BUSH to BIFM Flight Report - DHC-2 Beaver

Flight from BUSH to BIFM

Thursday, 14 December 2023 17:44

Minutes 16

24 nm

Fuel 33 kg

DHC-2 Beaver

Departure

Started 4 miles north of BISL Hoefn Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland)

4 miles north of BISL Hoefn Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland)

Altitude

5 ft agl

Weight

1,789 kg

Fuel

117 kg

Temperature

3 °C

Wind Speed

0 kt

Wind Direction

0.0 °

Headwind

0 kt

Crosswind

0 kt

Arrival

Runway 26 at BIFM

Fagurhólsmýri Airport

Hoefn Austurland, Iceland

52 ft asl

Altitude

1,757 kg

Weight

84 kg

Fuel

6 °C

Temperature

30 kt

Wind Speed

210.0 °

Wind Direction

22 kt

Headwind

21 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 76.48%

Departure Score 64.66%

Enroute Score 99.10%

Arrival Score 70.25%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

59.85 %

Touchdown

69.25 %

Landed with a 21 kt crosswind, well done!

Approach & flare

Threshold height

63.47 %

Threshold height at 71 ft agl was well above target.

Threshold speed

72.7 %

Threshold speed was a little below target at 58 kt.

Flare

59.74 %

Poor landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

80.48 %

Touchdown rate was fair at -239 ft/m.

Impact

88 %

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 49 kt was good.

Aim point

75.23 %

Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway.

Centreline

0 %

Runway touchdown position was excessively misaligned by 33.2 m from centreline.

Bounce

100 %

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Flight Stages BUSH to BIFM

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Departure Climb 1

59.03 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from 4 miles north of BISL Hoefn Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Heading variation 30.5 ° -180.0 ° min to max 180.0 °	179.4		-5.7 °
100 %	Average speed 41 kn 0 kn min to max 70 kn	0		70 kn
45.26 %	Average bank angle 5.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 22.8 °	0.6		4.2 °
77.14 %	Average g force 0.98 g 0.66 g min to max 1.65 g	0.98		0.82 g
Info	Average VSI 731 ft/m 394 ft/m min to max 838 ft/m	394		718 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 4 ft agl -5 ft agl min to max 41 ft agl	-2		41 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 8.6 ° 0.6 ° min to max 20.2 °	10.8		5.6 °
Info	Battery Master On at 17:44:51
Info	Engine 1 Started at 17:44:51
Info	Landing Gear Down at 17:44:51
Info	Parking Brake On at 17:44:51
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 17:44:51
Info	Parking Brake Off at 17:49:43
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 17:50:03
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 17:50:04

Departure Climb 2

70.3 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 4 miles north of BISL Hoefn Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
22.88 %	Heading variation -7.3 ° -8.2 ° min to max -2.7 °	-5.9		-2.7 °
100 %	Average speed 76 kn 65 kn min to max 101 kn	70		101 kn
58.32 %	Average bank angle 4.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 17.8 °	3.7		9.3 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.77 g min to max 1.20 g	0.81		1.18 g
Info	Average VSI 741 ft/m 482 ft/m min to max 1,393 ft/m	707		1,143 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 101 ft agl 50 ft agl min to max 377 ft agl	50		377 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.5 ° 3.8 ° min to max 11.8 °	5.3		6.1 °

Enroute Climb

98.8 %

Enroute climb started 4 miles north of BISL Hoefn Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland). Climbing from 808 ft asl to 2,914 ft asl, an increase of 2,106 ft in 3 minutes and covering 4 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 120 kn 88 kn min to max 131 kn	96		129 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 9.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 36.3 °	6.7		4.1 °
88 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.71 g min to max 1.46 g	1.00		1.09 g
Info	Average VSI 676 ft/m -259 ft/m min to max 2,381 ft/m	1,341		-259 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 2,009 ft asl 808 ft asl min to max 2,937 ft asl	808		2,914 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.7 ° -3.0 ° min to max 14.8 °	8.2		-3.0 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 17:50:42

