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KCDW
Caldwell, United States
Runway 04
Elevation171 ft asl
Weight974 kg
Fuel76 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

94.93 %
KCDW
Caldwell, United States
Runway 04
Elevation171 ft asl
Weight972 kg
Fuel73 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 2 kn cross
13 Sep 2024 0:19 12 nm Cessna Skyhawk 3 kg
Departure Score
92.50 %
Pattern Score
95.90 %
Arrival Score
96.38 %

What went well

Touched down at -93 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 236 m in — inside the full-score zone
1.16 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Departure Taxi — Taxi Lights at 0 %, −0.83 points
Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Strobe Lights at 0 %, −0.83 points
Departure Climb 2 — bounce on liftoff, −0.83 points

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Departure Roll

The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.

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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 Taxi 90.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 110 minutes and covered 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 2 kn0 kn min to max 11 kn 0 11 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 8 knmax 8 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °0.3 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.6 0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.2 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 04 at KCDW Essex County, Average speed was 4 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 14 kn0 kn min to max 29 kn 11 6 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-0.3 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.7 0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.3 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Roll 90.00Departure roll runway 04 at KCDW Essex County. Takeoff distance 375 m 30 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 58 kn. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 375 m30 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 58 knTarget 62 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 2.69 m2.01 m left to 0.68 m right -0.55 -0.16 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.06 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °0.4 ° min to max 4.0 ° 0.4 4.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.3 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 04 KCDW Essex County.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.0 0.7 °
100 % Average speed 64 kn58 kn min to max 68 kn 58 68 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.90 g min to max 1.16 g 1.08 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 375 ft/m343 ft/m min to max 437 ft/m 352 420 ft/m
Info Average altitude 22 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 46 ft agl 0 46 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °4.2 ° min to max 7.2 ° 4.2 4.8 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 04 KCDW Essex County.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 75 kn68 kn min to max 93 kn 68 93 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.2 ° min to max 2.3 ° 0.3 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.06 g 0.96 0.94 g
Info Average VSI 456 ft/m337 ft/m min to max 901 ft/m 417 897 ft/m
Info Average altitude 92 ft agl46 ft agl min to max 330 ft agl 46 330 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.8 °2.8 ° min to max 6.1 ° 4.7 4.6 °

Events

Fail Bounce during liftoff 107 ft agl · 82 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 129 ft agl · 84 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 04 KCDW Essex County. Distance was less than 1 nm in 15 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 89 kn81 kn min to max 94 kn 94 81 kn
100 % Average bank angle 21.8 °5.2 ° min to max 26.3 ° 5.2 22.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.97 g min to max 1.18 g 1.00 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 1,309 ft/m842 ft/m min to max 1,598 ft/m 842 1,432 ft/m
Info Average altitude 519 ft agl349 ft agl min to max 703 ft agl 349 703 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.2 °4.6 ° min to max 11.6 ° 4.6 9.4 °
Pattern Crosswind 99.26Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 04 KCDW Essex County. Distance was less than 1 nm in 37 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -0.5 °-16.4 ° min to max 15.4 ° 15.4 -16.4 °
100 % Average speed 85 kn79 kn min to max 91 kn 80 86 kn
93 % Average g force 1.02 g0.72 g min to max 1.38 g 0.96 1.36 g
Info Average VSI 294 ft/m-458 ft/m min to max 1,341 ft/m 1,278 379 ft/m
Info Average altitude 854 ft agl723 ft agl min to max 901 ft agl 723 885 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 7.7 °0.0 ° min to max 23.5 ° 22.5 22.7 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °-2.5 ° min to max 11.5 ° 8.3 8.5 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 86.19Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 61.5 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
54 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 61.5 °.
100 % Average speed 76 kn70 kn min to max 83 kn 83 80 kn
100 % Average bank angle 15.8 °7.0 ° min to max 22.8 ° 22.7 7.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.79 g min to max 1.31 g 1.31 1.29 g
Info Average VSI 210 ft/m-618 ft/m min to max 1,377 ft/m 834 214 ft/m
Info Average altitude 973 ft agl903 ft agl min to max 1,007 ft agl 903 967 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °-2.0 ° min to max 13.5 ° 11.5 7.4 °
Pattern Downwind 88.46Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 75 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 2.1 °-7.3 ° min to max 16.7 ° -6.2 16.7 °
62 % Average altitude 776 ft agl564 ft agl min to max 1,001 ft agl 979 565 ft agl
100 % Average speed 79 kn64 kn min to max 93 kn 78 64 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.73 g min to max 1.11 g 0.90 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -316 ft/m-1,034 ft/m min to max 557 ft/m 557 -17 ft/m
Info Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 3.2 ° 2.9 1.6 °
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-6.7 ° min to max 5.6 ° 5.6 3.1 °
Pattern Base Leg Turn 97.38Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 52.2 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
91 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 52.2 °.
100 % Average speed 62 kn51 kn min to max 68 kn 64 67 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.3 °0.2 ° min to max 19.8 ° 2.2 5.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.75 g min to max 1.25 g 0.95 1.05 g
Info Average VSI -103 ft/m-1,011 ft/m min to max 400 ft/m -64 -365 ft/m
Info Average altitude 563 ft agl484 ft agl min to max 609 ft agl 563 484 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °-4.2 ° min to max 9.2 ° 2.2 1.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 509 ft agl · 73 kt
Pattern Base Leg 100.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 47 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 3.0 °-18.1 ° min to max 13.1 ° -4.8 -18.1 °
100 % Average speed 58 kn54 kn min to max 68 kn 68 61 kn
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.82 g min to max 1.19 g 1.16 1.03 g
0 % 0 0 ft/m
Info Average altitude 585 ft agl477 ft agl min to max 631 ft agl 477 603 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 5.3 °0.3 ° min to max 18.3 ° 2.8 18.3 °
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °1.0 ° min to max 11.0 ° 3.9 6.1 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 27 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 69 kn58 kn min to max 80 kn 60 70 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.6 °0.2 ° min to max 21.7 ° 20.0 4.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.80 g min to max 1.21 g 1.04 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -412 ft/m-1,112 ft/m min to max 265 ft/m 138 265 ft/m
Info Average altitude 506 ft agl392 ft agl min to max 607 ft agl 606 404 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-6.7 ° min to max 6.0 ° 6.0 1.8 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 377 ft agl · 85 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 373 ft agl · 86 kt
Arrival Final 1 97.44Approaching runway 04 at KCDW Essex County from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 402 ft agl to 20 ft agl. A decrease of 382 ft in 44 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
87 % Approach angle 2.1 °1.2 ° min to max 3.9 °Target 3.0 ° 3.9 1.2 °
100 % Average speed 52 kn48 kn min to max 67 kn 67 52 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.2 0.1 °
99.7 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 3.3 ° 2.8 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.76 g min to max 1.13 g 0.76 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -390 ft/m-771 ft/m min to max -21 ft/m -21 -391 ft/m
Info Average altitude 83 ft agl20 ft agl min to max 402 ft agl 402 20 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-4.7 ° min to max 3.5 ° -2.6 0.7 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 94.69Landing on runway 04 at KCDW Essex County, runway length 1,234 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 52 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Threshold speed was a little below target at 52 kn. Target 63 kn
100 % Target 50 ft agl
93 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.2 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.89 g min to max 1.12 g 1.04 1.04 g
Info Average speed 49 kn44 kn min to max 52 kn 52 44 kn
Info Average VSI -152 ft/m-389 ft/m min to max 19 ft/m -389 -93 ft/m
Info Average altitude 6 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 16 ft agl 16 1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.2 °0.8 ° min to max 5.8 ° 0.8 4.8 °
07515022501223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225-15-12-9-6-303691215Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 97.00Touchdown distance was good at 235 m. Touchdown speed at 44 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -93 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown VSI was -93 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 235 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 44 knTarget 53 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 1.78 m1.58 m left 1.43 1.78 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.2 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.4 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g1.04 g min to max 1.16 g 1.04 1.07 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 44 kn43 kn min to max 44 kn 44 43 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.8 °4.6 ° min to max 5.2 ° 4.8 5.2 °

