FAMG to FAUT Flight Report - Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Flight from FAMG to FAUT

Sunday, 30 July 2023 19:57

Minutes 54

99 nm

Fuel 28 kg

Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Departure

Runway 23 at FAMG

Margate

Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Altitude

479 ft asl

Weight

1,179 kg

Fuel

88 kg

Temperature

18 °C

Wind Speed

11 kt

Wind Direction

217.5 °

Headwind

10 kt

Crosswind

2 kt

Arrival

Runway 32 at FAUT

K.D. Matanzima

Umtata Eastern Cape, South Africa

2,398 ft asl

Altitude

1,151 kg

Weight

61 kg

Fuel

9 °C

Temperature

9 kt

Wind Speed

210.0 °

Wind Direction

1 kt

Headwind

8 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 90.56%

Departure Score 98.98%

Enroute Score 99.70%

Arrival Score 73.01%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

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Flight Stages FAMG to FAUT

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Departure Taxi

100 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 5 minutes and covered 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 14 kn 0 kn min to max 22 kn	0		6 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 10 kn max 14 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 0.97 g 0.83 g min to max 1.12 g	1.08		0.93 g
100 %	Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info	Average pitch angle 4.1 ° 3.3 ° min to max 4.9 °	4.9		4.5 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.9 °	0.9		0.2 °
Info	Battery Master On at 19:57:09
Info	Engine 1 Started at 19:57:09
Info	Landing Gear Down at 19:57:09
Info	Parking Brake On at 19:57:09
Info	Beacon Lights Switched On at 19:59:02
Info	Parking Brake Off at 19:59:13
Info	Taxi Lights Switched On at 19:59:44
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 19:59:45
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 20:01:13
Info	Navigation Light OFF should be ON at 20:00:10

Departure Roll

95.83 %

Departure roll runway 23 at FAMG Margate. Takeoff distance 1,944 m 145 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 72 kn. Local weather - Temperature 18 °C. Wind 11 kn at 217 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 10 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Takeoff distance 1,944 m 145 % of runway
100 %	Liftoff speed was 72 kn Target 70 kn
100 %	Runway alignment max 1.59 m 0.38 m left to 1.21 m right	-1.21		0.38 m
58.29 %	Average g force 0.34 g 0.02 g min to max 1.06 g	0.96		0.02 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle 3.2 ° 2.4 ° min to max 4.4 °	4.2		4.1 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.5 ° 0.1 ° min to max 2.0 °	0.3		1.9 °
Info	Pitot Heat Switched On at 20:02:17
Info	Taxi Light ON should OFF at 20:02:37

Departure Climb 1

99.61 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 23 FAMG Margate.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.4 ° -0.5 ° min to max -0.1 °	-0.1		-0.3 °
100 %	Average speed 83 kn 72 kn min to max 92 kn	72		92 kn
98.45 %	Average bank angle 1.6 ° 0.1 ° min to max 2.6 °	1.8		1.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.92 g min to max 1.16 g	1.16		1.07 g
Info	Average VSI 240 ft/m 161 ft/m min to max 439 ft/m	203		439 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 19 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 44 ft agl	0		44 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 4.0 ° 3.6 ° min to max 5.1 °	4.3		5.0 °
Info	Landing Gear Up at 20:02:46

Departure Climb 2

99.82 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 23 FAMG Margate.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.2 ° -0.3 ° min to max 0.0 °	-0.3		-0.1 °
100 %	Average speed 93 kn 90 kn min to max 95 kn	92		90 kn
99.29 %	Average bank angle 0.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.3 °	0.9		1.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.06 g 0.88 g min to max 1.24 g	1.07		0.94 g
Info	Average VSI 802 ft/m 446 ft/m min to max 1,460 ft/m	446		1,246 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 108 ft agl 51 ft agl min to max 388 ft agl	51		388 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.1 ° 5.0 ° min to max 10.4 °	5.0		8.6 °

Departure Climb 3

99.64 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 23 FAMG Margate.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation 0.3 ° -0.1 ° min to max 0.9 °	-0.1		0.9 °
100 %	Average speed 94 kn 89 kn min to max 97 kn	90		97 kn
98.21 %	Average bank angle 1.2 ° 0.1 ° min to max 2.7 °	0.4		1.9 °
100 %	Average g force 0.93 g 0.90 g min to max 0.96 g	0.93		0.96 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 1,127 ft/m 993 ft/m min to max 1,291 ft/m	1,273		1,157 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 702 ft agl 403 ft agl min to max 981 ft agl	403		981 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.4 ° 6.6 ° min to max 8.6 °	8.6		7.1 °

