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NZWS
Westport, New Zealand
Runway 04
Elevation10 ft asl
Weight10,235 kg
Fuel1,969 kg
Wind270° · 3 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

95.33 %
NZNS
Nelson, New Zealand
Runway 02
Elevation10 ft asl
Weight10,088 kg
Fuel1,706 kg
17 May 2023 0:45 81 nm Douglas DC-3 263 kg
Departure Score
96.78 %
Enroute Score
99.46 %
Arrival Score
87.70 %

What went well

Touchdown 343 m in — inside the full-score zone
Airborne in 648 m — 51 % of the runway
Held the centreline on the roll — 4.06 m off at liftoff

What held you back

Arrival Rollout — Runway alignment max 20.75 m at 68 %, Landing distance 1,071 m at 79 %, −1.68 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown VSI was -605 ft/m. at 42 %, g force 1.22 to 1.81 g at 68 %, −1.39 points
Departure Climb 2 — bounce on liftoff; bank angle up to 12.9 ° at 71 %, −0.64 points

Top opportunity

Improve the rollout

Arrival Rollout

Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.

Read more in How to Taxi Anywhere

Start to finish · 34 stages, 33 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 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 0 kn0 kn min to max 0 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 knmax 0 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.98 g
100 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 4.4 °0.0 ° min to max 11.8 ° 0.0 11.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Fail Beacon Light OFF should be ON
Fail Navigation Light OFF should be ON
Fail Navigation Light OFF should be ON
Info Parking Brake Off 9 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 9 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 9 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 9 ft agl
Departure Roll 94.88Departure roll runway 04 at NZWS Westport. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 74 kn. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 3 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 3 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
83 % Liftoff speed was 74 knTarget 80 kn
91 % Runway alignment max 6.30 m4.06 m left to 2.24 m right -1.20 4.06 m
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.94 g min to max 1.00 g 0.98 1.00 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 8.5 °5.5 ° min to max 12.1 ° 11.8 5.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Fail Strobe Light OFF should be ON
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 04 NZWS Westport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.4 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.4 -0.3 °
100 % Average speed 79 kn74 kn min to max 81 kn 74 80 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.1 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g1.00 g min to max 1.11 g 1.00 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 429 ft/m164 ft/m min to max 798 ft/m 164 798 ft/m
Info Average altitude 11 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 38 ft agl 0 38 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.6 °5.4 ° min to max 12.3 ° 5.5 12.3 °
Departure Climb 2 92.26Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 04 NZWS Westport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.3 ° min to max 2.2 ° -0.3 2.2 °
100 % Average speed 78 kn68 kn min to max 88 kn 80 88 kn
71 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.1 ° min to max 12.9 ° 0.6 8.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.80 g min to max 1.12 g 1.11 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,014 ft/m69 ft/m min to max 1,805 ft/m 813 457 ft/m
Info Average altitude 135 ft agl53 ft agl min to max 350 ft agl 53 350 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.9 °6.3 ° min to max 20.6 ° 12.4 6.3 °