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 1 mile north east of BISL Hoefn Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland). Descent from 2,901 ft asl to 2,605 ft asl, a decrease of 296 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 128 kn 126 kn min to max 131 kn	127		128 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 8.1 ° 3.1 ° min to max 17.2 °	11.8		6.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.89 g min to max 1.11 g	0.95		1.02 g
Info	Average VSI -508 ft/m -905 ft/m min to max -115 ft/m	-115		-248 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 2,784 ft asl 2,605 ft asl min to max 2,901 ft asl	2,901		2,605 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -3.7 ° -5.3 ° min to max -2.2 °	-2.2		-2.4 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level

98.63 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of BISL Hoefn Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 6 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 2,687 ft asl 2,527 ft asl min to max 2,841 ft asl	2,602		2,611 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 128 kn 118 kn min to max 135 kn	128		134 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 7.4 ° 0.1 ° min to max 25.4 °	8.3		4.0 °
86.29 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.76 g min to max 1.49 g	0.99		1.11 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -3.1 ° -10.7 ° min to max 3.1 °	-2.4		-9.3 °
Info	Landing Lights Switched Off at 17:56:35

Enroute Descent 2

99.03 %

Enroute descent started 3 miles north west of BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland). Descent from 2,603 ft asl to 1,302 ft asl, a decrease of 1,301 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 126 kn 114 kn min to max 143 kn	135		131 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 7.2 ° 0.1 ° min to max 32.7 °	0.2		2.5 °
90.29 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.66 g min to max 1.42 g	1.10		1.27 g
Info	Average VSI -776 ft/m -2,314 ft/m min to max 1,516 ft/m	-571		-197 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 2,159 ft asl 1,300 ft asl min to max 2,819 ft asl	2,603		1,302 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -6.6 ° -17.2 ° min to max 6.0 °	-8.4		1.7 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Climb 2

100 %

Enroute climb started 2 miles north east of BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland). Climbing from 1,313 ft asl to 2,373 ft asl, an increase of 1,060 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 117 kn 106 kn min to max 130 kn	130		116 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.2 ° 0.2 ° min to max 12.7 °	0.3		2.5 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.88 g min to max 1.24 g	1.24		0.99 g
Info	Average VSI 1,004 ft/m -542 ft/m min to max 2,446 ft/m	288		1,538 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,659 ft asl 1,313 ft asl min to max 2,373 ft asl	1,313		2,373 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 4.0 ° -4.0 ° min to max 10.8 °	3.5		6.2 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 2

99.31 %

Enroute level cruise started 4 miles east of BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 2,550 ft asl 2,387 ft asl min to max 2,687 ft asl	2,494		2,687 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 125 kn 111 kn min to max 141 kn	113		114 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 19.5 ° 6.0 ° min to max 31.8 °	12.8		9.1 °
93.14 %	Average g force 1.08 g 0.83 g min to max 1.37 g	0.85		0.85 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 0.0 ° -7.2 ° min to max 11.9 °	4.6		10.0 °
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 18:00:16

Enroute Descent 3

98.97 %

Enroute descent started 5 miles east of BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland). Descent from 2,721 ft asl to 888 ft asl, a decrease of 1,833 ft in 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 115 kn 104 kn min to max 139 kn	105		133 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.2 ° 1.4 ° min to max 9.9 °	7.9		1.4 °
89.71 %	Average g force 0.98 g 0.57 g min to max 1.25 g	0.62		1.11 g
Info	Average VSI -1,114 ft/m -3,305 ft/m min to max 2,281 ft/m	2,281		-791 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,631 ft asl 888 ft asl min to max 2,751 ft asl	2,721		888 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -6.4 ° -15.6 ° min to max 7.5 °	7.0		-3.8 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Climb 3

