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LPPT
Lisbon, Portugal
Elevation50,181 ft asl
Weight1,399 kg
Fuel205 kg
Wind211° · 1 kn

Flight Score

86.72 %
LPPT
Lisbon, Portugal
Elevation368 ft asl
Weight1,565 kg
Fuel197 kg
Wind240° · 2 kn
3 Aug 2026 0:07 13 nm Bell 407 8 kg
Departure Score
95.90 %
Enroute Score
93.12 %
Arrival Score
71.15 %

What went well

No sideways movement at touchdown
Approach kept its airspeed on the way down — no fast, slow descent
No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — Touched down at 1,339 fpm at 0 %, Forward at touchdown 10.4 kt at 64 %, −5.44 points
Arrival Approach — Fastest descent 1,984 fpm at 1 %, Nose up by up to 21 ° at 63 %, −4.17 points
Departure Transition — bank angle up to 23.2 ° at 73 %, −1.37 points

Next time

Departure

Keep the helicopter level until it is climbing with speed, then turn.

What happened: The steepest bank while accelerating away was 23°, against 15° for full marks.

Watch for: Attitude indicator: level until established in the climb.

See Departure Transition

Arrival

Hold the descent to 800 fpm or less on the approach, so the landing starts from a rate that is already under control.

What happened: The approach reached 1,984 fpm of descent and the helicopter met the ground at 1,339 fpm. A steep approach leaves a lot of descent to stop in little height, and a firm touchdown is what usually follows.

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

See Arrival ApproachArrival Touchdown

There are several things that can go wrong during the flare, carrying too much speed over the threshold, starting the flare at the wrong height and inconsistent flight control inputs, all contribute to a poor flare resulting in a hard touchdown or a float down the runway.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 10 stages, 9 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 Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.3 -1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 53,789 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 53,789 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 53,789 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 53,789 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 53,789 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 53,789 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 53,789 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 53,789 ft agl · 11 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 4 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 4 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 4 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 4 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 4 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Up 4 ft agl
Departure Hover Lifted into the hover and held it for 4 seconds, on average 6 ft above the spot, moving 48 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average height above the spot 6 ft1 ft min to max 11 ft 11 1 ft
Info Average ground speed 4 kt2 kt min to max 6 kt 2 6 kt
Info Average VSI 114 fpm-66 fpm min to max 294 fpm 294 -66 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-4.9 ° min to max 3.5 ° 3.5 -4.9 °
Info Average bank angle 3.3 °0.3 ° min to max 6.3 ° 0.3 6.3 °
Info Average g force 0.97 g0.90 g min to max 1.03 g 0.90 1.03 g
Departure Transition 91.81Accelerated away from 13 kt to 23 kt, reaching 326 ft above the spot in 12 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
73 % Steepest bank 23 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 9 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 169 ft46 ft min to max 326 ft 46 326 ft
Info Average ground speed 27 kt13 kt min to max 33 kt 13 23 kt
Info Average airspeed 12 kt0 kt min to max 25 kt 0 15 kt
Info Average VSI 1,320 fpm754 fpm min to max 1,874 fpm 754 1,874 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °-9.3 ° min to max 26.1 ° 4.6 -9.3 °
Info Average bank angle 9.6 °0.7 ° min to max 23.2 ° 19.5 3.0 °
Info Average g force 1.09 g0.92 g min to max 1.45 g 1.17 1.45 g

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 241 ft agl · 30 kt
Enroute Level 99.21Enroute level cruise started overhead Alvalade (Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±534 ft of 917 ft asl546 ft asl min to max 1,374 ft asl 675 546 ft asl
100 % Average speed 98 kt10 kt min to max 138 kt 11 138 kt
99 % Average bank angle 10.3 °0.2 ° min to max 40.4 ° 9.0 40.4 °
95 % Average g force 1.03 g0.39 g min to max 2.35 g 1.06 2.16 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -8.1 °-25.7 ° min to max 8.0 ° -6.7 6.2 °
Enroute Climb 99.31Enroute climb started overhead Olivais (Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal). Climbing from 561 ft asl to 1,705 ft asl, an increase of 1,144 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 128 kt117 kt min to max 137 kt 137 131 kt
99 % Average bank angle 13.7 °0.0 ° min to max 40.3 ° 40.3 15.9 °
96 % Average g force 1.06 g0.33 g min to max 1.86 g 1.25 1.15 g
Info Average VSI 779 fpm-1,097 fpm min to max 2,938 fpm 1,200 385 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,102 ft asl561 ft asl min to max 1,761 ft asl 561 1,705 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.5 °-16.3 ° min to max 5.3 ° 4.1 -4.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 88.24Enroute level cruise started overhead Alvalade (Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±586 ft of 1,727 ft asl1,406 ft asl min to max 2,232 ft asl 1,712 1,711 ft asl
100 % Average speed 139 kt112 kt min to max 161 kt 132 119 kt
73 % Average bank angle 23.4 °0.9 ° min to max 53.6 ° 14.7 53.6 °
91 % Average g force 1.11 g0.37 g min to max 1.83 g 0.73 1.25 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -4.6 °-20.2 ° min to max 10.2 ° -6.8 -3.9 °

