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LEPP
Pamplona, Spain
Elevation1,479 ft asl
Weight2,421 kg
Fuel325 kg
Wind112° · 0 kn

Flight Score

86.00 %
LEPP
Pamplona, Spain
Elevation1,479 ft asl
Weight2,397 kg
Fuel265 kg
Wind180° · 11 kn
27 Aug 2026 0:06 3 nm Airbus H145 60 kg
Departure Score
91.16 %
Enroute Score
99.91 %
Arrival Score
66.92 %

What went well

Touched down at 80 fpm — a soft arrival
No sideways movement at touchdown

What held you back

Arrival Approach — Fastest descent 3,444 fpm at 0 %, 37 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeed at 29 %, −4.28 points
Arrival Approach — 39 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeed at 25 %, Fastest descent 1,542 fpm at 38 %, −3.42 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touched down at 1,331 fpm at 0 %, −3.33 points

Next time

Departure

Ease the cyclic forward gently and add a little collective as the speed builds, so it accelerates without losing height.

What happened: Accelerating out of the hover, the helicopter sank at up to 150 fpm; full marks allow 100 fpm.

Watch for: Vertical speed: level or climbing as the airspeed comes up.

See Departure Transition

Arrival

Start the descent earlier and hold a steady, moderate rate with collective, so there is no steep drop to stop near the ground.

What happened: The approach reached 3,444 fpm of descent, against 800 fpm for full marks.

Watch for: Vertical speed: no more than 800 fpm on the approach.

See Arrival Approach

As you slow through about 20 knots near the end, add collective to offset the loss of translational lift, together with the matching pedal. Keep some forward speed until you're close to the ground.

Read more in Basics of helicopter flight

Start to finish · 7 stages, 7 scored

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 Transition 86.28Accelerated away from 0 kt to 5 kt, reaching 140 ft above the spot in 59 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
68 % Steepest bank 25 °Full marks up to 15 °
90 % Sank at up to 152 fpm while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 4 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 148 ft140 ft min to max 161 ft 161 140 ft
Info Average ground speed 5 kt0 kt min to max 8 kt 0 5 kt
Info Average airspeed 3 kt0 kt min to max 5 kt 0 4 kt
Info Average VSI -31 fpm-152 fpm min to max 14 fpm 14 -25 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-3.8 ° min to max 6.9 ° 1.1 -1.4 °
Info Average bank angle 3.6 °0.0 ° min to max 24.6 ° 1.4 0.7 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.09 g 1.03 1.00 g
Arrival Approach 59.02The approach began 140 ft above the landing spot at 5 kt and slowed to 7 kt in 13 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 3 °Full marks up to 20 °
38 % Fastest descent 1,542 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
25 % 39 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 0 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 114 ft23 ft min to max 140 ft 140 23 ft
Info Average ground speed 6 kt5 kt min to max 7 kt 5 7 kt
Info Average airspeed 3 kt2 kt min to max 4 kt 4 3 kt
Info Average VSI -451 fpm-1,542 fpm min to max -19 fpm -22 -1,542 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -3.0 °-5.6 ° min to max -1.1 ° -1.5 -5.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.9 °0.2 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.7 1.8 °
Info Average g force 0.94 g0.77 g min to max 1.04 g 1.00 0.92 g
050100150050100150Steepest, 1,542 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Touchdown 60.00Touched down at 1,331 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touched down at 1,331 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 1 ft0 ft min to max 1 ft 1 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 4 kt0 kt min to max 8 kt 8 0 kt
Info Average VSI -665 fpm-1,331 fpm min to max 0 fpm -1,331 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -2.5 °-5.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° -5.0 0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 1.1 °0.1 ° min to max 2.2 ° 2.2 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.27 g1.00 g min to max 1.55 g 1.55 1.00 g
050100150-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 1,170 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 1,331 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. It was not moving over the ground. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.
Departure Transition 96.04Accelerated away from 4 kt to 61 kt, reaching 104 ft above the spot in 17 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 14 °Full marks up to 15 °
90 % Sank at up to 150 fpm while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 13 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 91 ft21 ft min to max 116 ft 21 104 ft
Info Average ground speed 29 kt4 kt min to max 61 kt 4 61 kt
Info Average airspeed 17 kt1 kt min to max 43 kt 1 43 kt
Info Average VSI 333 fpm-150 fpm min to max 929 fpm 436 -150 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -8.9 °-13.2 ° min to max -1.8 ° -3.8 -10.1 °
Info Average bank angle 6.9 °0.2 ° min to max 14.4 ° 5.2 8.8 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.89 g min to max 1.17 g 1.08 1.00 g
Enroute Level 99.91Enroute level cruise started overhead LEPP Pamplona Airport Pamplona (Navarra, Spain) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±580 ft of 1,991 ft asl1,594 ft asl min to max 2,251 ft asl 1,596 2,059 ft asl
100 % Average speed 64 kt0 kt min to max 98 kt 47 0 kt
100 % Average bank angle 8.1 °0.0 ° min to max 30.8 ° 8.9 7.1 °
99 % Average g force 1.01 g0.22 g min to max 1.36 g 1.06 0.90 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-11.4 ° min to max 16.2 ° -11.4 0.5 °
Arrival Approach 48.64The approach began 463 ft above the landing spot at 8 kt and slowed to 4 kt in 36 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 12 °Full marks up to 20 °
0 % Fastest descent 3,444 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
29 % 37 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 5 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 143 ft62 ft min to max 463 ft 463 62 ft
Info Average ground speed 8 kt3 kt min to max 15 kt 8 4 kt
Info Average airspeed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
Info Average VSI -832 fpm-3,444 fpm min to max -32 fpm -3,210 -256 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-2.2 ° min to max 4.8 ° 0.0 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 3.9 °0.3 ° min to max 12.4 ° 5.8 3.8 °
Info Average g force 1.05 g0.87 g min to max 1.48 g 0.94 0.97 g
02004006000100200300400Steepest, 3,444 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touched down at 80 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touched down at 80 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 2 ft0 ft min to max 4 ft 4 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
Info Average VSI -40 fpm-80 fpm min to max 0 fpm -80 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °0.2 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.8 0.0 °
Info Average g force 0.98 g0.95 g min to max 1.00 g 0.95 1.00 g

