KROA to KROA Flight Report - Douglas DC-3

Flight from KROA to KROA

Saturday, 17 August 2024 14:08

Minutes 7

25 nm

Fuel 33 kg

Douglas DC-3

Departure

Runway 24 at KROA

Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Altitude

1,152 ft asl

Weight

10,765 kg

Fuel

1,093 kg

Temperature

30 °C

Wind Speed

8 kt

Wind Direction

270.0 °

Headwind

6 kt

Crosswind

4 kt

Arrival

Runway 24 at KROA

Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru

Roanoke Virginia, United States

1,152 ft asl

Altitude

10,732 kg

Weight

1,060 kg

Fuel

30 °C

Temperature

8 kt

Wind Speed

270.0 °

Wind Direction

6 kt

Headwind

4 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 95.59%

Departure Score 95.39%

Enroute Score 97.92%

Arrival Score 91.83%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

86.15 %

Touchdown

96.93 %

Approach & flare

Threshold height

100 %

Good threshold height.

Threshold speed

100 %

Threshold speed was well above target at 89 kt.

Flare

44.6 %

Very poor landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

91.43 %

Touchdown rate was firm at -349 ft/m.

Impact

100 %

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 76 kt was a little fast.

Aim point

93.73 %

Touchdown point was 79 m beyond the touchdown zone.

Centreline

100 %

Runway touchdown alignment was very good.

Bounce

100 %

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Departure Roll

94.33 %

Departure roll runway 24 at KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru. Takeoff distance 917 m 50 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 90 kn. Local weather - Temperature 30 °C. Wind 8 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 5 kn Headwind: 6 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Takeoff distance 917 m 50 % of runway
96.13 %	Liftoff speed was 90 kn Target 80 kn
75.54 %	Runway alignment max 13.06 m 3.30 m left to 9.76 m right	-1.33		-4.36 m
100 %	Average g force 0.97 g 0.94 g min to max 1.04 g	0.96		1.04 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle 7.3 ° 3.7 ° min to max 12.3 °	12.1		5.1 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.9 ° 0.2 ° min to max 2.1 °	0.6		1.5 °
Info	Battery Master On at 14:08:29
Info	Engine 1 Started at 14:08:29
Info	Engine 2 Started at 14:08:29
Info	Beacon Lights Switched On at 14:08:29
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 14:08:29
Info	Navigation Lights Switched On at 14:08:29
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 14:08:29
Info	Landing Gear Down at 14:08:29
Info	Parking Brake On at 14:08:29
Info	Parking Brake Off at 14:09:29

Departure Climb 1

98.28 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 24 KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.2 ° -0.5 ° min to max 0.2 °	0.2		-0.5 °
100 %	Average speed 95 kn 90 kn min to max 99 kn	90		97 kn
93.11 %	Average bank angle 1.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 4.6 °	1.5		2.3 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.89 g min to max 1.17 g	1.05		0.92 g
Info	Average VSI 320 ft/m -47 ft/m min to max 610 ft/m	246		517 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 14 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 44 ft agl	0		44 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 5.6 ° 3.0 ° min to max 7.9 °	5.2		5.7 °
Info	Landing Gear Up at 14:10:13

Departure Climb 2

99.3 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 24 KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.5 ° -0.6 ° min to max -0.2 °	-0.5		-0.2 °
100 %	Average speed 104 kn 97 kn min to max 112 kn	97		110 kn
97.18 %	Average bank angle 1.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 3.1 °	2.1		3.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.92 g min to max 1.22 g	0.93		1.09 g
Info	Average VSI 389 ft/m 120 ft/m min to max 2,427 ft/m	510		2,427 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 76 ft agl 44 ft agl min to max 377 ft agl	44		377 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 4.6 ° 3.2 ° min to max 12.5 °	5.7		11.3 °

