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BUSH
2 miles west of Boksburg (Gauteng, South Africa), South Africa
Runway XX
Elevation0 ft asl
Fuel5,262 kg

Flight Score

95.90 %
FAOR
Johannesburg, South Africa
Runway 03L
Elevation5,499 ft asl
Weight10,762 kg
Fuel1,088 kg
Wind300° · 13 kn · 13 kn cross
11 Jul 2024 0:03 7 nm Douglas DC-3 4,174 kg
Departure Score
0.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
90.42 %

What went well

Touched down at -193 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 361 m in — inside the full-score zone
1.18 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Rollout — bounce at touchdown; Runway alignment max 31.16 m at 1 %, −3.72 points
Arrival Landing — Threshold speed at 63 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. at 73 %, −0.72 points
Arrival Final 1 — bank angle up to 6.3 ° at 94 %, −0.15 points

Top opportunity

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Arrival Rollout

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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
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead FAOR Johannesburg Intl Johannesburg (Gauteng, South Africa). Climbing from 5,536 ft asl to 6,478 ft asl, an increase of 942 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 72 kn72 kn min to max 102 kn 72 102 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -18 ft/m-18 ft/m min to max 2 ft/m -18 2 ft/m
Info Average altitude 5,543 ft asl5,536 ft asl min to max 6,478 ft asl 5,536 6,478 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-0.7 ° min to max 2.5 ° -0.7 2.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Battery Master On 12 ft agl · 79 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 12 ft agl · 79 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 12 ft agl · 79 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 12 ft agl · 79 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 12 ft agl · 79 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 12 ft agl · 79 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 12 ft agl · 79 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 12 ft agl · 79 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 12 ft agl · 79 kt
Info Engine 1 Stopped 1,015 ft agl · 102 kt
Info Engine 2 Stopped 1,015 ft agl · 102 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 1,015 ft agl · 102 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 1,015 ft agl · 102 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,015 ft agl · 102 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles west of Boksburg (Gauteng, South Africa) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 6,478 ft asl6,478 ft asl min to max 6,478 ft asl 6,478 6,478 ft asl
100 % Average speed 102 kn102 kn min to max 102 kn 102 102 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.99 g min to max 0.99 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °2.5 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.5 2.5 °
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 2 miles west of Boksburg (Gauteng, South Africa).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 98 kn91 kn min to max 106 kn 102 94 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.1 ° min to max 6.7 ° 0.1 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.61 g min to max 1.46 g 0.99 0.94 g
Info Average VSI -467 ft/m-1,451 ft/m min to max 935 ft/m 2 -334 ft/m
Info Average altitude 6,358 ft asl6,236 ft asl min to max 6,485 ft asl 6,478 6,236 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-5.0 ° min to max 11.3 ° 2.5 1.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 1,015 ft agl · 106 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 784 ft agl · 118 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 740 ft agl · 116 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 747 ft agl · 113 kt
Arrival Final 3 100.00Approaching runway 03L at FAOR Johannesburg Intl from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 730 ft agl to 660 ft agl. A decrease of 71 ft in 7 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.0 °3.0 ° min to max 3.0 °Target 3.0 ° 3.0 3.0 °
100 % Average speed 88 kn86 kn min to max 94 kn 94 86 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.2 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.1 ° min to max 2.3 ° 0.3 2.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.95 g0.81 g min to max 1.01 g 0.93 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -583 ft/m-894 ft/m min to max -423 ft/m -423 -894 ft/m
Info Average altitude 699 ft agl660 ft agl min to max 730 ft agl 730 660 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-1.9 ° min to max 2.5 ° 0.8 -1.9 °
22.252.52.753550600650700750800Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft22.252.52.753-90-68-45-23023456890Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 2 98.38Approaching runway 03L at FAOR Johannesburg Intl from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 643 ft agl to 332 ft agl. A decrease of 312 ft in 46 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.0 °2.8 ° min to max 3.2 °Target 3.0 ° 2.9 2.8 °
100 % Average speed 75 kn68 kn min to max 87 kn 86 68 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.1 -0.2 °
92 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.1 ° min to max 6.0 ° 0.2 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.81 g min to max 1.21 g 1.04 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -415 ft/m-1,002 ft/m min to max -48 ft/m -1,002 -839 ft/m
Info Average altitude 495 ft agl332 ft agl min to max 643 ft agl 643 332 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °-0.6 ° min to max 7.4 ° -0.6 5.3 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 5 620 ft agl · 93 kt
Info Flaps Position 9 618 ft agl · 94 kt
Info Flaps Position 8 589 ft agl · 92 kt
Info Flaps Position 7 574 ft agl · 94 kt
11.251.51.752250300350400450500550600650700750Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-90-68-45-23023456890Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 98.24Approaching runway 03L at FAOR Johannesburg Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 304 ft agl to 89 ft agl. A decrease of 216 ft in 42 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Approach angle 3.4 °2.6 ° min to max 3.8 °Target 3.0 ° 2.7 3.8 °
100 % Average speed 65 kn62 kn min to max 75 kn 68 63 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
94 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 6.3 ° 0.6 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.80 g min to max 1.12 g 1.06 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -305 ft/m-807 ft/m min to max 174 ft/m -807 -415 ft/m
Info Average altitude 138 ft agl89 ft agl min to max 304 ft agl 304 89 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.9 °3.6 ° min to max 10.8 ° 7.5 9.1 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-70-53-35-18018355370Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 91.38Landing on runway 03L at FAOR Johannesburg Intl, runway length 3,987 m. Threshold height at 58 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed at 63 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
73 % Threshold speed at 63 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 80 kn
93 % Target 50 ft agl
99.99 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.1 -0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 2.9 ° 1.2 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.04 g 1.01 1.03 g
Info Average speed 61 kn60 kn min to max 63 kn 63 60 kn
Info Average VSI -304 ft/m-414 ft/m min to max -193 ft/m -414 -193 ft/m
Info Average altitude 30 ft agl6 ft agl min to max 58 ft agl 58 6 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.8 °8.8 ° min to max 10.8 ° 9.2 10.8 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 20 ft agl · 69 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 15 ft agl · 69 kt
07515022530037501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375-30-24-18-12-60612182430Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 99.20Touchdown distance was good at 359 m. Touchdown speed at 60 kn was good. Touchdown rate was good at -193 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 22 °C. Wind 13 kn at 299 °. Crosswind: 13 kn Headwind: 3 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Touchdown VSI was -193 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 359 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 60 knTarget 75 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 1.14 m1.05 m right -1.14 -0.92 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.5 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.5 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.13 g1.03 g min to max 1.18 g 1.03 1.13 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 61 kn60 kn min to max 61 kn 60 61 kn
Info Average pitch angle 11.8 °10.8 ° min to max 12.7 ° 10.8 12.6 °
Arrival Rollout 55.34Total landing distance 754 m, 19 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 30.3 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 754 m19 % of runway.
1 % Runway alignment max 31.16 m30.28 m left to 0.89 m right -0.89 12.48 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.13 g 1.13 0.99 g
Info Average speed 59 kn33 kn min to max 63 kn 63 33 kn
Info Average pitch angle 9.9 °5.4 ° min to max 12.4 ° 12.4 12.0 °
Info Average bank angle 2.0 °0.3 ° min to max 4.1 ° 1.5 0.5 °

