AdamZ
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Adam Zucker
I am confused about a flight aware track from a flight I took yesterday. I flew to a NE Bonanza Group get together and took along Gary Shelby from POA and my CFII who is based at a field about 15nm away. The night before I filed an IFR flight plan from KPTW to KGED.
I Plug in D-> KPTW in the new IFD 540 (I have full ADS B In and Out) departed from my homefield with Gary and climbed to perhaps 2000' fly the 14-15 nm land at KPTW whose elevation is about 308' taxi off to an area that is about 30' lower than the runway, Shut down, pick up my CFII. Gary gets out and gets in back. We start back up and then Program in the flight plan into the IFD 540. We had some trouble but finally got the flight plan plugged in airborne. After picking up our clearance we were on our way.
I went to check my flight aware track today and The first thing that suck out was that my track for the 15nm leg from KLOM to KPTW appeared on the map even though that was not part of the flight plan nor was I on flight following.
The second oddity was that my reported altitudes were off by 100' to 300'.
I the altitude show at KPTW was 900' but the airport is 308' and I was below that when taxiing. Also the flight to KGED was at 4000' I had the altitude pegged on the altimeter and yet it showed me at 200' to sometimes 300' lower. I'd think if the encoder or something were off and I was 2-300' lower ATC would have said something. I know my CFII would have been all over me.
So is there something with ADS-B where Flight Aware will track a flight that is not on an instrument flight plan or Flight Following and is there some reason FA would show me that far off altitude?
Here is the FA link http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N519PH
I Plug in D-> KPTW in the new IFD 540 (I have full ADS B In and Out) departed from my homefield with Gary and climbed to perhaps 2000' fly the 14-15 nm land at KPTW whose elevation is about 308' taxi off to an area that is about 30' lower than the runway, Shut down, pick up my CFII. Gary gets out and gets in back. We start back up and then Program in the flight plan into the IFD 540. We had some trouble but finally got the flight plan plugged in airborne. After picking up our clearance we were on our way.
I went to check my flight aware track today and The first thing that suck out was that my track for the 15nm leg from KLOM to KPTW appeared on the map even though that was not part of the flight plan nor was I on flight following.
The second oddity was that my reported altitudes were off by 100' to 300'.
I the altitude show at KPTW was 900' but the airport is 308' and I was below that when taxiing. Also the flight to KGED was at 4000' I had the altitude pegged on the altimeter and yet it showed me at 200' to sometimes 300' lower. I'd think if the encoder or something were off and I was 2-300' lower ATC would have said something. I know my CFII would have been all over me.
So is there something with ADS-B where Flight Aware will track a flight that is not on an instrument flight plan or Flight Following and is there some reason FA would show me that far off altitude?
Here is the FA link http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N519PH