Departure Climb 3

89.67 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 24 KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.6 ° -1.8 ° min to max -0.2 °	-0.2		-1.8 °
100 %	Average speed 103 kn 99 kn min to max 108 kn	108		104 kn
48.34 %	Average bank angle 9.9 ° 0.4 ° min to max 21.6 °	1.4		21.6 °
100 %	Average g force 0.94 g 0.79 g min to max 1.05 g	1.05		0.88 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 1,650 ft/m 769 ft/m min to max 2,651 ft/m	2,651		769 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 655 ft agl 422 ft agl min to max 821 ft agl	422		821 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 9.2 ° 5.0 ° min to max 11.4 °	11.3		5.0 °
Info	Landing Lights Switched Off at 14:10:47

Enroute Climb

100 %

Enroute climb started 1 mile south west of KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru Roanoke (Virginia, United States). Climbing from 1,996 ft asl to 4,209 ft asl, an increase of 2,213 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 115 kn 96 kn min to max 127 kn	106		98 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 26.6 °	23.4		6.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.70 g min to max 1.32 g	0.99		0.96 g
Info	Average VSI 1,541 ft/m -128 ft/m min to max 3,520 ft/m	517		2,006 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 2,540 ft asl 1,996 ft asl min to max 4,209 ft asl	1,996		4,209 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 16.2 °	5.4		14.5 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Descent

93.77 %

Enroute descent started 2 miles north east of Cave Spring (Virginia, United States). Descent from 4,241 ft asl to 1,632 ft asl, a decrease of 2,609 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 8 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 112 kn 6 kn min to max 146 kn	95		101 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 5.3 ° 0.2 ° min to max 20.2 °	6.7		10.5 °
37.71 %	Average g force 1.70 g 0.08 g min to max 3.68 g	0.93		0.85 g
Info	Average VSI -1,428 ft/m -9,667 ft/m min to max 4,944 ft/m	1,906		-788 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,912 ft asl 1,224 ft asl min to max 4,337 ft asl	4,241		1,632 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -0.1 ° -67.3 ° min to max 22.2 °	14.0		0.4 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Landing Gear Down at 14:12:33
Info	Autopilot Master Switched On at 14:12:34
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Activated at 14:12:34
Info	Autopilot Flight Director Activated at 14:12:34
Info	Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated at 14:12:34
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 14:12:35
Info	Taxi Lights Switched On at 14:12:35
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 14:12:35
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 14:12:37
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 14:12:38
Info	Autopilot Master Switched Off at 14:12:39
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 14:12:39
Info	Stall Warning Deactivated at 14:12:40
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 14:12:57

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started overhead Cloverdale (Virginia, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 1,554 ft asl 1,477 ft asl min to max 1,619 ft asl	1,614		1,477 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 93 kn 84 kn min to max 107 kn	101		92 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 11.5 °	5.9		3.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.84 g min to max 1.25 g	0.90		1.01 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 3.6 ° -0.6 ° min to max 8.7 °	-0.6		3.0 °
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 14:13:11
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 14:13:20
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 14:14:06
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 14:14:25

Arrival

100 %

Arrival started overhead Cloverdale (Virginia, United States).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 90 kn 88 kn min to max 92 kn	92		88 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 6.9 ° 1.8 ° min to max 11.2 °	1.8		9.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.04 g 0.89 g min to max 1.17 g	1.06		0.93 g
Info	Average VSI -132 ft/m -432 ft/m min to max 188 ft/m	-432		-147 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,465 ft asl 1,462 ft asl min to max 1,470 ft asl	1,470		1,464 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 3.0 ° 1.9 ° min to max 5.0 °	1.9		2.0 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Arrival Final 1

94.78 %

Approaching runway 24 at KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 308 ft agl to 69 ft agl. A decrease of 239 ft in 32 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Approach angle 3.3 ° 2.8 ° min to max 3.8 ° Target 3.0 °	2.8		3.8 °
100 %	Average speed 91 kn 87 kn min to max 94 kn	88		89 kn
98.4 %	Heading variation 0.1 ° -0.0 ° min to max 0.5 °	0.5		0.1 °
75.49 %	Average bank angle 2.8 ° 0.1 ° min to max 12.4 °	6.0		1.3 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.85 g min to max 1.20 g	1.00		1.02 g
Info	Average VSI -396 ft/m -740 ft/m min to max 40 ft/m	-225		-314 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 121 ft agl 69 ft agl min to max 308 ft agl	308		69 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.9 ° -3.4 ° min to max 3.1 °	2.2		2.0 °
Info	Flaps Position 4 at 14:14:48
Info	Flaps Position 5 at 14:14:56