Events

Fail Bounce during touchdown 10 ft agl · 66 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 37 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 38 kn24 kn min to max 63 kn 32 63 kn
Info Average pitch angle 10.4 °2.3 ° min to max 12.0 ° 12.0 6.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.6 0.5 °
Info Average g force 0.97 g0.95 g min to max 1.00 g 0.98 0.98 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 9 ft agl · 27 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 9 ft agl · 28 kt

Landing

The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.

92.62Threshold height58 ft
72.90Threshold speed62 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.02 m R

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.

Five checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

Touchdown on FAOR 03L

Past threshold100.00
361m
Centreline100.00
0.92m R
Speed100.00
60kt
Touchdown rate96.79
-193fpm
Impact100.00
1.18G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.

58 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 58 ft, down at 361 m

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,987 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 361 m past threshold CLEARED

The 361 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 736 m of 3,987 m · 18 %
Rollout distance100.00
375m18 % used
Rollout alignment0.74
30.28m L

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway XX at BUSH 2 miles west of Boksburg (Gauteng, South Africa) in the Douglas DC-3
Landing report
Landing on runway 03L at FAOR Johannesburg Intl in the Douglas DC-3
Landing Score 86.04 %
Landing Summary
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100 %
Final 3
Approaching runway 03L at FAOR Johannesburg Intl from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 730 ft agl to 660 ft agl. A decrease of 71 ft in 7 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
94 87 80
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
100 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-423 -662 -900
22.252.52.753550600650700750800 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
22.252.52.753-90-68-45-23023456890 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
98.38 %
Final 2
Approaching runway 03L at FAOR Johannesburg Intl from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 643 ft agl to 332 ft agl. A decrease of 312 ft in 46 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
87 73 60
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
91.92 %
6 3 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-48 -574 -1,100
11.251.51.752250300350400450500550600650700750 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
11.251.51.752-90-68-45-23023456890 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
98.24 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 03L at FAOR Johannesburg Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 304 ft agl to 89 ft agl. A decrease of 216 ft in 42 seconds.
Glideslope
96.76 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
96.76 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
75 67 60
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
94.43 %
7 3.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
174 -363 -900
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-70-53-35-18018355370 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
91.38 %
Landing
Landing on runway 03L at FAOR Johannesburg Intl, runway length 3,987 m. Threshold height at 58 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed at 63 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
Height
92.62 %
Threshold height at 58 ft agl was slightly above target. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
72.9 %
Threshold speed at 63 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 80 kt
Flare
99.99 %
Excellent landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
63 56 50
Pitch °
Info
11 9.5 8
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-203 -352 -500
07515022530037501123344657 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300375-30-24-18-12-60612182430 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
99.2 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 359 m. Touchdown speed at 60 kn was good. Touchdown rate was good at -193 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 22 °C. Wind 13 kn at 299 °. Crosswind: 13 kn Headwind: 3 kn.
Landed with a 13 kt crosswind, well done!
Touchdown
96.79 %
Touchdown rate was good at -193 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 60 kt was good. Target below 75 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 359 m.
Alignment
100 %
Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.8 °
G
100 %
G 1.13 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
55.34 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 754 m, 19 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 30.3 m from centreline.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 754 m using 18.92 % of runway
Alignment
0.74 %
Runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 30.3 m from centreline.
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
61 41 20
Bank °
Info
5 2.5 0
Pitch °
Info
13 9 5
0200400600 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
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