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 235 ft agl · 70 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 56 ft agl · 82 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 333 ft agl · 84 kt
Enroute Climb 97.03Enroute climb started overhead NZWS Westport Westport (West Coast, New Zealand). Climbing from 369 ft asl to 4,702 ft asl, an increase of 4,334 ft in 5 minutes and covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Climb speed 113 kn90 kn min to max 134 knTarget 120 kn 90 122 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.2 °0.0 ° min to max 20.4 ° 8.1 7.8 °
77 % Average g force 0.99 g0.81 g min to max 1.66 g 1.12 1.21 g
Info Average VSI 1,029 ft/m-1,015 ft/m min to max 1,762 ft/m 525 -307 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,818 ft asl369 ft asl min to max 4,795 ft asl 369 4,702 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 7.3 °-2.9 ° min to max 13.1 ° 7.9 0.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,091 ft agl · 95 kt
Enroute Level 99.94Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south east of Denniston (Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 4,768 ft asl4,600 ft asl min to max 4,861 ft asl 4,687 4,600 ft asl
100 % Average speed 124 kn117 kn min to max 138 kn 132 138 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.0 °0.1 ° min to max 9.6 ° 1.6 1.4 °
99 % Average g force 0.92 g0.74 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °-5.2 ° min to max 8.8 ° 2.0 -5.2 °
Enroute Descent 99.77Enroute descent started 2 miles east of Denniston (Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand). Descent from 4,540 ft asl to 4,305 ft asl, a decrease of 235 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 142 kn125 kn min to max 153 kn 142 144 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.5 °0.4 ° min to max 12.3 ° 6.5 0.4 °
98 % Average g force 1.03 g0.71 g min to max 1.25 g 1.25 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -28 ft/m-1,974 ft/m min to max 1,193 ft/m -1,631 -1,974 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,482 ft asl4,305 ft asl min to max 4,583 ft asl 4,540 4,305 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °-6.8 ° min to max 8.3 ° -6.8 -5.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 4 miles east of Denniston (Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,853 ft asl3,743 ft asl min to max 3,906 ft asl 3,906 3,831 ft asl
100 % Average speed 154 kn141 kn min to max 166 kn 166 141 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.4 °0.1 ° min to max 4.4 ° 0.1 4.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g0.93 g min to max 1.23 g 1.23 0.96 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-6.4 ° min to max 5.3 ° -6.4 5.3 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 4 miles north west of Lyell (Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand). Descent from 3,867 ft asl to 3,274 ft asl, a decrease of 593 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 145 kn136 kn min to max 164 kn 136 164 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.9 °1.5 ° min to max 6.8 ° 1.5 2.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.88 g min to max 1.09 g 1.00 0.89 g
Info Average VSI -1,295 ft/m-2,720 ft/m min to max -159 ft/m -159 -2,720 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,668 ft asl3,274 ft asl min to max 3,867 ft asl 3,867 3,274 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.2 °-9.2 ° min to max 0.4 ° -1.3 -9.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 3 98.86Enroute level cruise started 3 miles west of Lyell (Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,216 ft asl2,980 ft asl min to max 3,444 ft asl 3,225 3,318 ft asl
100 % Average speed 151 kn132 kn min to max 177 kn 166 144 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.9 °2.4 ° min to max 19.8 ° 2.5 2.5 °
89 % Average g force 1.11 g0.74 g min to max 1.45 g 0.92 1.16 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °-9.9 ° min to max 11.6 ° -9.6 4.6 °

Events

Info Autopilot Master Switched On 2,211 ft agl · 139 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 2,211 ft agl · 139 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 2,471 ft agl · 138 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 2,471 ft agl · 138 kt
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Lyell (Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand). Climbing from 3,376 ft asl to 3,586 ft asl, an increase of 209 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 124 kn117 kn min to max 131 kn 131 121 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.8 °1.7 ° min to max 7.5 ° 6.7 3.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.93 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 294 ft/m-412 ft/m min to max 931 ft/m 931 -412 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,506 ft asl3,376 ft asl min to max 3,615 ft asl 3,376 3,586 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °0.9 ° min to max 6.6 ° 5.3 1.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 4 98.57Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north east of Lyell (Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 9 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,650 ft asl3,549 ft asl min to max 3,802 ft asl 3,579 3,671 ft asl
100 % Average speed 140 kn127 kn min to max 150 kn 132 150 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.1 °0.0 ° min to max 14.9 ° 3.1 13.0 °
86 % Average g force 1.00 g0.50 g min to max 1.23 g 1.01 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °-6.3 ° min to max 7.5 ° 1.4 -3.5 °