Arrival Landing

86.15 %

Landing on runway 24 at KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru, runway length 1,827 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 89 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Threshold speed was well above target at 89 kn. Target 80 kn
100 %	Target 50 ft agl
44.6 %	Landing and flare profile
100 %	Heading variation 0.1 ° 0.1 ° min to max 0.1 °	0.1		0.1 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.3 °	1.3		1.5 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.91 g min to max 1.13 g	1.02		0.96 g
Info	Average speed 82 kn 76 kn min to max 89 kn	89		76 kn
Info	Average VSI -260 ft/m -373 ft/m min to max -43 ft/m	-312		-348 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 25 ft agl 1 ft agl min to max 55 ft agl	55		1 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 3.0 ° 1.5 ° min to max 5.6 °	2.0		2.7 °

Arrival Touchdown

96.93 %

Touchdown point was 79 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 76 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was firm at -348 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 31 °C. Wind 8 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 5 kn Headwind: 6 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
91.43 %	Touchdown VSI was -348 ft/m.
93.73 %	Touchdown distance was 515 m Target 457 m
100 %	Speed at touchdown 76 kn Target 75 kn
100 %	Runway alignment max 2.13 m 1.90 m left	2.13		1.57 m
100 %	Average bank angle 1.4 ° 1.1 ° min to max 1.5 °	1.5		1.1 °
100 %	Average g force 1.19 g 0.96 g min to max 1.30 g	0.96		1.16 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 76 kn 75 kn min to max 76 kn	76		76 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 4.2 ° 2.7 ° min to max 5.9 °	2.7		5.9 °

Arrival Rollout

89.45 %

Total landing distance 1,111 m, 61 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.5 m from centreline.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Landing distance 1,111 m 61 % of runway.
76.56 %	Runway alignment max 15.25 m 5.77 m left to 9.48 m right	1.50		3.88 m
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.94 g min to max 1.15 g	1.15		1.00 g
Info	Average speed 68 kn 40 kn min to max 74 kn	74		40 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 5.1 ° 3.2 ° min to max 9.9 °	6.0		9.2 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.1 °	1.1		0.5 °

Runway Exit

Exiting runway, average speed 37 kn

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 19 kn 0 kn min to max 40 kn	36		40 kn
Info	Average pitch angle -8.0 ° -85.9 ° min to max 12.0 °	11.7		-64.6 °
Info	Average bank angle 10.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 174.4 °	0.6		4.2 °
Info	Average g force 0.89 g -0.46 g min to max 1.47 g	1.00		1.47 g
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 14:16:25
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 14:16:26
Info	Autopilot Master Switched On at 14:16:27
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated at 14:16:27
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated at 14:16:27
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Activated at 14:16:28
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 14:16:28
Info	Autopilot Master Switched Off at 14:16:31

Takeoff on runway 24 at KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru in the Douglas DC-3

95.39 %

94.33 %

Takeoff Roll

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 917 m using 50.2 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

96.13 %

Liftoff speed was 90 kn - Target 80 kn

Alignment

75.54 %

3.30 m left to 9.76 m right

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

100 %

Switched On

Landing Lights

100 %

Switched On

100 %

IAS kt

Info

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

98.28 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 24 KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

93.11 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

99.3 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 24 KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

97.18 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

89.67 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 24 KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

48.34 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 24 at KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru in the Douglas DC-3

Landing Score 91.83 %

Landing Summary

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94.78 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 24 at KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 308 ft agl to 69 ft agl. A decrease of 239 ft in 32 seconds.

Glideslope

100 %

Excellent glideslope alignment

Heading

98.4 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

98.4 %

Bank °

75.49 %

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

86.15 %

Landing

Landing on runway 24 at KROA Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl\/Woodru, runway length 1,827 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 89 kn.

Height

100 %

Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

100 %

Threshold speed was well above target at 89 kt. Target 80 kt

Flare

44.6 %

Very poor landing flare

Centreline ft

100 %

Bank °