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KSMO
Santa Monica, United States
Runway 03
Elevation125 ft asl
Weight1,155 kg
Fuel16 kg
Wind270° · 6 kn · 4 kn cross

Flight Score

85.04 %
KEMT
El Monte, United States
Runway 01
Elevation282 ft asl
Weight1,148 kg
Fuel9 kg
Wind270° · 7 kn · 7 kn cross
9 Mar 2024 0:11 22 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 7 kg
Departure Score
85.58 %
Enroute Score
99.60 %
Arrival Score
62.88 %

What went well

Touched down at -78 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 0.41 m off the centreline, no bounce
Rollout held the centreline — 2.69 m off at taxi speed

What held you back

Arrival Rollout — Landing distance 1,003 m at 0 %, g force 0.08 to 0.77 g at 62 %, −4.21 points
Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 0 %, Heading variation -0.3 ° at 83 %, −4.03 points
Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 6.2 ° at 0 %, Heading variation -1.8 ° at 20 %, −3.68 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 · 16 stages, 15 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 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kn1 kn min to max 22 kn 1 22 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 10 knmax 13 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.82 g min to max 1.10 g 1.00 0.91 g
0 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 4.5 °3.1 ° min to max 5.2 ° 3.6 4.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.1 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.5 0.2 °

Events

Fail Taxi Light OFF should be ON
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 12 kt
Departure Roll 76.28Departure roll runway 03 at KSMO Santa Monica Muni. Takeoff distance 250 m 16 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 55 kn. Local weather - Temperature 32 °C. Wind 6 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 4 kn Tailwind: 4 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 250 m16 % of runway
75 % Liftoff speed was 55 knTarget 70 kn
77 % Runway alignment max 12.34 m9.47 m left to 2.87 m right -2.87 9.47 m
59 % Average g force 0.50 g0.04 g min to max 0.82 g 0.80 0.04 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °4.7 ° min to max 6.4 ° 4.7 6.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 3.6 ° 0.7 3.6 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Departure Climb 1 91.13Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 03 KSMO Santa Monica Muni.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Heading variation -1.3 °-1.6 ° min to max -0.5 ° -1.5 -0.5 °
100 % Average speed 65 kn55 kn min to max 71 kn 55 71 kn
88 % Average bank angle 2.4 °0.2 ° min to max 6.5 ° 3.8 1.0 °
59 % Average g force 0.87 g0.03 g min to max 1.09 g 0.03 0.86 g
Info Average VSI 437 ft/m306 ft/m min to max 551 ft/m 306 551 ft/m
Info Average altitude 21 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 52 ft agl 0 52 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.9 °6.3 ° min to max 8.4 ° 6.3 8.3 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 13 ft agl · 72 kt
Departure Climb 2 84.92Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 KSMO Santa Monica Muni.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
50 % Heading variation 0.6 °-0.5 ° min to max 6.0 ° -0.5 6.0 °
100 % Average speed 73 kn70 kn min to max 81 kn 71 81 kn
90 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 5.8 ° 1.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.76 g min to max 1.09 g 0.86 0.88 g
Info Average VSI 771 ft/m486 ft/m min to max 1,526 ft/m 557 517 ft/m
Info Average altitude 111 ft agl53 ft agl min to max 374 ft agl 53 374 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.2 °5.6 ° min to max 14.2 ° 8.3 6.1 °
Enroute Climb 99.83Enroute climb started overhead KSMO Santa Monica Muni Santa Monica (California, United States). Climbing from 533 ft asl to 1,723 ft asl, an increase of 1,191 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 94 kn79 kn min to max 112 kn 82 112 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.8 °0.0 ° min to max 14.6 ° 0.2 1.0 °
98 % Average g force 0.86 g0.72 g min to max 1.18 g 0.89 0.92 g
Info Average VSI 763 ft/m-17 ft/m min to max 1,722 ft/m 573 438 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,236 ft asl533 ft asl min to max 1,723 ft asl 533 1,723 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.8 °1.1 ° min to max 12.3 ° 6.4 3.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 99.03Enroute level cruise started overhead Culver City (California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 1,827 ft asl1,732 ft asl min to max 1,926 ft asl 1,732 1,761 ft asl
100 % Average speed 126 kn112 kn min to max 141 kn 112 141 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 4.6 ° 1.1 0.8 °
90 % Average g force 0.85 g0.58 g min to max 0.96 g 0.83 0.85 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-2.5 ° min to max 3.7 ° 2.6 -1.5 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south of Koreatown (California, United States). Descent from 1,755 ft asl to 1,546 ft asl, a decrease of 210 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 146 kn141 kn min to max 149 kn 141 148 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 3.2 ° 0.9 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.86 g0.80 g min to max 0.93 g 0.81 0.93 g
Info Average VSI -413 ft/m-700 ft/m min to max 14 ft/m -306 -498 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,634 ft asl1,546 ft asl min to max 1,755 ft asl 1,755 1,546 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.0 °-3.0 ° min to max -0.5 ° -1.8 -1.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 99.14Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south east of Koreatown (California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 1,734 ft asl1,505 ft asl min to max 1,951 ft asl 1,540 1,951 ft asl
100 % Average speed 133 kn123 kn min to max 148 kn 148 124 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.1 °0.0 ° min to max 10.2 ° 0.8 5.0 °
91 % Average g force 0.86 g0.60 g min to max 1.16 g 0.93 0.87 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-1.7 ° min to max 3.2 ° -1.4 0.3 °