Takeoff

FailTaxi lightsOff
100.00Takeoff roll375 m · 30 %
100.00Liftoff speed58 kt
100.00Runway alignment2.01 m L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
100.00Rate of climb375 fpm

Landing

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

100.00Threshold height15 ft
86.08Threshold speed51 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.02 m L

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.

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

Touchdown on KCDW 04

Past threshold100.00
236m
Centreline100.00
1.78m L
Speed100.00
44kt
Touchdown rate100.00
-93fpm
Impact100.00
1.16G
Bounces80.00
1

Side view — the last 1,234 m of the approach.

15 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 15 ft, down at 236 m

Plan view — the full 1,234 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,000 THRESHOLD CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 236 m past threshold CLEARED

The 236 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 236 m of 1,234 m · 19 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 04 at KCDW Essex County in the Cessna Skyhawk
92.5 %
90 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 110 minutes and covered 4 nm.
Taxi Lights
0 %
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 0.5 0
90 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 04 at KCDW Essex County. Takeoff distance 375 m 30 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 58 kn. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 375 m using 30.39 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
100 %
Liftoff speed was 58 kn - Target 62 kn
Alignment
100 %
2.01 m left to 0.68 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
0 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched On
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
60 30 0
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
4 2 0
02505007501,000-15-10-5051015 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
100 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 04 KCDW Essex County.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 60 50
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
8 6 4
Climb Rate fpm
Info
500 200 -100
90 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 04 KCDW Essex County.
Alignment
0 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 80 60
Bank °
100 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
7 4.5 2
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,000 600 200
02505007501,0000275481108135 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.250100200300 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.25-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 04 at KCDW Essex County in the Cessna Skyhawk
Landing Score 96.38 %
Landing Summary
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97.44 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 04 at KCDW Essex County from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 402 ft agl to 20 ft agl. A decrease of 382 ft in 44 seconds.
Glideslope
87.49 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
87.49 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
67 54 40
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
99.72 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-21 -410 -800
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
94.69 %
Landing
Landing on runway 04 at KCDW Essex County, runway length 1,234 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 52 kn.
Height
100 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
86.08 %
Threshold speed was a little below target at 52 kt. Target 63 kt
Flare
92.67 %
Great landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
1 0.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
52 46 40
Pitch °
Info
6 3 0
Descent Rate fpm
Info
19 -190 -400
07515022501223354658 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225-15-12-9-6-303691215 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
97 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 235 m. Touchdown speed at 44 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -93 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
Touchdown
100 %
Touchdown rate was excellent at -93 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 44 kt was good. Target below 53 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 235 m.
Alignment
100 %
Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.6 °
G
100 %
G 1.10 g
Bounce
80 %
Bounce Detected
Metrics
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