Events

Info Autopilot Master Switched On 2,608 ft agl · 127 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Activated 2,608 ft agl · 127 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 2,475 ft agl · 126 kt
Info Autopilot Wing Leveler Deactivated 2,475 ft agl · 126 kt
Enroute Descent 3 98.23Enroute descent started 2 miles west of Murchison (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand). Descent from 3,643 ft asl to 3,493 ft asl, a decrease of 151 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 152 kn145 kn min to max 158 kn 152 153 kn
100 % Average bank angle 12.8 °1.2 ° min to max 20.6 ° 12.3 1.2 °
82 % Average g force 1.08 g0.86 g min to max 1.56 g 0.99 1.21 g
Info Average VSI -150 ft/m-1,778 ft/m min to max 721 ft/m -1,622 -145 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,568 ft asl3,493 ft asl min to max 3,643 ft asl 3,643 3,493 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °-4.1 ° min to max 5.3 ° -3.7 1.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Climb 3 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Murchison (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand). Climbing from 3,585 ft asl to 5,792 ft asl, an increase of 2,207 ft in 4 minutes and covering 9 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 128 kn112 kn min to max 144 kn 144 128 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.9 °0.0 ° min to max 16.2 ° 6.8 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.79 g min to max 1.22 g 1.10 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 587 ft/m-639 ft/m min to max 1,835 ft/m 943 486 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,671 ft asl3,585 ft asl min to max 5,792 ft asl 3,585 5,792 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °-0.6 ° min to max 12.0 ° 3.5 2.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 5 100.00Enroute level cruise started 8 miles north east of Murchison (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 5,860 ft asl5,660 ft asl min to max 6,102 ft asl 5,863 5,689 ft asl
100 % Average speed 157 kn144 kn min to max 168 kn 144 164 kn
100 % Average bank angle 10.2 °1.0 ° min to max 22.8 ° 1.5 5.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.84 g min to max 1.09 g 0.91 1.02 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-1.9 ° min to max 4.9 ° 3.1 2.5 °
Enroute Descent 4 100.00Enroute descent started 7 miles north west of NZLE Lake Station\/Nelson Lakes Lake Station\/Nelson Lake (Nelson, New Zealand). Descent from 5,700 ft asl to 5,456 ft asl, a decrease of 244 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 166 kn162 kn min to max 168 kn 162 167 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.9 °0.5 ° min to max 10.3 ° 1.1 10.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.02 g 0.96 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -422 ft/m-636 ft/m min to max -221 ft/m -240 -221 ft/m
Info Average altitude 5,578 ft asl5,456 ft asl min to max 5,700 ft asl 5,700 5,456 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-0.7 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.4 1.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 6 100.00Enroute level cruise started 7 miles north west of NZLE Lake Station\/Nelson Lakes Lake Station\/Nelson Lake (Nelson, New Zealand) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 5,305 ft asl5,180 ft asl min to max 5,452 ft asl 5,452 5,252 ft asl
100 % Average speed 173 kn167 kn min to max 176 kn 167 173 kn
100 % Average bank angle 14.6 °0.4 ° min to max 16.0 ° 14.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.12 g 0.96 1.07 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -2.2 °-2.4 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.8 2.6 °
Enroute Descent 5 99.43Enroute descent started 8 miles north of NZLE Lake Station\/Nelson Lakes Lake Station\/Nelson Lake (Nelson, New Zealand). Descent from 5,395 ft asl to 4,944 ft asl, a decrease of 452 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 175 kn164 kn min to max 187 kn 164 174 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.3 °0.9 ° min to max 6.2 ° 0.9 6.2 °
94 % Average g force 1.02 g0.86 g min to max 1.35 g 0.86 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -330 ft/m-2,100 ft/m min to max 526 ft/m -48 -146 ft/m
Info Average altitude 5,071 ft asl4,891 ft asl min to max 5,395 ft asl 5,395 4,944 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-6.2 ° min to max 4.0 ° 0.3 0.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 7 98.10Enroute level cruise started 8 miles north of NZLE Lake Station\/Nelson Lakes Lake Station\/Nelson Lake (Nelson, New Zealand) and lasted 19 minutes, covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
94 % Average altitude 4,727 ft asl4,176 ft asl min to max 4,913 ft asl 4,913 4,244 ft asl
100 % Average speed 178 kn170 kn min to max 185 kn 174 170 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.3 °0.6 ° min to max 16.1 ° 0.6 9.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.90 g0.80 g min to max 1.17 g 0.98 0.80 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.9 °-3.7 ° min to max 2.2 ° -0.5 -1.2 °
