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KCDW
Caldwell, United States
Runway 04
Elevation171 ft asl
Weight997 kg
Fuel75 kg
Wind350° · 12 kn · 8 kn cross

Flight Score

87.20 %
KMGJ
Montgomery, United States
Runway 03
Elevation348 ft asl
Weight986 kg
Fuel64 kg
Wind70° · 11 kn · 9 kn cross
15 Jun 2024 0:32 41 nm Cessna Skyhawk 11 kg
Departure Score
93.47 %
Enroute Score
99.30 %
Arrival Score
68.84 %

What went well

Touched down at -119 fpm — a soft arrival
Airborne in 334 m — 27 % of the runway
Held the centreline on the roll — 2.21 m off at liftoff

What held you back

Arrival Landing — at 0 %, Landing and flare profile at 0 %, −4.20 points
Arrival Rollout — Runway alignment max 29.75 m at 3 %, −2.92 points
Arrival Final 1 — Heading variation 4.0 ° at 0 %, Approach angle 4.5 ° at 11 %, −2.80 points

Top opportunity

Work on the flare

Arrival Landing

Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 15 stages, 14 scored

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Roll 95.00Departure roll runway 04 at KCDW Essex County. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 64 kn. Local weather - Temperature 24 °C. Wind 12 kn at 350 °. Crosswind: 8 kn Headwind: 9 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 64 knTarget 62 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 4.42 m1.97 m left to 2.45 m right -0.71 -2.21 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.06 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-0.5 ° min to max 7.1 ° -0.5 7.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.0 1.4 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Departure Climb 1 99.89Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 04 KCDW Essex County.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.3 °0.2 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.2 0.5 °
100 % Average speed 66 kn64 kn min to max 69 kn 65 68 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.1 ° min to max 2.0 ° 1.6 0.1 °
99 % Average g force 1.05 g0.96 g min to max 1.27 g 1.10 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 551 ft/m362 ft/m min to max 663 ft/m 362 663 ft/m
Info Average altitude 20 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 44 ft agl 0 44 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.3 °7.8 ° min to max 11.3 ° 7.8 11.3 °
Departure Climb 2 90.45Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 04 KCDW Essex County.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
67 % Heading variation 1.3 °0.6 ° min to max 4.6 ° 0.6 4.6 °
100 % Average speed 69 kn65 kn min to max 73 kn 68 72 kn
95 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 3.9 ° 0.3 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.89 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 871 ft/m646 ft/m min to max 1,508 ft/m 667 1,508 ft/m
Info Average altitude 104 ft agl45 ft agl min to max 374 ft agl 45 374 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.1 °9.4 ° min to max 13.6 ° 11.4 11.0 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 259 ft agl · 77 kt
Departure Climb 3 88.56Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 04 KCDW Essex County.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
53 % Heading variation 6.0 °5.4 ° min to max 6.8 ° 5.4 6.8 °
100 % Average speed 72 kn71 kn min to max 72 kn 71 71 kn
90 % Average bank angle 3.9 °2.7 ° min to max 5.9 ° 3.4 5.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.96 g min to max 1.01 g 0.98 0.96 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 1,585 ft/m1,549 ft/m min to max 1,618 ft/m 1,549 1,590 ft/m
Info Average altitude 493 ft agl400 ft agl min to max 586 ft agl 400 586 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.8 °10.2 ° min to max 10.9 ° 10.8 10.9 °
Enroute Climb 99.71Enroute climb started overhead KCDW Essex County Caldwell (New Jersey, United States). Climbing from 784 ft asl to 5,056 ft asl, an increase of 4,271 ft in 5 minutes and covering 5 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 78 kn70 kn min to max 96 kn 70 83 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.3 °0.1 ° min to max 27.3 ° 7.4 1.5 °
97 % Average g force 1.00 g0.70 g min to max 1.18 g 0.98 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 928 ft/m-316 ft/m min to max 2,134 ft/m 1,588 364 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,209 ft asl784 ft asl min to max 5,056 ft asl 784 5,056 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 9.2 °0.9 ° min to max 14.3 ° 10.2 2.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,322 ft agl · 84 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 1,426 ft agl · 82 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 1,789 ft agl · 85 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 1,878 ft agl · 101 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 3,203 ft agl · 89 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 3,203 ft agl · 89 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 4,726 ft agl · 89 kt
Enroute Level 99.09Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north east of Boonton (New Jersey, United States) and lasted 13 minutes, covering 19 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 5,073 ft asl5,039 ft asl min to max 5,125 ft asl 5,087 5,039 ft asl
100 % Average speed 107 kn101 kn min to max 121 kn 104 112 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.0 ° min to max 12.7 ° 0.6 1.3 °
91 % Average g force 1.01 g0.59 g min to max 1.29 g 0.95 1.21 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °-2.2 ° min to max 3.5 ° -2.1 2.4 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles west of Warwick (New York, United States). Descent from 5,057 ft asl to 4,325 ft asl, a decrease of 732 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 118 kn107 kn min to max 127 kn 109 125 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.1 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.04 g 0.99 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -442 ft/m-1,124 ft/m min to max 372 ft/m -74 372 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,744 ft asl4,325 ft asl min to max 5,060 ft asl 5,057 4,325 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-4.1 ° min to max 2.1 ° 2.0 2.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 4,542 ft agl · 118 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 4,128 ft agl · 134 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Activated 4,128 ft agl · 134 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 3,832 ft agl · 139 kt
Enroute Level 2 99.60Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south west of Florida (New York, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 4,345 ft asl4,327 ft asl min to max 4,360 ft asl 4,356 4,331 ft asl
100 % Average speed 114 kn90 kn min to max 124 kn 119 90 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 2.5 ° 0.2 0.1 °
96 % Average g force 0.93 g0.68 g min to max 1.17 g 1.17 1.03 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-2.4 ° min to max 2.7 ° -0.7 2.7 °

