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 144 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 144 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 193 m of 1,524 m · 13 %
In the air over the runway, 144 mRollout, 48 m Left over, 1,331 m
Rollout distance100.00
48m13 % used
Rollout alignment94.94
4.43m L

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Flight narrative

The flight began with a departure roll from runway 13W at the CAC8 Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome, where the DHC-2 Beaver took off with a takeoff distance of 260 meters, which accounted for 38% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 82 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time were characterized by a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270 degrees, resulting in a negligible crosswind and tailwind.

After taking off, the aircraft entered a level cruise, flying overhead Nanaimo in British Columbia, Canada, for 3 minutes, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The cruise was brief, and the aircraft then began its final approach to landing, descending from an altitude of 728 feet above ground level (agl) to 1 nautical mile away from the landing site.

As the aircraft approached the touchdown point, located 1 mile east of Nanaimo, it descended from an altitude of 42 feet agl to 0 feet agl in just 4 seconds, resulting in a very hard touchdown rate of -505 feet per minute (fpm). The touchdown speed was 57 knots, which was considered good, and the touchdown distance was 142 meters, which was also deemed satisfactory.

Following the touchdown, the aircraft underwent a landing rollout, covering a distance of 48 meters and maintaining an altitude of 0 feet above sea level (asl). The rollout was completed in a short period of time, and the aircraft then began taxiing to the parking area from the runway, a process that took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.

The total flight distance was 2 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 7 minutes, during which the aircraft consumed 0 kilograms of fuel. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots from 235 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 2 knots.

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