LRPW to LRPW Flight Report - Curtiss JN-4D

Flight from LRPW to LRPW

Friday, 20 March 2026 22:48

Minutes 8

8 nm

Fuel 6 kg

Curtiss JN-4D

Departure

LRPW

Prahova, Romania

Altitude

571 ft asl

Weight

831 kg

Fuel

47 kg

Arrival

Runway 27 at LRPW

Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu

Prahova, Romania

571 ft asl

Altitude

826 kg

Weight

41 kg

Fuel

15 °C

Temperature

2 kt

Wind Speed

270.0 °

Wind Direction

2 kt

Headwind

0 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 79.79%

Enroute Score 92.36%

Arrival Score 67.22%

The flight departed from a location 1 mile south east of Ploiesti, Romania, and initiated its enroute climb, maintaining a constant altitude of 833 feet above sea level. The climb phase was brief, lasting only 1 minute and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. Following the climb, the aircraft transitioned into a level cruise, which lasted for 19 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles.

As the aircraft approached its destination, LRPW Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu, it initiated a go-around on runway 27, touching down at an altitude of 221 feet above ground level. The final approach was conducted from the east, with the aircraft heading 274.0 degrees at a distance of 2 nautical miles from the runway threshold and an altitude of 227 feet above ground level. The landing was executed on runway 27, which had a length of 938 meters. Although the threshold speed was excessively high at 69 knots, the touchdown distance was good at 270 meters, and the touchdown speed was excessively fast at 66 knots. The touchdown rate was good at -159 feet per minute, but the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.0 meters from the centreline.

The total landing distance was 1,020 meters, which was 109% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 61.2 meters from the centreline. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 21 minutes and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 8 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 8 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 6 kilograms. The local weather conditions at the time of the flight included a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius, a wind speed of 2 knots from 270 degrees, with no crosswind and a headwind of 2 knots.

Screenshots

Flight Image — Flight from LRPW to LRPW in the Curtiss JN-4D on Fri 20-Mar-26 20:51. Altitude 344 ft agl, Heading 345.6 °, Speed 67 kt. Enroute level 1 mile south east of Ploiesti (Prahova, Romania).

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Enroute Climb

100 %

Enroute climb started 1 mile south east of Ploiesti (Prahova, Romania). Climbing from 833 ft asl to 833 ft asl, an increase of 0 ft in 1 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 66 kt 66 kt min to max 66 kt	66		66 kt
100 %	Average bank angle 5.9 ° 5.9 ° min to max 5.9 °	5.9		5.9 °
100 %	Average g force 0.92 g 0.92 g min to max 0.92 g	0.92		0.92 g
Info	Average VSI -412 fpm -412 fpm min to max -412 fpm	-412		-412 fpm
Info	Average altitude 833 ft asl 833 ft asl min to max 833 ft asl	833		833 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.9 ° 0.9 ° min to max 0.9 °	0.9		0.9 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level

84.71 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south east of Ploiesti (Prahova, Romania) and lasted 19 minutes, covering 7 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 846 ft asl 628 ft asl min to max 1,268 ft asl	833		794 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 67 kt 46 kt min to max 86 kt	66		56 kt
72.64 %	Average bank angle 12.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 53.7 °	5.9		2.7 °
56.57 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.18 g min to max 3.02 g	0.92		0.89 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 2.5 ° -21.9 ° min to max 31.2 °	0.9		3.9 °
Info	Battery Master On at 22:56:05
Info	Engine 1 Started at 22:56:05
Info	Landing Gear Down at 22:56:05
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 22:56:16
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 22:56:45
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 23:00:52
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 23:03:42
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 23:03:43
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 23:03:45
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 23:03:58
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 23:04:22
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 23:04:59
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 23:06:25
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 23:06:26
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 23:06:27
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 23:06:31
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 23:08:01
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 23:08:07
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 23:08:10
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 23:08:26
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 23:08:38

Go-around

100 %

Go-Around runway 27 at LRPW Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu at 221 ft agl.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 57 kt 56 kt min to max 57 kt	57		57 kt
100 %	Average bank angle 2.9 ° 2.7 ° min to max 3.2 °	3.2		2.7 °
100 %	Average g force 0.97 g 0.75 g min to max 1.19 g	1.18		0.77 g
Info	Average altitude 228 ft agl 221 ft agl min to max 234 ft agl	221		232 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.6 ° 2.4 ° min to max 12.4 °	9.3		2.4 °

Arrival Final 2

90.74 %

Approaching runway 27 at LRPW Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 227 ft agl to 152 ft agl. A decrease of 75 ft in 39 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Approach angle 1.5 ° 1.2 ° min to max 2.2 ° Target 3.0 °	1.3		1.4 °
100 %	Average speed 64 kt 56 kt min to max 74 kt	59		74 kt
85.92 %	Heading variation -1.8 ° -3.8 ° min to max 0.1 °	-0.7		-1.9 °
60.76 %	Average bank angle 9.4 ° 0.7 ° min to max 17.5 °	10.9		7.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.72 g min to max 1.25 g	0.94		0.99 g
Info	Average VSI -115 fpm -901 fpm min to max 688 fpm	-207		-325 fpm
Info	Average altitude 215 ft agl 152 ft agl min to max 279 ft agl	227		152 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 3.6 ° -4.8 ° min to max 11.7 °	1.9		0.7 °
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 23:09:45

