TNCS to TNCM Flight Report - Cessna 208B

Flight from TNCS to TNCM

Monday, 26 February 2024 17:38

Minutes 20

30 nm

Fuel 63 kg

Cessna 208B

Departure

Runway 12 at TNCS

Juancho E. Yrausquin

Saba, Saba, Caribbean Netherlands

Altitude

121 ft asl

Weight

2,922 kg

Fuel

432 kg

Temperature

27 °C

Wind Speed

9 kt

Wind Direction

58.5 °

Headwind

5 kt

Crosswind

7 kt

Arrival

Runway 10 at TNCM

Princess Juliana Intl

St Maarten I Arrondissement de Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthelemy, Saint Martin

10 ft asl

Altitude

2,859 kg

Weight

369 kg

Fuel

24 °C

Temperature

8 kt

Wind Speed

73.3 °

Wind Direction

8 kt

Headwind

1 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 93.81%

Departure Score 91.78%

Enroute Score 100.00%

Arrival Score 87.91%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

96.83 %

Touchdown

99.02 %

Approach & flare

Threshold height

88.71 %

Threshold height at 60 ft agl was above target.

Threshold speed

100 %

Threshold speed was good at 75 kt.

Flare

98.76 %

Excellent landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

98.72 %

Touchdown rate was excellent at -67 ft/m.

Impact

100 %

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 54 kt was good.

Aim point

100 %

Touchdown distance was good at 439 m.

Centreline

95.63 %

Runway touchdown alignment was very good.

Bounce

100 %

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Flight Stages TNCS to TNCM

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Departure Taxi

100 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 8 kn 0 kn min to max 16 kn	0		16 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 8 kn max 10 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.98 g min to max 1.03 g	1.01		1.00 g
100 %	Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info	Average pitch angle 0.8 ° -1.2 ° min to max 1.8 °	0.1		0.2 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.5 ° 0.0 ° min to max 3.0 °	1.5		0.0 °
Info	Battery Master On at 17:38:09
Info	Engine 1 Started at 17:38:09
Info	Beacon Lights Switched On at 17:38:09
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 17:38:09
Info	Navigation Lights Switched On at 17:38:09
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 17:38:09
Info	Taxi Lights Switched On at 17:38:09
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Activated at 17:38:09
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 17:38:09
Info	Autopilot Flight Director Activated at 17:38:09
Info	Landing Gear Down at 17:38:09
Info	Parking Brake On at 17:38:09
Info	Parking Brake Off at 17:40:51
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 17:43:18
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 17:43:21

Departure Roll

80.91 %

Departure roll runway 12 at TNCS Juancho E. Yrausquin. Takeoff distance 1,358 m 455 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 70 kn. Local weather - Temperature 27 °C. Wind 9 kn at 58 °. Crosswind: 7 kn Headwind: 5 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Takeoff distance 1,358 m 455 % of runway
100 %	Liftoff speed was 70 kn Target 83 kn
95.4 %	Runway alignment max 3.70 m 2.86 m left to 0.84 m right	-0.84		1.38 m
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.98 g min to max 1.03 g	0.98		1.00 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle -2.0 ° -3.7 ° min to max -0.7 °	-0.7		-1.4 °
Info	Average bank angle 2.9 ° 0.6 ° min to max 8.5 °	0.8		6.7 °
Info	Taxi Light ON should OFF at 17:44:10

Departure Climb 1

96.32 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 12 TNCS Juancho E. Yrausquin.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.1 ° -0.3 ° min to max 0.2 °	-0.3		0.2 °
100 %	Average speed 75 kn 70 kn min to max 78 kn	70		77 kn
88.03 %	Average bank angle 3.1 ° 0.2 ° min to max 6.6 °	6.6		0.6 °
93.14 %	Average g force 1.15 g 1.01 g min to max 1.37 g	1.01		1.15 g
Info	Average VSI 265 ft/m 87 ft/m min to max 461 ft/m	87		461 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 2 ft agl -1 ft agl min to max 12 ft agl	0		12 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.5 ° -1.3 ° min to max 4.2 °	-1.3		4.2 °

