T-28 Pilot Report
Flight:
815
Date:
030726
Flight Time:
1.6
Pilot:
Tom Warner
Controller:
Andy Detwiler
Location:
Greeley, CO (KGXY)
Mission:
Research flight
|
Computer Time |
Video Time |
Comments |
|
|
233800 |
Start |
|
|
4715 |
Takeoff |
|
5404 |
4918 |
FM test on |
|
5435 |
4947 |
FM test off |
|
5540 |
5453 |
Passing 10,400 ft MSL,
storm at 11 o'clock producing a lot of CG |
|
|
5706 |
Left turn towards storm |
|
|
5828 |
Heading 280, into high
blower |
|
|
5850 |
Clouds bases at 13,500 MSL |
|
|
5912 |
In cloud just as CG (far
away) appears in lower right portion of screen |
|
000237 |
|
Flash |
|
0302 |
|
Hail |
|
0321 |
|
Flash |
|
|
0309 |
Passing 16,000 MSL |
|
|
0425 |
Started breaking out on
west side of storm |
|
|
0600 |
P-static intermittently |
|
0814 |
0721 |
Channel visible in video!! |
|
|
0735 |
Hail |
|
|
0757 |
Good hydrometeor impacts
for possible measurement |
|
|
0903 |
Moderate turbulence |
|
|
1008 |
Updraft |
|
1119 |
|
Hail |
|
1135 |
|
Good turbulence bump |
|
|
1145 |
Left 180 degree turn |
|
1400 |
|
Back in cloud |
|
|
1322 |
Severe turbulence |
|
1516 |
|
Hail |
|
1522 |
|
Flash |
|
|
1445 |
2,000 fpm updraft |
|
|
1455 |
Big hail |
|
|
1510 |
Severe turbulence |
|
1625 |
|
Flash |
|
|
1556 |
Hail |
|
|
1607 |
P-static intermittently |
|
1837 |
|
Flash, exiting on west side |
|
1900 |
|
Out of cloud |
|
2118 |
|
Close flash, 18,000 MSL |
|
|
2120 |
P-static, fairly rapid
clear ice buildup on video screen |
|
2321 |
|
Hail |
|
|
2300 |
Moderate to severe
turbulence |
|
2455 |
|
Couple hits from large hail |
|
2720 |
|
In cloud, turn back to the
northwest |
|
|
2815 |
30 degrees to right |
|
|
2835 |
Hail |
|
|
2847 |
Bigger hail |
|
3021 |
|
330 heading |
|
3156 |
|
Severe turbulence |
|
|
3200 |
Broke out on west side |
|
|
3310 |
Turn back to southeast |
|
|
3330 |
Heading 130, begin descent
to 16,000 MSL |
|
|
3437 |
Heading 150 |
|
|
3500 |
P-static coincident with
ice build up on video lens |
|
|
3540 |
Heading 150, 16,000 MSL |
|
|
3718 |
Hail |
|
|
3751 |
In and out of clouds near
cloud base |
|
|
3937 |
Right turn to heading 340 |
|
|
4040 |
Rolled out heading 340 |
|
4227 |
|
Brief small hail |
|
4255 |
|
Small graupel |
|
|
4210 |
P-static |
|
|
4406 |
Flash |
|
4543 |
|
Flash |
|
|
4526 |
Breaking out on west side |
|
|
4550 |
Left turn to reverse course |
|
4731 |
|
Heading 155, 16,000 MSL |
|
4737 |
|
Flash |
|
4835 |
|
Flash |
|
|
5200 |
Heading 185 |
|
|
5438 |
Descent to 8,000 MSL |
|
|
5550 |
Heading 030, small hail |
|
|
5911 |
Passing through precip |
|
010218 |
|
Flash |
|
|
010156 |
Passing through precip
heading 120 |
|
|
0755 |
Landing |
NOTES
Weather
-
Estimate dime to
nickel sized hail
-
Largest updraft
2,000 fpm
Maintenance
Operations