Enroute Climb 2 99.60Enroute climb started 1 mile north of Boyle Heights (California, United States). Climbing from 1,951 ft asl to 2,720 ft asl, an increase of 769 ft in 2 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 126 kn124 kn min to max 127 kn 124 125 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.3 ° min to max 5.3 ° 5.1 1.8 °
96 % Average g force 0.86 g0.68 g min to max 0.94 g 0.84 0.88 g
Info Average VSI 420 ft/m-43 ft/m min to max 644 ft/m -4 500 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,186 ft asl1,948 ft asl min to max 2,720 ft asl 1,951 2,720 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.2 0.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Monterey Park (California, United States). Descent from 2,738 ft asl to 2,053 ft asl, a decrease of 685 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 105 kn93 kn min to max 123 kn 123 93 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.6 °0.2 ° min to max 18.0 ° 2.4 9.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.87 g0.75 g min to max 0.94 g 0.80 0.91 g
Info Average VSI -522 ft/m-1,355 ft/m min to max 82 ft/m -304 -1,351 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,281 ft asl2,053 ft asl min to max 2,738 ft asl 2,738 2,053 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.9 °-8.1 ° min to max 0.5 ° -3.2 -7.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,996 ft agl · 117 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,961 ft agl · 108 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,956 ft agl · 105 kt
Info Flaps Position 9 1,930 ft agl · 104 kt
Arrival 98.17Arrival started overhead Monterey Park (California, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 89 kn77 kn min to max 97 kn 93 86 kn
100 % Average bank angle 11.5 °0.1 ° min to max 31.6 ° 11.7 4.4 °
91 % Average g force 0.88 g0.67 g min to max 1.41 g 0.97 0.90 g
Info Average VSI -1,437 ft/m-2,177 ft/m min to max -861 ft/m -1,275 -2,177 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,548 ft asl1,023 ft asl min to max 2,032 ft asl 2,032 1,023 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -8.4 °-12.0 ° min to max -2.6 ° -6.2 -12.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Final 1 55.86Approaching runway 01 at KEMT San Gabriel Valley from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 706 ft agl to 118 ft agl. A decrease of 587 ft in 32 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 6.2 °5.8 ° min to max 6.7 °Target 4.9 ° 6.7 5.8 °
100 % Average speed 81 kn71 kn min to max 91 kn 87 74 kn
20 % Heading variation -1.8 °-2.5 ° min to max -0.9 ° -2.0 -0.9 °
59 % Average bank angle 7.8 °0.2 ° min to max 18.8 ° 11.6 3.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.87 g0.76 g min to max 1.01 g 0.87 0.93 g
Info Average VSI -1,198 ft/m-2,165 ft/m min to max -862 ft/m -2,165 -1,106 ft/m
Info Average altitude 387 ft agl118 ft agl min to max 706 ft agl 706 118 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -5.1 °-10.8 ° min to max -2.0 ° -10.8 -4.1 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500550600650Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-100-75-50-250255075100Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 51.60Landing on runway 01 at KEMT San Gabriel Valley, runway length 933 m. Threshold height at 91 ft agl was significantly above target. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 74 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 74 kn. Target 70 kn
19 % Target 50 ft agl
0 % Landing and flare profile
83 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.9 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.9 -0.2 °
90 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 6.4 ° 6.4 0.5 °
89 % Average g force 1.01 g0.74 g min to max 1.45 g 0.94 1.00 g
Info Average speed 61 kn46 kn min to max 74 kn 74 46 kn
Info Average VSI -345 ft/m-950 ft/m min to max -62 ft/m -950 -77 ft/m
Info Average altitude 24 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 91 ft agl 91 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °-2.6 ° min to max 6.6 ° -2.6 6.6 °
07515022530037545052560067575001836557391Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600675750-15-12-9-6-303691215Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 94.59Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway. Touchdown speed at 46 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -77 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 33 °C. Wind 7 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 6 kn Tailwind: 3 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Touchdown VSI was -77 ft/m.
79 % Touchdown distance was 652 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 46 knTarget 55 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 0.73 m0.60 m right -0.73 -0.41 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.5 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.5 1.1 °
74 % Average g force 0.57 g0.30 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.30 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 45 kn45 kn min to max 46 kn 46 45 kn
Info Average pitch angle 6.6 °6.5 ° min to max 7.0 ° 6.6 7.0 °
Arrival Rollout 49.47Total landing distance 1,003 m, 108 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Landing distance 1,003 m108 % of runway.
96 % Runway alignment max 7.32 m4.09 m left to 3.24 m right -0.34 2.69 m
62 % Average g force 0.31 g0.08 g min to max 0.77 g 0.24 0.77 g
Info Average speed 52 kn33 kn min to max 57 kn 57 33 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.9 °3.1 ° min to max 7.5 ° 7.3 3.1 °
Info Average bank angle 1.2 °0.1 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.1 0.3 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 3 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 15 kn5 kn min to max 29 kn 29 5 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °3.2 ° min to max 4.5 ° 4.4 3.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.3 °
Info Average g force 0.95 g0.84 g min to max 1.11 g 0.85 1.11 g