Enroute Climb

98.49 %

Enroute climb started 1 mile south of FAMG Margate Margate (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa). Climbing from 1,486 ft asl to 3,548 ft asl, an increase of 2,063 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
96.22 %	Climb speed 96 kn 93 kn min to max 107 kn Target 90 kn	97		106 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 14.7 °	1.3		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 0.94 g 0.91 g min to max 0.99 g	0.96		0.97 g
Info	Average VSI 912 ft/m 716 ft/m min to max 1,213 ft/m	1,185		976 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 2,081 ft asl 1,486 ft asl min to max 3,548 ft asl	1,486		3,548 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.3 ° 4.3 ° min to max 7.5 °	7.3		5.9 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 20:04:33

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 4 miles south west of FAMG Margate Margate (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) and lasted 36 minutes, covering 85 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 3,874 ft asl 3,659 ft asl min to max 3,931 ft asl	3,659		3,861 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 154 kn 116 kn min to max 166 kn	121		116 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 22.6 °	3.9		0.1 °
100 %	Average g force 0.95 g 0.88 g min to max 1.06 g	0.96		0.93 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -0.6 ° -3.0 ° min to max 2.0 °	2.0		-1.0 °
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 20:41:53

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 3 miles north of Mthatha (OR Tambo District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa). Descent from 3,856 ft asl to 3,310 ft asl, a decrease of 546 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 117 kn 116 kn min to max 119 kn	116		119 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.5 °	0.1		0.0 °
100 %	Average g force 0.94 g 0.91 g min to max 0.98 g	0.93		0.97 g
Info	Average VSI -337 ft/m -619 ft/m min to max -172 ft/m	-303		-526 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 3,610 ft asl 3,310 ft asl min to max 3,856 ft asl	3,856		3,310 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -1.9 ° -3.5 ° min to max -1.1 °	-1.1		-2.8 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 2

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of FAUT K.D. Matanzima Umtata (Eastern Cape, South Africa) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 3,119 ft asl 3,014 ft asl min to max 3,302 ft asl	3,302		3,044 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 96 kn 72 kn min to max 119 kn	119		72 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 5.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 20.7 °	0.0		20.7 °
100 %	Average g force 0.96 g 0.89 g min to max 1.05 g	0.96		1.00 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 1.2 ° -3.1 ° min to max 6.2 °	-2.6		2.5 °
Info	Landing Gear Down at 20:46:31
Info	Flaps Position 6 at 20:46:35
Info	Flaps Position 9 at 20:46:58

Enroute Descent 2

100 %

Enroute descent started 1 mile south east of FAUT K.D. Matanzima Umtata (Eastern Cape, South Africa). Descent from 3,041 ft asl to 2,540 ft asl, a decrease of 501 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 79 kn 72 kn min to max 83 kn	72		75 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 9.6 ° 0.1 ° min to max 28.3 °	21.6		1.4 °
100 %	Average g force 0.97 g 0.83 g min to max 1.09 g	0.99		0.95 g
Info	Average VSI -476 ft/m -705 ft/m min to max 86 ft/m	-198		-573 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 2,818 ft asl 2,540 ft asl min to max 3,041 ft asl	3,041		2,540 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -1.1 ° -3.7 ° min to max 2.8 °	2.2		-1.2 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Arrival Landing

45.69 %

Landing on runway 32 at FAUT K.D. Matanzima, runway length 2,589 m. Threshold height at 133 ft agl was excessively over target. Threshold speed was a little below target at 67 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
83.63 %	Threshold speed was a little below target at 67 kn. Target 70 kn
0 %	Target 50 ft agl
0 %	Landing and flare profile
100 %	Heading variation -0.0 ° -0.2 ° min to max 0.1 °	-0.2		-0.0 °
97.87 %	Average bank angle 1.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.8 °	0.7		0.9 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.94 g min to max 1.06 g	0.94		0.95 g
Info	Average speed 54 kn 44 kn min to max 67 kn	67		44 kn
Info	Average VSI -175 ft/m -570 ft/m min to max -14 ft/m	-570		-47 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 32 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 133 ft agl	133		0 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 4.0 ° -1.1 ° min to max 6.6 °	-1.1		6.0 °

Arrival Touchdown

83.74 %

Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway. Touchdown speed at 44 kn was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -47 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 9 °C. Wind 9 kn at 209 °. Crosswind: 9 kn Headwind: 1 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Touchdown VSI was -47 ft/m.
0 %	Touchdown distance was 1,421 m Target 457 m
100 %	Speed at touchdown 44 kn Target 55 kn
100 %	Runway alignment max 0.68 m 0.51 m right	-0.68		-0.28 m
100 %	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.9 °	0.9		0.2 °
74.86 %	Average g force 0.55 g 0.31 g min to max 0.95 g	0.95		0.31 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 44 kn 44 kn min to max 44 kn	44		44 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 5.7 ° 5.6 ° min to max 6.0 °	6.0		5.9 °