Enroute Descent 6 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles north west of Golden Downs (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand). Descent from 4,237 ft asl to 3,954 ft asl, a decrease of 284 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 174 kn169 kn min to max 180 kn 170 169 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.9 °0.4 ° min to max 9.1 ° 9.1 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.95 g min to max 1.03 g 1.01 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -371 ft/m-1,150 ft/m min to max 258 ft/m -366 258 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,028 ft asl3,897 ft asl min to max 4,237 ft asl 4,237 3,954 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-2.8 ° min to max 1.9 ° -0.0 1.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 8 100.00Enroute level cruise started 8 miles south of Tapawera (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,991 ft asl3,962 ft asl min to max 4,023 ft asl 3,962 4,018 ft asl
100 % Average speed 170 kn166 kn min to max 174 kn 168 166 kn
100 % Average bank angle 7.2 °0.0 ° min to max 10.7 ° 7.1 7.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.87 g min to max 1.12 g 1.12 0.90 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-2.4 ° min to max 2.6 ° -0.4 0.2 °
Enroute Descent 7 100.00Enroute descent started 8 miles south east of Tapawera (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand). Descent from 4,015 ft asl to 3,531 ft asl, a decrease of 485 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 171 kn164 kn min to max 176 kn 164 175 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.9 °0.6 ° min to max 13.7 ° 13.7 6.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.80 g min to max 1.20 g 1.02 1.20 g
Info Average VSI -515 ft/m-1,046 ft/m min to max 340 ft/m -162 -632 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,835 ft asl3,531 ft asl min to max 4,015 ft asl 4,015 3,531 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-2.3 ° min to max 2.0 ° -1.8 -1.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Climb 4 100.00Enroute climb started 6 miles south west of Wakefield (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand). Climbing from 3,526 ft asl to 3,692 ft asl, an increase of 166 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 155 kn146 kn min to max 164 kn 164 158 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.1 °1.0 ° min to max 9.4 ° 9.4 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.87 g min to max 1.20 g 1.20 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 15 ft/m-1,454 ft/m min to max 1,268 ft/m -247 -1,454 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,694 ft asl3,526 ft asl min to max 3,837 ft asl 3,526 3,692 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-5.0 ° min to max 3.5 ° 0.2 -5.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 9 97.93Enroute level cruise started 4 miles south west of Wakefield (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand) and lasted 5 minutes, covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Average altitude 3,340 ft asl3,183 ft asl min to max 3,691 ft asl 3,526 3,292 ft asl
100 % Average speed 169 kn142 kn min to max 177 kn 177 142 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.2 ° min to max 4.2 ° 2.4 2.7 °
86 % Average g force 1.00 g0.50 g min to max 1.34 g 1.08 0.50 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-4.6 ° min to max 2.7 ° -1.4 -4.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 2,928 ft agl · 170 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 2,952 ft agl · 170 kt
Enroute Descent 8 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Brightwater (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand). Descent from 3,127 ft asl to 1,976 ft asl, a decrease of 1,151 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 115 kn106 kn min to max 135 kn 135 107 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.9 °0.3 ° min to max 11.1 ° 1.6 1.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.88 g min to max 1.14 g 1.14 0.88 g
Info Average VSI -619 ft/m-1,346 ft/m min to max -165 ft/m -460 -1,276 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,822 ft asl1,976 ft asl min to max 3,127 ft asl 3,127 1,976 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-5.8 ° min to max 1.4 ° -0.3 -5.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 2,373 ft agl · 115 kt
Enroute Level 10 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south west of Richmond (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand) and lasted 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 1,825 ft asl1,823 ft asl min to max 1,952 ft asl 1,952 1,823 ft asl
100 % Average speed 106 kn106 kn min to max 107 kn 106 106 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 4.1 ° 0.9 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.87 g0.87 g min to max 1.20 g 1.01 0.87 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -4.1 °-5.2 ° min to max -2.5 ° -4.2 -4.2 °
Enroute Descent 9 99.71Enroute descent started 1 mile south west of Richmond (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand). Descent from 1,823 ft asl to 464 ft asl, a decrease of 1,359 ft in 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 102 kn86 kn min to max 115 kn 106 86 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.1 ° min to max 3.2 ° 0.2 1.3 °