Events

Info Autopilot Approach Mode Deactivated 3,796 ft agl · 124 kt
Info Autopilot Approach Mode Activated 3,779 ft agl · 126 kt
Enroute Descent 2 98.11Enroute descent started overhead Florida (New York, United States). Descent from 4,337 ft asl to 654 ft asl, a decrease of 3,683 ft in 6 minutes and covering 10 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 90 kn67 kn min to max 138 kn 92 70 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.0 ° min to max 13.6 ° 0.4 2.9 °
81 % Average g force 1.01 g0.61 g min to max 1.58 g 1.13 1.09 g
Info Average VSI -555 ft/m-2,108 ft/m min to max 452 ft/m -530 -128 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,624 ft asl654 ft asl min to max 4,337 ft asl 4,337 654 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.8 °-13.1 ° min to max 4.5 ° -4.1 3.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Approach Mode Deactivated 3,697 ft agl · 105 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Activated 3,122 ft agl · 98 kt
Info Autopilot Vertical Hold Deactivated 2,530 ft agl · 111 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 2,357 ft agl · 77 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 2,355 ft agl · 87 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,461 ft agl · 105 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 595 ft agl · 76 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 561 ft agl · 84 kt
Arrival Final 1 57.98Approaching runway 03 at KMGJ Orange Co from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 308 ft agl to 153 ft agl. A decrease of 155 ft in 38 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
11 % Approach angle 4.5 °2.9 ° min to max 7.8 °Target 3.0 ° 2.9 7.8 °
100 % Average speed 74 kn68 kn min to max 80 kn 70 77 kn
0 % Heading variation 4.0 °2.7 ° min to max 4.8 ° 4.5 2.7 °
79 % Average bank angle 4.0 °0.1 ° min to max 11.5 ° 1.1 3.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.77 g min to max 1.25 g 1.11 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -209 ft/m-669 ft/m min to max 458 ft/m 38 -658 ft/m
Info Average altitude 252 ft agl153 ft agl min to max 319 ft agl 308 153 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-3.3 ° min to max 4.8 ° 4.1 -2.6 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-200-150-100-50050100150200Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 37.04Landing on runway 03 at KMGJ Orange Co, runway length 1,435 m. Threshold height at 133 ft agl was excessively over target. Threshold speed was well above target at 74 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
88 % Threshold speed was well above target at 74 kn. Target 63 kn
0 % Target 50 ft agl
0 % Landing and flare profile
14 % Heading variation 1.3 °-0.4 ° min to max 2.6 ° 2.6 -0.4 °
87 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 7.5 ° 3.1 0.1 °
97 % Average g force 1.02 g0.77 g min to max 1.31 g 0.95 0.85 g
Info Average speed 64 kn54 kn min to max 74 kn 74 54 kn
Info Average VSI -375 ft/m-943 ft/m min to max -25 ft/m -734 -113 ft/m
Info Average altitude 40 ft agl7 ft agl min to max 133 ft agl 133 7 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.9 °-4.1 ° min to max 6.3 ° -3.2 2.3 °
0751502253003754505256006757500265379105131Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600675750-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 92.99Touchdown point was 164 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 54 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -113 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.5 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 22 °C. Wind 11 kn at 69 °. Crosswind: 9 kn Headwind: 6 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Touchdown VSI was -113 ft/m.
84 % Touchdown distance was 604 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 54 knTarget 53 kn
84 % Runway alignment max 7.51 m6.24 m right -5.09 -7.51 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.4 °
98 % Average g force 1.11 g0.85 g min to max 1.28 g 0.85 1.06 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 56 kn54 kn min to max 56 kn 54 56 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °1.8 ° min to max 2.4 ° 2.3 2.2 °
Arrival Rollout 56.21Total landing distance 739 m, 51 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 29.7 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 739 m51 % of runway.
3 % Runway alignment max 29.75 m0.00 m left to 29.75 m right -7.74 -29.75 m
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.92 g min to max 1.08 g 1.05 1.00 g
Info Average speed 49 kn31 kn min to max 55 kn 55 31 kn
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-8.3 ° min to max 2.2 ° 2.2 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 3.0 °0.0 ° min to max 9.8 ° 0.4 0.3 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 11 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 17 kn11 kn min to max 27 kn 27 22 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-0.6 ° min to max 0.6 ° -0.5 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 0.99 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 20 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 22 kt
Arrival Taxi 100.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 11 kn0 kn min to max 22 kn 22 0 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 12 knmax 15 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-1.2 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.0 °