Departure Climb 2

89.89 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 12 TNCS Juancho E. Yrausquin.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation 0.1 ° -1.8 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.2		-1.8 °
100 %	Average speed 79 kn 77 kn min to max 82 kn	77		81 kn
60.68 %	Average bank angle 4.9 ° 0.7 ° min to max 16.9 °	1.0		16.9 °
97.14 %	Average g force 1.11 g 0.82 g min to max 1.30 g	1.16		1.06 g
Info	Average VSI 897 ft/m 483 ft/m min to max 1,703 ft/m	483		1,050 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 84 ft agl 13 ft agl min to max 280 ft agl	13		280 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.7 ° 4.5 ° min to max 11.3 °	4.5		7.8 °

Enroute Climb

100 %

Enroute climb started overhead TNCS Juancho E. Yrausquin Saba (Saba, Caribbean Netherlands). Climbing from 427 ft asl to 2,992 ft asl, an increase of 2,565 ft in 3 minutes and covering 5 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 115 kn 80 kn min to max 153 kn	82		153 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 8.7 ° 0.0 ° min to max 26.3 °	17.8		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.89 g min to max 1.18 g	1.06		1.00 g
Info	Average VSI 1,021 ft/m 36 ft/m min to max 1,227 ft/m	1,108		36 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,245 ft asl 427 ft asl min to max 2,992 ft asl	427		2,992 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 6.2 ° 0.4 ° min to max 9.2 °	8.0		0.4 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Autopilot Master Switched On at 17:44:40
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated at 17:44:43
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated at 17:44:43
Info	Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated at 17:44:46
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated at 17:44:46
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 17:44:53
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 17:44:56
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 17:46:47
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated at 17:46:47

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 5 miles north of TNCS Juancho E. Yrausquin Saba (Saba, Caribbean Netherlands) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 9 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 2,994 ft asl 2,971 ft asl min to max 3,001 ft asl	2,998		2,971 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 167 kn 157 kn min to max 169 kn	157		168 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 5.0 ° 0.4 ° min to max 13.4 °	0.8		1.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.98 g min to max 1.04 g	1.00		0.98 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -0.1 ° -2.0 ° min to max 0.3 °	0.3		-2.0 °
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated at 17:50:21
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated at 17:50:21

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 9 miles south of TNCM Princess Juliana Intl St Maarten I (Arrondissement de Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthelemy, Saint Martin). Descent from 2,886 ft asl to 1,025 ft asl, a decrease of 1,861 ft in 4 minutes and covering 10 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 161 kn 153 kn min to max 168 kn	168		164 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 6.4 ° 0.3 ° min to max 25.4 °	0.4		25.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.98 g min to max 1.10 g	0.99		1.09 g
Info	Average VSI -739 ft/m -1,031 ft/m min to max 3 ft/m	-491		-1,031 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 1,656 ft asl 1,025 ft asl min to max 2,886 ft asl	2,886		1,025 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.5 ° -3.3 ° min to max -0.3 °	-1.6		-2.9 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 17:52:35
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated at 17:52:35
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated at 17:52:56
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated at 17:52:56
Info	Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated at 17:53:44
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Activated at 17:53:44
Info	Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated at 17:54:02
Info	Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated at 17:54:02

Enroute Level 2

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 3 miles west of TNCM Princess Juliana Intl St Maarten I (Arrondissement de Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthelemy, Saint Martin) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 958 ft asl 945 ft asl min to max 1,007 ft asl	1,007		963 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 141 kn 132 kn min to max 163 kn	163		133 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 11.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 26.8 °	25.9		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.04 g 0.94 g min to max 1.21 g	1.12		1.01 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 0.5 ° -2.8 ° min to max 2.0 °	-2.8		0.4 °
Info	Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated at 17:54:47
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated at 17:55:06
Info	Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated at 17:55:08
Info	Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated at 17:55:09
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Activated at 17:55:11
Info	Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated at 17:56:36