99.54 %

Enroute climb started 2 miles east of BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland). Climbing from 881 ft asl to 1,101 ft asl, an increase of 220 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 122 kn 106 kn min to max 136 kn	133		125 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.8 ° 0.1 ° min to max 6.2 °	1.2		5.3 °
95.43 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.67 g min to max 1.27 g	1.17		0.94 g
Info	Average VSI 389 ft/m -853 ft/m min to max 2,003 ft/m	-573		74 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,082 ft asl 881 ft asl min to max 1,200 ft asl	881		1,101 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.4 ° -6.2 ° min to max 8.8 °	-2.4		-1.4 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Descent 4

97.66 %

Enroute descent started 1 mile east of BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland). Descent from 1,100 ft asl to 346 ft asl, a decrease of 754 ft in 1 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 90 kn 68 kn min to max 126 kn	126		84 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.7 ° 0.0 ° min to max 15.0 °	5.2		2.2 °
76.57 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.73 g min to max 1.66 g	0.94		1.66 g
Info	Average VSI -753 ft/m -1,917 ft/m min to max 63 ft/m	16		-877 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 691 ft asl 346 ft asl min to max 1,100 ft asl	1,100		346 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -3.3 ° -12.4 ° min to max 1.9 °	-2.0		-0.5 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 18:03:42
Info	Flaps Position 4 at 18:03:44
Info	Flaps Position 5 at 18:03:47

Arrival Final 1

52.74 %

Approaching runway 26 at BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 284 ft agl to 47 ft agl. A decrease of 237 ft in 44 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Approach angle 4.3 ° 3.0 ° min to max 6.1 ° Target 3.0 °	3.8		3.3 °
100 %	Average speed 74 kn 64 kn min to max 87 kn	87		72 kn
1.43 %	Heading variation -2.4 ° -3.0 ° min to max -1.6 °	-1.8		-2.7 °
71.41 %	Average bank angle 3.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 13.6 °	2.6		5.2 °
81.71 %	Average g force 1.09 g 0.67 g min to max 1.57 g	1.35		1.10 g
Info	Average VSI -385 ft/m -1,051 ft/m min to max 1,113 ft/m	-247		-194 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 153 ft agl 47 ft agl min to max 392 ft agl	284		47 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.7 ° -9.4 ° min to max 9.1 °	2.3		3.2 °
Info	Flaps Position 6 at 18:04:50

Arrival Landing

64.95 %

Landing on runway 26 at BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport, runway length 1,193 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 73 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Threshold speed was good at 73 kn. Target 70 kn
100 %	Target 50 ft agl
0 %	Landing and flare profile
11.07 %	Heading variation -2.6 ° -2.7 ° min to max -2.5 °	-2.7		-2.5 °
88.39 %	Average bank angle 4.1 ° 0.3 ° min to max 6.4 °	5.6		5.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.14 g 0.99 g min to max 1.25 g	1.09		0.99 g
Info	Average speed 73 kn 65 kn min to max 76 kn	73		65 kn
Info	Average VSI 85 ft/m -180 ft/m min to max 401 ft/m	-180		401 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 53 ft agl 48 ft agl min to max 63 ft agl	48		63 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.7 ° 3.0 ° min to max 8.5 °	3.1		8.0 °

Arrival Final 1

81.66 %

Approaching runway 26 at BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 64 ft agl to 73 ft agl. A decrease of 10 ft in 2 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Approach angle 5.5 ° 5.0 ° min to max 6.3 ° Target 3.0 °	5.0		6.3 °
100 %	Average speed 64 kn 59 kn min to max 67 kn	65		59 kn
16.07 %	Heading variation -2.5 ° -2.6 ° min to max -2.5 °	-2.5		-2.6 °
92.22 %	Average bank angle 4.8 ° 1.1 ° min to max 5.9 °	5.5		1.1 °
100 %	Average g force 0.93 g 0.85 g min to max 0.98 g	0.98		0.86 g
Info	Average VSI 393 ft/m 300 ft/m min to max 425 ft/m	411		300 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 68 ft agl 64 ft agl min to max 73 ft agl	64		73 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.7 ° 4.9 ° min to max 7.9 °	7.9		4.9 °