Arrival Rollout

81.01 %

Total landing distance 1,862 m, 72 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Landing distance 1,862 m 72 % of runway.
81.45 %	Runway alignment max 8.28 m 6.89 m left to 1.39 m right	-0.23		-1.39 m
60.57 %	Average g force 0.29 g 0.06 g min to max 0.80 g	0.29		0.78 g
Info	Average speed 47 kn 31 kn min to max 52 kn	52		31 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 5.3 ° 3.4 ° min to max 7.2 °	6.1		3.8 °
Info	Average bank angle 1.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.7 °	0.3		0.2 °

Runway Exit

Exiting runway, average speed 8 kn

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 18 kn 7 kn min to max 30 kn	30		8 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 3.9 ° 3.3 ° min to max 5.2 °	3.7		4.8 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.7 °	0.2		0.3 °
Info	Average g force 0.91 g 0.74 g min to max 1.08 g	0.79		0.99 g
Info	Flaps Position 6 at 20:49:38
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 20:49:39

Arrival Taxi

81.6 %

Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
54 %	Average speed 17 kn 0 kn min to max 32 kn	8		0 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 6 kn max 6 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 0.93 g 0.78 g min to max 1.08 g	0.96		0.98 g
Info	Average pitch angle 4.2 ° 3.2 ° min to max 5.7 °	4.9		3.9 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.5 °	0.3		0.1 °
Info	Parking Brake On at 20:53:25
Info	Landing Lights Switched Off at 20:53:30
Info	Taxi Lights Switched Off at 20:53:31
Info	Pitot Heat Switched Off at 20:53:35
Info	Landing Lights ON should be OFF at 20:51:02
Info	Taxi Light OFF should be ON at 20:51:36

Takeoff on runway 23 at FAMG Margate in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

98.98 %

100 %

Taxi

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 5 minutes and covered 1 nm.

Taxi Lights

100 %

Switched On

Speed

100 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank

Info

Pitch

Info

95.83 %

Takeoff Roll

Departure roll runway 23 at FAMG Margate. Takeoff distance 1,944 m 145 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 72 kn. Local weather - Temperature 18 °C. Wind 11 kn at 217 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 10 kn.

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 1,944 m using 145.27 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

100 %

Liftoff speed was 72 kn - Target 75 kn

Alignment

100 %

0.38 m left to 1.21 m right

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

100 %

Switched On

Landing Lights

100 %

Switched On

58.29 %

Speed

Info

Bank

Info

Pitch

Info

99.61 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 23 FAMG Margate.

Heading

100 %

Speed

100 %

Bank

98.45 %

100 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

99.82 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 23 FAMG Margate.

Heading

100 %

Speed

100 %

Bank

99.29 %

100 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

99.64 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 23 FAMG Margate.

Heading

100 %

Speed

100 %

Bank

98.21 %

100 %

Pitch

Info

Climb Rate

Info

Landing on runway 32 at FAUT K.D. Matanzima in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Landing Score 70.15 %

45.69 %

Landing

Landing on runway 32 at FAUT K.D. Matanzima, runway length 2,589 m. Threshold height at 133 ft agl was excessively over target. Threshold speed was a little below target at 67 kn.

Height

0 %

Threshold height at 133 ft agl was excessively over target. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

83.63 %

Threshold speed was a little below target at 67 kt. Target 76 kt

Flare

0 %

Very poor landing flare

Heading

100 %

Bank

97.87 %

100 %

IAS

Info

Pitch

Info

Descent Rate

Info

83.74 %

Touchdown

100 %

Touchdown rate was perfect at -49 ft/m.

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 44 kt was good. Target below 51 kn

Distance

0 %

Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway.

Alignment

100 %

Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.

Bank

100 %

Bank angle 0.3 °

74.86 %

G 0.55 g

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

81.01 %

Rollout

Total landing distance 1,862 m, 72 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.

100 %

Landing distance 1,862 m using 71.91 % of runway

Alignment

81.45 %

Runway rollout alignment was very good.

60.57 %

IAS

Info

Bank

Info

Pitch

Info

81.6 %

Taxi

Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Landing Lights

-2 %

Switched On

Taxi Lights

-2 %

Switched Off

Speed

54 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank

Info

Pitch

Info

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