Arrival

100 %

Arrival started 3 miles west of TNCM Princess Juliana Intl St Maarten I (Arrondissement de Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthelemy, Saint Martin).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 127 kn 111 kn min to max 133 kn	133		111 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.5 ° 0.1 ° min to max 8.9 °	0.3		8.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.88 g min to max 1.19 g	1.00		1.19 g
Info	Average VSI -383 ft/m -1,210 ft/m min to max 172 ft/m	-12		172 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 905 ft asl 805 ft asl min to max 963 ft asl	963		811 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -0.4 ° -3.8 ° min to max 3.4 °	0.4		3.4 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Autopilot Master Switched Off at 17:57:53
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 17:58:08

Arrival Final 2

68.04 %

Approaching runway 10 at TNCM Princess Juliana Intl from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 811 ft agl to 428 ft agl. A decrease of 382 ft in 37 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Approach angle 4.4 ° 3.9 ° min to max 4.8 ° Target 3.0 °	4.2		4.0 °
100 %	Average speed 77 kn 67 kn min to max 106 kn	106		67 kn
100 %	Heading variation -0.6 ° -0.9 ° min to max -0.4 °	-0.9		-0.5 °
90.19 %	Average bank angle 1.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 6.6 °	6.6		0.2 °
100 %	Average g force 0.99 g 0.85 g min to max 1.14 g	1.04		0.91 g
Info	Average VSI -580 ft/m -1,094 ft/m min to max 453 ft/m	453		-441 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 655 ft agl 428 ft agl min to max 818 ft agl	811		428 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -3.4 ° -7.1 ° min to max 3.1 °	3.1		-2.5 °
Info	Flaps Position 2 at 17:58:16

Arrival Final 1

79.57 %

Approaching runway 10 at TNCM Princess Juliana Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 418 ft agl to 77 ft agl. A decrease of 341 ft in 38 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Approach angle 4.2 ° 3.9 ° min to max 4.6 ° Target 3.0 °	3.9		4.0 °
100 %	Average speed 73 kn 64 kn min to max 78 kn	67		75 kn
100 %	Heading variation -0.1 ° -0.3 ° min to max 0.0 °	-0.3		-0.0 °
97.84 %	Average bank angle 1.7 ° 0.0 ° min to max 3.8 °	0.1		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.89 g min to max 1.10 g	1.04		0.98 g
Info	Average VSI -569 ft/m -941 ft/m min to max -205 ft/m	-535		-679 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 218 ft agl 77 ft agl min to max 418 ft agl	418		77 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.3 ° -4.1 ° min to max 0.8 °	-1.4		-3.2 °

Arrival Landing

96.83 %

Landing on runway 10 at TNCM Princess Juliana Intl, runway length 2,295 m. Threshold height at 60 ft agl was above target. Threshold speed was good at 75 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Threshold speed was good at 75 kn. Target 75 kn
88.71 %	Target 50 ft agl
98.76 %	Landing and flare profile
100 %	Heading variation 0.0 ° -0.0 ° min to max 0.1 °	-0.0		0.1 °
99.6 %	Average bank angle 0.9 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.3 °	0.2		0.9 °
100 %	Average g force 1.03 g 0.82 g min to max 1.25 g	0.98		0.87 g
Info	Average speed 66 kn 54 kn min to max 75 kn	75		54 kn
Info	Average VSI -353 ft/m -679 ft/m min to max -6 ft/m	-679		-62 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 18 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 60 ft agl	60		0 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.3 ° -3.3 ° min to max 4.8 °	-3.2		1.8 °