2 landings

Every landing in this flight

The flight is kept as it was recorded: it ends when the engine is shut down, so a landing with the rotors turning is a stop along the way, not a new flight.

# Where Into flight Touchdown Ground speed Sideways On the ground
1 LEPP · Pamplona Airport 17:10 1331 ft/min 0.0 kt 0.0 kt 0:29
2 LEPP · Pamplona Airport 22:37 80 ft/min 0.0 kt 0.0 kt End of flight

Lift-off & hover

The last lift-off of 2 - each has its own stage above.

90.10Sink moving off150 fpm
100.00Nose down13°

Approach

The last approach of 2 - each has its own stage above.

0.00Steepest descent3,444 fpm
28.80Slow and sinking37 %
100.00Bank12°
100.00Nose up5°

Touchdown

The last landing of 2 - each has its own stage above.

100.00Rate at contact80 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

Landing 2 of 2

Hover, approach and touchdown

The last lift-off and the last landing. The other landing has the same drawings in its own stages above.

Approach48.64

02004006000100200300400Steepest, 3,444 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

The rest of the report

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Flight narrative

The aircraft began its en-route climb overhead Pamplona Airport (LEPP) in Navarra, Spain, ascending from 1,600 ft asl to 2,083 ft asl. The climb produced a net altitude gain of 483 ft, was completed in 2 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nm.

A brief level-cruise segment followed the climb, commencing overhead LEPP Pamplona Airport. This cruise lasted less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm before the aircraft proceeded to the next phase of the flight.

The next cruise segment started 1 mile north-east of Beriain, also in Navarra, and persisted for 2 minutes while the aircraft travelled 1 nm at level altitude.

Landing was executed on runway 33 at Pamplona Airport, whose paved length is 1,899 m. The runway threshold stood at 90 ft agl, a height noted as significantly above target, while the threshold speed was recorded at 0 kt, well below target. Touchdown occurred 87 m down the runway at a speed of 0 kt, with a descent rate of minus 80 fpm. The touchdown point was laterally displaced by 208.7 m from the centreline. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 22 °C, wind from 180° at 11 kt, a 5 kt crosswind component and a 10 kt tailwind component.

In total the flight covered 3 nm, required 6 minutes of elapsed time and consumed 60 kg of fuel.

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