Arrival Landing

59.85 %

Landing on runway 26 at BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport, runway length 1,193 m. Threshold height at 71 ft agl was well above target. Threshold speed was a little below target at 58 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
72.7 %	Threshold speed was a little below target at 58 kn. Target 70 kn
63.47 %	Target 50 ft agl
59.74 %	Landing and flare profile
0 %	Heading variation -2.4 ° -4.8 ° min to max -0.5 °	-2.6		-4.6 °
62.74 %	Average bank angle 4.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 16.2 °	1.5		0.1 °
92 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.73 g min to max 1.39 g	0.76		0.94 g
Info	Average speed 59 kn 46 kn min to max 68 kn	58		49 kn
Info	Average VSI -39 ft/m -494 ft/m min to max 521 ft/m	53		-235 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 17 ft agl -4 ft agl min to max 71 ft agl	71		-1 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 5.4 ° -0.7 ° min to max 9.7 °	0.3		4.2 °
Info	Flaps Position 7 at 18:05:19
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 18:05:29
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 18:05:30

Arrival Touchdown

69.25 %

Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway. Touchdown speed at 49 kn was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -235 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was excessively misaligned by 33.2 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 6 °C. Wind 30 kn at 210 °. Crosswind: 21 kn Headwind: 22 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
80.48 %	Touchdown VSI was -235 ft/m.
75.23 %	Touchdown distance was 684 m Target 457 m
100 %	Speed at touchdown 49 kn Target 61 kn
0 %	Runway alignment max 33.25 m 30.41 m right	-33.25		-28.68 m
0 %	Average bank angle 8.0 ° 0.1 ° min to max 13.1 °	0.1		13.1 °
88 %	Average g force 1.05 g 0.84 g min to max 1.46 g	0.94		1.01 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 48 kn 48 kn min to max 49 kn	49		48 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 9.1 ° 4.2 ° min to max 12.1 °	4.2		9.3 °
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 18:05:45
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 18:05:46

Runway Exit

Exiting runway, average speed 45 kn

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 17 kn 12 kn min to max 21 kn	20		13 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 9.3 ° 5.1 ° min to max 12.0 °	9.8		12.0 °
Info	Average bank angle 1.7 ° 0.0 ° min to max 13.0 °	13.0		5.0 °
Info	Average g force 1.00 g 0.96 g min to max 1.07 g	1.01		1.03 g
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 18:06:03

Takeoff on runway XX at BUSH 4 miles north of BISL Hoefn Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland) in the DHC-2 Beaver

64.66 %

59.03 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from 4 miles north of BISL Hoefn Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland).

Alignment

0 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

45.26 %

77.14 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

70.3 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 4 miles north of BISL Hoefn Airport Hoefn (Austurland, Iceland).

Alignment

22.88 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

58.32 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 26 at BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport in the DHC-2 Beaver

Landing Score 70.25 %

81.66 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 26 at BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 64 ft agl to 73 ft agl. A decrease of 10 ft in 2 seconds.

Glideslope

100 %

Excellent glideslope alignment

Heading

16.07 %

Poor heading alignment

Glideslope °

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

16.07 %

Bank °

92.22 %

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

59.85 %

Landing

Landing on runway 26 at BIFM Fagurhólsmýri Airport, runway length 1,193 m. Threshold height at 71 ft agl was well above target. Threshold speed was a little below target at 58 kn.

Height

63.47 %

Threshold height at 71 ft agl was well above target. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

72.7 %

Threshold speed was a little below target at 58 kt. Target 70 kt

Flare

59.74 %

Poor landing flare

Alignment

0 %

Bank °