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Once Was Not Enough Narsarsuaq, Greenland Eastbound From Wichita to Australia Part II By Jim Keepkie We delayed our departure from Goose Bay for one day as the weather in Narsarsuaq, Greenland (BGBW) was not VFR. It was worth the wait. We departed Goose Bay into IMC with a low freezing level, but the weather improved progressively as forecasted. As we approached the west coast of Greenland the icebergs in the water were impressive. I descended to 1,500 feet in exceptional VFR conditions for the 20-minute flight up the fjord to Narsarsuaq. I have the most spectacular video via FliteCam of this flight plus many, many still photos. We were below the top of the fjord cliffs, and when I changed heading the terrain warning would go off its head. The runway in use was 25, right circuit over the old glacier flow and a low hill, landing downhill. This was unusual as the preferred runway is 07 with landings and departures generally over the water of the fjord. Departing Greenland was the most hairy part of the entire trip. Wind was 22 knots gusting to 35, with a good portion of crosswind to deal with in the gusts. Cloud base was 5,000 foot overcast. We climbed to LSAT (Lowest Safe Altitude above Terrain) of 9,000 feet in the clouds, and set our heading to the southeast to cross the ice cap in the shortest distance. About 12 nm out, we were hit by a severe downdraft. Initially the autopilot tried to hold altitude until I disconnected it, nosing down to sacrifice height in order to recover airspeed at full power and rpm. Stalling in the cloud over the ice cap was not a good option. My son James was invaluable in this trying time. After we recovered from the initial fright and climbed back to 9,000 feet, we were hit twice more but with less severity. And we were better prepared. Looking at the charts later, I realised why the terrain warning did not go off in the initial incident: The ground height when we first got hit was around 2,000 feet. Good to know now, but we did not know that at the time. 48 AMERICAN BONANZA SOCIETY JANUARY 2013
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