Events

Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Engine 1 Stopped 3 ft agl · 8 kt

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll334 m · 27 %
100.00Liftoff speed64 kt
100.00Runway alignment2.45 m R
OkBounce on takeoffNone
99.89Rate of climb551 fpm

Landing

The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.

0.00Threshold height132 ft
88.22Threshold speed73 kt
14.40Centreline offset0.80 m L

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.

Five checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

Touchdown on KMGJ 03

Past threshold81.16
629m
Centreline83.73
7.51m R
Speed100.00
54kt
Touchdown rate93.38
-119fpm
Impact98.29
1.28G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 1,435 m of the approach.

132 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 132 ft, down at 629 m

Plan view — the full 1,435 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,000 THRESHOLD CROSS 9 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 629 m past threshold CLEARED

Touched down 629 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 747 m of 1,435 m · 52 %
Rollout distance100.00
118m50 % used
Rollout alignment2.68
29.75m R

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 04 at KCDW Essex County in the Cessna Skyhawk
93.47 %
95 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 04 at KCDW Essex County. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 64 kn. Local weather - Temperature 24 °C. Wind 12 kn at 350 °. Crosswind: 8 kn Headwind: 9 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 0 m using 0 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
100 %
Liftoff speed was 64 kn - Target 62 kn
Alignment
100 %
1.97 m left to 2.45 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched On
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
70 35 0
Bank °
Info
2 1 0
Pitch °
Info
8 4 0
02505007501,000-15-10-5051015 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
99.89 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 04 KCDW Essex County.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 65 60
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
98.86 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
12 9.5 7
Climb Rate fpm
Info
700 300 -100
90.45 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 04 KCDW Essex County.
Alignment
66.88 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 70 60
Bank °
94.92 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
14 12 9
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,600 1,050 500
88.56 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 04 KCDW Essex County.
Alignment
53 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 75 70
Bank °
89.79 %
6 4 2
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
11 11 10
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,700 1,550 1,400
02505007501,000079158237316395 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.040.070.110.140.180100200300400500 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.040.070.110.140.18-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 03 at KMGJ Orange Co in the Cessna Skyhawk
Landing Score 61.06 %
57.98 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 03 at KMGJ Orange Co from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 308 ft agl to 153 ft agl. A decrease of 155 ft in 38 seconds.
Glideslope
11.3 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
0 %
Poor heading alignment
Glideslope °
11.3 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
81 70 60
Alignment
0 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
78.62 %
12 6 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
458 -121 -700
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-200-150-100-50050100150200 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
37.04 %
Landing
Landing on runway 03 at KMGJ Orange Co, runway length 1,435 m. Threshold height at 133 ft agl was excessively over target. Threshold speed was well above target at 74 kn.
Height
0 %
Threshold height at 133 ft agl was excessively over target. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
88.22 %
Threshold speed was well above target at 74 kt. Target 63 kt
Flare
0 %
Very poor landing flare
Centreline ft
14.4 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
87.15 %
8 4 0
G
96.57 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
74 62 50
Pitch °
Info
7 1.5 -4
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-25 -512 -1,000
0751502253003754505256006757500265379105131 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300375450525600675750-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
92.99 %
Touchdown
Touchdown point was 164 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 54 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -113 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.5 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 22 °C. Wind 11 kn at 69 °. Crosswind: 9 kn Headwind: 6 kn.
Touchdown
93.38 %
Touchdown rate was smooth at -119 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 54 kt was a little fast. Target below 53 kn
Distance
84 %
Touchdown point was 164 m beyond the touchdown zone.
Alignment
83.73 %
Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.5 m from centreline.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.2 °
G
98.29 %
G 1.11 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
56.2 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 739 m, 51 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 29.7 m from centreline.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 739 m using 51.5 % of runway
Alignment
2.68 %
Runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 29.7 m from centreline.
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
57 38 20
Bank °
Info
10 5 0
Pitch °
Info
3 -2.5 -8
0200400600 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
100 %
Taxi
Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Landing Lights
100 %
Switched Off
Taxi Lights
100 %
Switched On
Ground Speed kt
100 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
1 0 -1
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