Well this is a first for me, not only freaking my passengers out but me too. Flew from KSFO San Francisco to 8CA8 Wallom Field Airport ..Lodi, CA..

 

I passed over a small hill/mountain area and the plane kept climbing. Even with full power off and a rather nose down attitude, the plane kept climbing and had a very high air speed. See pic. May have to click on pic to make it larger and easier to read.

 

 

What the heck was happening?

 

Btw, for the lol results here..

 

 

Flight SN358 End of flight report Date September 09 2012

 

Flight ID: SN358

Flight Type: Normal

Pilot: VeryBumpy

Company: Adventure Flight Unlimited

Aircraft: PBY-6A_Civil_Calypso

Flight Date: September 09 2012

Departure: 08h06 (15h06 GMT)

Arrival: 08h42 (15h43 GMT)

From: KSFO - San Francisco Intl - United States

To: 8CA8 - Wallom Field - United States

Nbr of Passengers: 6

 

Incident Report:

The pilot used excessive pitch when landing the aircraft and the tail struck the ground.

The pilot landed roughly causing one tire to explode.

There was an exceptional pilot on board and despite the dire situation he was able to land the aircraft safely.

 

 

Report:

Flight Distance: 62 Nm Landing Speed: 80.95 kt

Time Airborne: 00h33:50 Landing Touchdown: -766.92 ft/m

Flight Time (block): 01h02:11 Landing Pitch: -0.71°

Time On Ground: 00h29:40 Landing Weight: 33258 lbs

Average Speed: 110.35 kt Total Fuel Used: 435 lbs

Climb Time: 00h04:05 Climb Fuel Used: 169 lbs

Cruise Time: 00h25:08 Cruise Fuel Used: 218 lbs

Average Cruise Speed: 127.00 kt (M0.19) Cruise fuel/hour: 522 lbs (calc)

Descent Time: 00h04:37 Descent Fuel Used: 47 lbs

 

 

Passenger Opinion: Very bad flight (46%)

-Were pleased by the music on ground. A very nice addition to their flying experience.

-Were irritated by the excess G-forces. (+2.56 -0.12).

-Were anxious because they heard a loud sound coming from the rear of the aircraft upon landing.

-Were very anxious because of the problem during flight.

-Were relieved to land safely after an emergency.

-Wonder if they landed or if they crashed (hard landing).

 

Financial Report:

Ticket Income: +$611 (62 Nm)

Cargo Income: +$784 (4997 lbs)

Services Income: +$16 (0 sandwich 0 hot food 1 drink)

Services Cost: -$25 (82% quality)

Fuel Cost: -$428 (435 lbs 100LL)

Airport Taxes: -$39 (Small Aircraft)

Insurance Costs: -$60 (4.32% rate)

Total Real Income: $859

Total Income: $42,950 (real x50)

Fleet Bonus: $0 (0 aircraft)

Total Sim Income: $42,950 (total income+fleet bonus)

 

Company Reputation:

Considering that the flight was bad the ticket price normal, the service price normal and the service quality perfect, passengers on this flight think that your company's reputation should be 46%

Your company reputation is now: 71.74% (-2.57 decrease)

 

 

Overall Flight Result: Horrible

 

Pilot Bonus points: 30 points

You landed at the scheduled airport. (+30)

 

Pilot's Penalty points: -2150 points

You made a serious pilot error that resulted in a critical problem. (-800)

Landing so roughly that a tire explode is not a good idea. (-300)

You had a serious failure aboard and you forgot to call a mayday. (-350)

You made a very hard landing at -766 ft/mn and the aircraft sustained damage. (-400)

You flared too much on landing and your tail struck the ground. (-300)

 

 

 

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Are you using default FSX weather, it can do that when it does a weather update. Also goes a long with the sudden speed changes and side to side swinging.

I was trying the Ideal Flight demo and it appears that it's weather is set to Normal or Auto by default so I assume it is IF weather?

Did you try pressing shift-Z to see what the winds were?

Did you try pressing shift-Z to see what the winds were?

 

No but now that you mention it I wish I did. Thing for next time if it happens again I guess.

Well, you did name yourself Adventure Flight Unlimited, seems your passengers got what they paid for... lol

I give up. It must be IF causing something weird like a purposeful random failure or something. Tried 3 times to fly from KSFO to NRC launched using IF. Each time I get to a certain place and its like some Bermuda Triangle effect causes my plane to crash. This time the plane speed would show fine at 90knots but the plane is sinking quickly like its in stall and the props have unchangeable, very low RPM but engines run fine.

 

I'll try again when I have time, I'm going to turn off the IF random failure first then turn off the weather and see what happens.

 

I find it fun that this happens to the plane but don't find it fun not knowing what or why my plane is behaving like it is.

Well at least FSpax random failures are always mentioned in flight report so I don't think that's what causes it.

 

Probably it could be indeed weather related... Also AI has sometimes caused some weird stuff to me, though only on final approach & just after takeoff.

Did same route last night with IF weather turned off. No problems or wierdness at all. Appears to of been the weather doing some crazy updraft or something. I see one can turn off thermals and ridge effects. I'll turn off only those and see what happens.