Events

Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 1,312 ft agl · 151 kt
Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 1,746 ft agl · 151 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 1,243 ft agl · 149 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 1,182 ft agl · 147 kt
Enroute Descent 85.72Enroute descent started overhead Santos-o-Velho (Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal). Descent from 1,724 ft asl to 838 ft asl, a decrease of 885 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 137 kt117 kt min to max 143 kt 118 143 kt
65 % Average bank angle 12.7 °0.3 ° min to max 57.5 ° 57.5 11.2 °
97 % Average g force 1.05 g0.56 g min to max 1.77 g 1.06 0.56 g
Info Average VSI -835 fpm-2,510 fpm min to max 536 fpm 536 -581 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,224 ft asl838 ft asl min to max 1,727 ft asl 1,724 838 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -8.2 °-19.5 ° min to max -2.2 ° -7.5 -7.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach 62.46The approach began 388 ft above the landing spot at 147 kt and slowed to 11 kt in 51 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Steepest bank 21 °Full marks up to 20 °
1 % Fastest descent 1,984 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
100 % 3 % 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 %
63 % Nose up by up to 21 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 85 ft10 ft min to max 388 ft 388 10 ft
Info Average ground speed 36 kt11 kt min to max 147 kt 147 11 kt
Info Average airspeed 39 kt8 kt min to max 142 kt 142 8 kt
Info Average VSI -459 fpm-1,984 fpm min to max 1,286 fpm -1,984 -1,156 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 7.1 °-12.5 ° min to max 20.6 ° -12.5 18.8 °
Info Average bank angle 6.5 °0.0 ° min to max 20.6 ° 8.5 1.2 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g0.36 g min to max 1.76 g 1.11 0.93 g
020040060002,0004,0006,000Steepest, 1,984 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 51.00Touched down at 1,339 fpm with 10 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touched down at 1,339 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
64 % Forward at touchdown 10.4 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 0 ft0 ft min to max 9 ft 9 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 7 kt3 kt min to max 12 kt 11 3 kt
Info Average VSI -431 fpm-1,252 fpm min to max -51 fpm -1,173 -51 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 11.7 °-4.3 ° min to max 22.5 ° 17.6 -1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 14.1 °1.5 ° min to max 28.8 ° 2.6 8.7 °
Info Average g force 1.08 g0.57 g min to max 3.26 g 0.94 0.97 g
0100200300-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 640 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 1,339 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 10.4 kt, 0.7 kt of it to the right. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 1 kt0 kt min to max 3 kt 3 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.91 g min to max 1.00 g 0.94 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-0.6 ° min to max 1.2 ° -0.6 1.2 °
Info Average bank angle 2.4 °0.2 ° min to max 8.9 ° 8.9 0.2 °

Events

Info Bounce during touchdown 4 ft agl

Lift-off & hover

100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
100.00Nose down9°

Approach

1.40Steepest descent1,984 fpm
100.00Slow and sinking3 %
97.50Bank21°
62.70Nose up21°

Touchdown

0.00Rate at contact1,339 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
64.00Forward speed10.4 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Approach62.46

020040060002,0004,0006,000Steepest, 1,984 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.

Touchdown51.00

0100200300-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 640 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 1,339 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 10.4 kt, 0.7 kt of it to the right. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

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The Bell 407 began an en-route climb overhead Alvalade (Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal), rising from 381 ft asl to 1,262 ft asl. The aircraft gained 881 ft in less than 1 minute while covering less than 1 nm.

A second en-route climb commenced 1 mile south of Olivais (Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal). During this segment the helicopter ascended from 824 ft asl to 1,462 ft asl, an increase of 638 ft achieved in 2 minutes over a distance of 3 nm.

The flight then entered a level cruise segment that started overhead Alvalade. This cruise lasted 2 minutes and covered 4 nm at a constant altitude.

Subsequently, an en-route descent was initiated overhead Charneca (Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal). The descent reduced altitude from 1,285 ft asl to 827 ft asl, a loss of 458 ft in 2 minutes while traversing 3 nm.

During the final approach to runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport), the aircraft approached from the south on a heading of 9.0° at 2 nm and 964 ft agl.

The Bell 407 landed on runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport, whose runway length is 3,716 m. The threshold height at 302 ft agl was noted as excessively over target, and the threshold speed was recorded as excessively high at 124 kt.

In total, the flight covered 13 nm, took 7, and consumed 8 kg of fuel.

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