97 % Average g force 0.99 g0.87 g min to max 1.30 g 0.87 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -1,050 ft/m-1,915 ft/m min to max -269 ft/m -1,030 -367 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,081 ft asl464 ft asl min to max 1,823 ft asl 1,823 464 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.8 °-7.9 ° min to max 3.0 ° -4.2 2.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 1 mile south west of Richmond (Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 78 kn76 kn min to max 84 kn 84 76 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.5 ° min to max 3.8 ° 1.5 2.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.18 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -255 ft/m-485 ft/m min to max 3 ft/m -350 3 ft/m
Info Average altitude 407 ft asl356 ft asl min to max 458 ft asl 458 356 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °1.4 ° min to max 5.9 ° 2.6 5.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 452 ft agl · 85 kt
Arrival Final 1 93.42Approaching runway 02 at NZNS Nelson from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 346 ft agl to 62 ft agl. A decrease of 285 ft in 337 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Approach angle 3.0 °2.8 ° min to max 3.6 °Target 3.0 ° 3.1 2.9 °
100 % Average speed 80 kn74 kn min to max 82 kn 77 78 kn
78 % Heading variation -0.6 °-0.8 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.4 -0.2 °
94 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 4.4 ° 2.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.79 g min to max 1.21 g 0.99 1.10 g
Info Average VSI -177 ft/m-960 ft/m min to max 9 ft/m 2 -407 ft/m
Info Average altitude 205 ft agl62 ft agl min to max 346 ft agl 346 62 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °-2.4 ° min to max 5.6 ° 5.6 4.0 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 91.13Landing on runway 02 at NZNS Nelson, runway length 1,334 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 78 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 78 kn. Target 80 kn
80 % Target 50 ft agl
93 % Landing and flare profile
85 % Heading variation -0.4 °-0.6 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.6 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.1 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.5 0.9 °
87 % Average g force 0.98 g0.53 g min to max 1.33 g 1.10 0.65 g
Info Average speed 75 kn71 kn min to max 78 kn 78 71 kn
Info Average VSI -255 ft/m-593 ft/m min to max 207 ft/m -392 -593 ft/m
Info Average altitude 18 ft agl-1 ft agl min to max 36 ft agl 36 -1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °-2.5 ° min to max 9.8 ° 4.2 -2.4 °
07515022530037501223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375-25-20-15-10-50510152025Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 79.14Touchdown distance was good at 340 m. Touchdown speed at 71 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was heavy at -605 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.5 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 3 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 2 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
42 % Touchdown VSI was -605 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 340 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 71 knTarget 75 kn
69 % Runway alignment max 10.51 m10.36 m right -10.51 -9.99 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.5 0.3 °
68 % Average g force 1.54 g1.22 g min to max 1.81 g 1.24 1.22 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 71 kn70 kn min to max 71 kn 71 70 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-2.3 ° min to max 5.8 ° -2.3 5.8 °
Arrival Rollout 74.79Total landing distance 1,071 m, 80 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.8 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
79 % Landing distance 1,071 m80 % of runway.
68 % Runway alignment max 20.75 m10.76 m left to 9.99 m right -9.99 -9.70 m
90 % Average g force 0.98 g0.58 g min to max 1.41 g 1.22 0.99 g
Info Average speed 65 kn38 kn min to max 73 kn 73 38 kn
Info Average pitch angle 5.7 °-2.6 ° min to max 12.0 ° 5.8 11.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.3 0.3 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 19 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 23 kn17 kn min to max 34 kn 34 17 kn
Info Average pitch angle 11.8 °11.8 ° min to max 11.9 ° 11.9 11.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.1 °
Info Average g force 0.98 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.98 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 9 ft agl · 24 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kn0 kn min to max 16 kn 16 0 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 6 knmax 12 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.97 g min to max 0.99 g 0.98 0.98 g
Info Average pitch angle 11.8 °11.8 ° min to max 11.9 ° 11.8 11.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.0 °

