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KFRG
Farmingdale, United States
Elevation65 ft asl
Weight16,998 lbs
Fuel1,201 lbs
Wind151° · 9 kn

Flight Score

88.74 %
KEWR
Newark, United States
Elevation9 ft asl
Weight17,194 lbs
Fuel630 lbs
Wind138° · 17 kn
19 Sep 2026 0:26 48 nm MH-60S Seahawk 571 lbs
Departure Score
95.00 %
Enroute Score
90.79 %
Arrival Score
80.42 %

What went well

No sideways movement at touchdown
No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — Touched down at 515 fpm at 21 %, −5.25 points
Enroute Level — bank angle up to 50.9 ° at 78 %, −3.07 points
Departure Taxi — Taxi Lights at 0 %, −1.67 points

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Arrival

From a steady low hover, lower the collective slowly, and only as fast as the helicopter settles.

What happened: The helicopter met the ground at 515 fpm, against 200 fpm for full marks. Nothing marked down earlier in the approach or the hover is of the kind that usually leads to it.

Watch for: Vertical speed: 200 fpm or less as the skids touch.

See Arrival Touchdown

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.

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Start to finish · 5 stages, 5 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 Taxi 90.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 14 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 11 kt0 kt min to max 23 kt 0 3 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 7 ktmax 8 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-1.3 ° min to max 2.7 ° 0.6 0.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 0.4 0.6 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Info Battery Master On 4 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 4 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 4 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 4 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 4 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Parking Brake On 4 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 4 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 4 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Transition 100.00Accelerated away from 16 kt to 64 kt, reaching 223 ft above the spot in 11 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 11 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink 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 154 ft94 ft min to max 223 ft 101 223 ft
Info Average ground speed 37 kt16 kt min to max 64 kt 16 64 kt
Info Average airspeed 19 kt5 kt min to max 36 kt 5 36 kt
Info Average VSI 709 fpm581 fpm min to max 811 fpm 728 811 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -8.9 °-13.3 ° min to max -5.5 ° -5.5 -13.3 °
Info Average bank angle 7.0 °2.3 ° min to max 11.2 ° 4.7 11.2 °
Info Average g force 1.03 g0.96 g min to max 1.12 g 1.00 1.12 g
Enroute Level 90.79Enroute level cruise started overhead East Farmingdale (New York, United States) and lasted 29 minutes, covering 45 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Altitude held within ±516 ft of 459 ft asl84 ft asl min to max 1,049 ft asl 330 137 ft asl
100 % Average speed 120 kt41 kt min to max 146 kt 41 112 kt
78 % Average bank angle 14.9 °0.0 ° min to max 50.9 ° 11.8 5.3 °
99.8 % Average g force 1.06 g0.79 g min to max 1.72 g 1.12 1.10 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -4.1 °-19.1 ° min to max 11.8 ° -15.3 4.8 °
Arrival Approach 92.32The approach began 120 ft above the landing spot at 116 kt and slowed to 6 kt in 49 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Steepest bank 21 °Full marks up to 20 °
100 % Fastest descent 496 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
97 % 6 % 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 %
70 % Nose up by up to 20 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 128 ft83 ft min to max 152 ft 120 83 ft
Info Average ground speed 71 kt6 kt min to max 116 kt 116 6 kt
Info Average airspeed 67 kt10 kt min to max 110 kt 110 10 kt
Info Average VSI -49 fpm-496 fpm min to max 305 fpm 8 -496 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 7.8 °-3.7 ° min to max 19.6 ° 5.0 5.2 °
Info Average bank angle 8.2 °0.2 ° min to max 20.9 ° 7.1 5.6 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g0.90 g min to max 1.34 g 1.13 1.00 g
05010015020002,0004,0006,000Steepest, 496 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 68.52Touched down at 515 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
21 % Touched down at 515 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 37 ft0 ft min to max 74 ft 74 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 2 kt0 kt min to max 4 kt 4 0 kt
Info Average VSI -257 fpm-515 fpm min to max 0 fpm -515 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °0.9 ° min to max 4.5 ° 4.5 0.9 °
Info Average bank angle 2.1 °0.3 ° min to max 3.8 ° 3.8 0.3 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 1.00 g

Lift-off & hover

100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
100.00Nose down13°

Approach

100.00Steepest descent496 fpm
97.20Slow and sinking6 %
96.30Bank21°
69.50Nose up20°

Touchdown

21.30Rate at contact515 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Approach92.32

05010015020002,0004,0006,000Steepest, 496 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.

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Flight narrative

The MH-60S Seahawk began its en-route climb overhead East Farmingdale, New York, rising from 184 ft ASL to 588 ft ASL. The altitude gain of 404 ft was achieved in less than one minute while covering less than one nautical mile.

During the subsequent level cruise, the aircraft remained over East Farmingdale for a period of 29 minutes and traversed 46 nm at a steady altitude.

Touchdown occurred at Newark Liberty International Airport. The helicopter contacted the runway at a speed of 9 kt, with a hard vertical rate of -515 fpm, and the wheels touched down before the threshold. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 70 °F, wind from 149° at 17 kt, including a 10 kt crosswind component and a 13 kt headwind.

In total, the flight covered 47 nm, lasted 26 minutes, and consumed 571 lb of fuel.

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