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll377 m · 25 %
75.09Liftoff speed54 kt
76.59Runway alignment9.47 m L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
91.13Rate of climb436 fpm

Landing

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

19.49Threshold height91 ft
100.00Threshold speed73 kt
83.20Centreline offset0.28 m R

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 KEMT 01

Past threshold77.26
665m
Centreline100.00
0.41m R
Speed100.00
45kt
Touchdown rate97.16
-78fpm
Impact74.29
1.00G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 933 m of the approach.

91 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 91 ft, down at 665 m

Plan view — the full 933 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

500 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 665 m past threshold CLEARED

Touched down 665 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.00 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 998 m of 933 m · 107 %
Rollout distance0.00
333m105 % used
Rollout alignment96.21
4.09m L

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 03 at KSMO Santa Monica Muni in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
85.58 %
90 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
Taxi Lights
0 %
Switched Off
Ground Speed kt
100 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
2 1 0
Pitch °
Info
6 4.5 3
76.28 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 03 at KSMO Santa Monica Muni. Takeoff distance 250 m 16 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 55 kn. Local weather - Temperature 32 °C. Wind 6 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 4 kn Tailwind: 4 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 250 m using 16.48 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
75.09 %
Liftoff speed was 55 kn - Target 70 kn
Alignment
76.59 %
9.47 m left to 2.87 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched Off
G
59.43 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
60 30 0
Bank °
Info
4 2 0
Pitch °
Info
7 5.5 4
02505007501,0001,250-20-15-10-505101520 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
91.13 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 03 KSMO Santa Monica Muni.
Alignment
92.78 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 65 50
Bank °
88.18 %
7 3.5 0
G
58.86 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
9 7.5 6
Climb Rate fpm
Info
600 250 -100
84.92 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 KSMO Santa Monica Muni.
Alignment
49.75 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 80 70
Bank °
89.95 %
6 3 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
15 10 5
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,600 950 300
02505007501,0001,250071142213284355 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.040.080.110.150.190100200300 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.040.080.110.150.19-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 01 at KEMT San Gabriel Valley in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
Landing Score 62.88 %
55.86 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 01 at KEMT San Gabriel Valley from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 706 ft agl to 118 ft agl. A decrease of 587 ft in 32 seconds.
Glideslope
0 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
20.4 %
Poor heading alignment
Glideslope °
0 %
5 4 3
IAS kt
100 %
91 80 70
Alignment
20.4 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
58.88 %
19 9.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-862 -1,531 -2,200
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500550600650 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-100-75-50-250255075100 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
51.6 %
Landing
Landing on runway 01 at KEMT San Gabriel Valley, runway length 933 m. Threshold height at 91 ft agl was significantly above target. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 74 kn.
Height
19.49 %
Threshold height at 91 ft agl was significantly above target. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
100 %
Threshold speed was slightly above target at 74 kt. Target 70 kt
Flare
0 %
Very poor landing flare
Centreline ft
83.2 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
89.82 %
7 3.5 0
G
88.57 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
74 57 40
Pitch °
Info
7 2.5 -2
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-62 -531 -1,000
07515022530037545052560067575001836557391 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300375450525600675750-15-12-9-6-303691215 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
94.59 %
Touchdown
Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway. Touchdown speed at 46 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -77 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 33 °C. Wind 7 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 6 kn Tailwind: 3 kn.
Warning: Landed with a 3 kt tailwind
Touchdown
97.16 %
Touchdown rate was excellent at -78 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 46 kt was good. Target below 55 kn
Distance
78.73 %
Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway.
Alignment
100 %
Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.8 °
G
74.29 %
G 0.57 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
49.47 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 1,003 m, 108 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
Distance
0 %
Landing distance 1,003 m using 107.51 % of runway
Alignment
96.21 %
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
G
61.71 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
45 27 10
Bank °
Info
2 1 0
Pitch °
Info
8 5.5 3
0200400600800 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
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