Arrival Final 1

76.11 %

Approaching runway 27 at LRPW Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 146 ft agl to 47 ft agl. A decrease of 99 ft in 42 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Approach angle 2.5 ° 1.0 ° min to max 3.5 ° Target 3.0 °	1.4		2.7 °
100 %	Average speed 71 kt 67 kt min to max 77 kt	74		69 kt
13.6 %	Heading variation -1.1 ° -2.7 ° min to max 0.2 °	-1.3		0.2 °
66.94 %	Average bank angle 5.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 15.2 °	3.1		15.2 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.66 g min to max 1.32 g	0.99		1.01 g
Info	Average VSI -422 fpm -898 fpm min to max 594 fpm	-348		-221 fpm
Info	Average altitude 77 ft agl 47 ft agl min to max 146 ft agl	146		47 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.6 ° -5.9 ° min to max 8.8 °	0.5		2.1 °
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 23:10:22
Info	Overspeed Warning Activated at 23:10:29

Arrival Landing

68.54 %

Landing on runway 27 at LRPW Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu, runway length 938 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was excessively high at 69 kt.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Threshold speed was excessively high at 69 kt. Target 40 kt
100 %	Target 50 ft agl
100 %	Landing and flare profile
75.2 %	Heading variation -0.1 ° -1.1 ° min to max 0.5 °	0.2		-1.1 °
60.18 %	Average bank angle 9.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 17.1 °	15.4		8.6 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.95 g min to max 1.09 g	1.00		1.02 g
Info	Average speed 68 kt 66 kt min to max 69 kt	69		66 kt
Info	Average VSI -305 fpm -445 fpm min to max -159 fpm	-219		-159 fpm
Info	Average altitude 23 ft agl 5 ft agl min to max 45 ft agl	45		5 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.5 ° 0.2 ° min to max 2.7 °	1.9		2.5 °
Info	Overspeed Warning Deactivated at 23:10:38

Arrival Touchdown

57.95 %

Touchdown distance was good at 270 m. Touchdown speed at 66 kt was excessively fast. Touchdown rate was good at -159 fpm. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.0 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Headwind: 2 kt.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
97.97 %	Touchdown VSI was -159 fpm.
100 %	Touchdown distance was 270 m Target 457 m
0 %	Speed at touchdown 66 kt Target below 36 kt
63.77 %	Runway alignment max 12.99 m 12.83 m right	-12.97		-12.49 m
17.77 %	Average bank angle 7.2 ° 5.8 ° min to max 8.6 °	8.6		5.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.10 g 1.02 g min to max 1.12 g	1.02		1.10 g
20 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 65 kt 65 kt min to max 66 kt	66		65 kt
Info	Average pitch angle 2.3 ° 2.1 ° min to max 2.8 °	2.5		2.8 °

Arrival Rollout

10 %

Total landing distance 1,020 m, 109 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 61.2 m from centreline.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Landing distance 1,020 m 109 % of runway.
0 %	Runway alignment max 73.51 m 61.19 m left to 12.32 m right	-12.32		61.19 m
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.89 g min to max 1.11 g	1.09		1.01 g
Info	Average speed 54 kt 33 kt min to max 63 kt	63		33 kt
Info	Average pitch angle 6.2 ° 1.2 ° min to max 10.8 °	3.1		10.8 °
Info	Average bank angle 1.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 5.5 °	5.5		0.7 °

Runway Exit

Exiting runway, average speed 30 kt

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 28 kt 25 kt min to max 32 kt	32		25 kt
Info	Average pitch angle 10.8 ° 10.3 ° min to max 11.0 °	11.0		10.3 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.5 ° 0.4 ° min to max 0.8 °	0.5		0.6 °
Info	Average g force 0.99 g 0.98 g min to max 1.00 g	1.00		0.98 g

Arrival Taxi

100 %

Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 21 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 22 kt 22 kt min to max 25 kt	25		22 kt
100 %	Average speed turning corners 0 kt max 0 kt	0		0 kt
100 %	Average g force 0.99 g 0.98 g min to max 1.00 g	1.00		0.99 g
Info	Average pitch angle 9.9 ° 9.8 ° min to max 10.2 °	10.2		9.9 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.2 ° min to max 1.0 °	0.2		0.8 °
Info	Engine 1 Stopped at 23:11:27

Takeoff on runway at in the Curtiss JN-4D

Landing on runway 27 at LRPW Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu in the Curtiss JN-4D

Landing Score 53.15 %

Landing Summary

The final approach to runway 27 at LRPW Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu was initiated from the east, heading 274.0° at 2 nm and 227 ft above ground level. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height observed. However, the threshold speed was excessively high at 69 kt, indicating a potential loss of control during the landing phase.

The aircraft touched down at a speed of 66 kt, which was also excessively fast. Despite this, the touchdown distance was good at 270 m, and the touchdown rate was satisfactory at -159 fpm. Unfortunately, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.0 m from the centreline, which could have contributed to the subsequent rollout issues. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 15 °C and a 2 kt headwind, did not significantly impact the landing.

The total landing distance was 1,020 m, which was 109% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was excessively misaligned by 61.2 m from the centreline, indicating a loss of directional control during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing performance was mediocre, with a score of 53.1%. The excessive threshold and touchdown speeds, combined with the misaligned touchdown and rollout positions, contributed to the subpar performance.

90.74 %

Final 2

Approaching runway 27 at LRPW Gheorghe Valentin Bibescu from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 227 ft agl to 152 ft agl. A decrease of 75 ft in 39 seconds.

Glideslope

100 %

Excellent glideslope alignment

Heading

85.92 %

Poor heading alignment

Glideslope

100 %

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