Events

Fail Taxi Light OFF should be ON
Info Flaps Position 2 9 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Parking Brake On 9 ft agl

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll648 m · 51 %
83.14Liftoff speed74 kt
91.24Runway alignment4.06 m L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
100.00Rate of climb428 ft/m

Landing

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

80.02Threshold height36 ft
100.00Threshold speed77 kt
85.36Centreline offset0.19 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 NZNS 02

Past threshold100.00
343m
Centreline68.97
9.99m R
Speed100.00
71kt
Sink rate41.57
-605ft/m
Impact68.00
1.81G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 1,334 m of the approach.

36 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 36 ft, down at 343 m

Plan view — the full 1,334 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,000 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 343 m past threshold CLEARED

The 343 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.81 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 1,053 m of 1,334 m · 79 %
Rollout distance85.17
710m79 % used
Rollout alignment68.09
10.76m L

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 04 at NZWS Westport in the Douglas DC-3
96.78 %
100 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Taxi Lights
100 %
Switched On
Ground Speed kt
100 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
12 6 0
94.88 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 04 at NZWS Westport. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 74 kn. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 3 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 3 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 0 m using 0 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
83.14 %
Liftoff speed was 74 kn - Target 85 kn
Alignment
91.24 %
4.06 m left to 2.24 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
0 %
Switched Off
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched Off
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
80 40 0
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
13 9 5
02505007501,000-15-10-5051015 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
100 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 04 NZWS Westport.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 80 70
Bank °
100 %
1 0.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
13 9 5
Climb Rate fpm
Info
800 350 -100
92.26 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 04 NZWS Westport.
Alignment
97.62 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 75 60
Bank °
71.42 %
13 6.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
21 14 6
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,900 900 -100
02505007501,00004386129172215 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.040.080.120.160.20100200300 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.040.080.120.160.2-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 02 at NZNS Nelson in the Douglas DC-3
Landing Score 84.62 %
93.42 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 02 at NZNS Nelson from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 346 ft agl to 62 ft agl. A decrease of 285 ft in 337 seconds.
Glideslope
95.66 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
77.86 %
Good heading alignment
Glideslope °
95.66 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
82 76 70
Alignment
77.86 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
93.58 %
5 2.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
4 -498 -1,000
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
91.13 %
Landing
Landing on runway 02 at NZNS Nelson, runway length 1,334 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 78 kn.
Height
80.02 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
100 %
Threshold speed was good at 78 kt. Target 80 kt
Flare
92.88 %
Great landing flare
Centreline ft
85.36 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
87.43 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
78 74 70
Pitch °
Info
10 4 -2
Descent Rate fpm
Info
207 -197 -600
07515022530037501223354658 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300375-25-20-15-10-50510152025 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
79.14 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 340 m. Touchdown speed at 71 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was heavy at -605 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.5 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 3 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 2 kn.
Touchdown
41.57 %
Touchdown rate was heavy at -605 ft/m.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 71 kt was a little fast. Target below 66 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 340 m.
Alignment
68.97 %
Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.5 m from centreline.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.3 °
G
68 %
G 1.54 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
74.79 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 1,071 m, 80 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.8 m from centreline.
Distance
78.87 %
Landing distance 1,071 m using 80.28 % of runway
Alignment
68.09 %
Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.8 m from centreline.
G
90.29 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
70 50 30
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
12 5 -2
02004006008001,000 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
100 %
Taxi
Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 8 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Landing Lights
100 %
Switched Off
Taxi Lights
Switched Off
Ground Speed kt
100 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
12 12 11
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