Arrival Touchdown

99.02 %

Touchdown distance was good at 439 m. Touchdown speed at 54 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -62 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 25 °C. Wind 8 kn at 73 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 8 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
98.72 %	Touchdown VSI was -62 ft/m.
100 %	Touchdown distance was 439 m Target 457 m
100 %	Speed at touchdown 54 kn Target 64 kn
95.63 %	Runway alignment max 2.79 m 2.54 m left	2.30		2.79 m
100 %	Average bank angle 0.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.9 °	0.9		0.0 °
100 %	Average g force 1.07 g 0.87 g min to max 1.18 g	0.87		1.06 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 55 kn 54 kn min to max 56 kn	54		55 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 1.9 ° 1.7 ° min to max 2.4 °	1.8		2.4 °

Arrival Rollout

94.01 %

Total landing distance 657 m, 29 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Landing distance 657 m 29 % of runway.
86.68 %	Runway alignment max 5.38 m 5.38 m left to 0.00 m left	2.85		5.13 m
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 0.89 g min to max 1.05 g	1.05		1.00 g
Info	Average speed 55 kn 35 kn min to max 59 kn	59		35 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 0.8 ° -0.3 ° min to max 3.8 °	2.7		0.0 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.0		0.4 °

Runway Exit

Exiting runway, average speed 3 kn

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 10 kn 4 kn min to max 29 kn	29		11 kn
Info	Average pitch angle -0.4 ° -4.4 ° min to max 1.3 °	-0.4		0.4 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 3.0 °	0.3		0.1 °
Info	Average g force 1.00 g 0.99 g min to max 1.04 g	1.00		1.00 g

Arrival Taxi

90 %

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

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 8 kn 0 kn min to max 13 kn	12		6 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 9 kn max 13 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.00 g 1.00 g min to max 1.00 g	1.00		1.00 g
Info	Average pitch angle -0.3 ° -0.7 ° min to max 0.2 °	0.1		-0.6 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.0		0.0 °
Info	Flaps Position 1 at 18:00:29
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 18:00:30
Info	Parking Brake On at 18:01:25
Info	Engine 1 Stopped at 18:01:29
Info	Landing Lights ON should be OFF at 18:00:30

Takeoff on runway 12 at TNCS Juancho E. Yrausquin in the Cessna 208B

91.78 %

100 %

Taxi

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Taxi Lights

100 %

Switched On

Ground Speed kt

100 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

80.91 %

Takeoff Roll

Takeoff Distance

55.24 %

Roll distance of 1,358 m using 455.06 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

100 %

Liftoff speed was 70 kn - Target 75 kn

Alignment

95.4 %

2.86 m left to 0.84 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

96.32 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 12 TNCS Juancho E. Yrausquin.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

88.03 %

93.14 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

89.89 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 12 TNCS Juancho E. Yrausquin.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

60.68 %

97.14 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 10 at TNCM Princess Juliana Intl in the Cessna 208B

Landing Score 92.36 %

Landing Summary

Overall, this landing showed a great understanding of approach and speed control. The rate of descent can be improved by slightly increasing it to prevent a high threshold height during landing. The touchdown rate and speed were excellent, with a good distance covered on touchdown. To prevent bouncing on touchdown, focus on maintaining a stable descent and flare. Additionally, work on improving runway alignment during the rollout phase. Remember to apply these adjustments on future landings for an even smoother touchdown. Great effort overall! Keep practicing and continue to improve your skills. You're on the right track!

68.04 %

Final 2

Approaching runway 10 at TNCM Princess Juliana Intl from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 811 ft agl to 428 ft agl. A decrease of 382 ft in 37 seconds.

Glideslope

0 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

0 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

100 %

Bank °

90.19 %

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

79.57 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 10 at TNCM Princess Juliana Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 418 ft agl to 77 ft agl. A decrease of 341 ft in 38 seconds.

Glideslope

0 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

0 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

100 %

Bank °

97.84 %

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

96.83 %

Landing

Landing on runway 10 at TNCM Princess Juliana Intl, runway length 2,295 m. Threshold height at 60 ft agl was above target. Threshold speed was good at 75 kn.

Height

88.71 %

Threshold height at 60 ft agl was above target. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

100 %

Threshold speed was good at 75 kt. Target 75 kt

Flare

98.76 %

Excellent landing flare

Centreline ft

100 %

Bank °