KSMO to KEMT Flight Report - Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Flight from KSMO to KEMT

Saturday, 09 March 2024 15:54

Minutes 11

22 nm

Fuel 7 kg

Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Departure

Runway 03 at KSMO

Santa Monica Muni

Santa Monica, California, United States

Altitude

148 ft asl

Weight

1,155 kg

Fuel

16 kg

Temperature

32 °C

Wind Speed

6 kt

Wind Direction

270.0 °

Headwind

-4 kt

Crosswind

4 kt

Arrival

Runway 01 at KEMT

San Gabriel Valley

El Monte California, United States

285 ft asl

Altitude

1,148 kg

Weight

9 kg

Fuel

32 °C

Temperature

7 kt

Wind Speed

270.1 °

Wind Direction

-3 kt

Headwind

6 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 85.04%

Departure Score 85.58%

Enroute Score 99.60%

Arrival Score 62.88%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

51.6 %

Touchdown

94.59 %

Warning: Landed with a 3 kt tailwind

Approach & flare

Threshold height

19.49 %

Threshold height at 91 ft agl was significantly above target.

Threshold speed

100 %

Threshold speed was slightly above target at 74 kt.

Flare

0 %

Very poor landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

97.16 %

Touchdown rate was excellent at -78 ft/m.

Impact

74.29 %

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 46 kt was good.

Aim point

78.73 %

Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway.

Centreline

100 %

Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.

Bounce

100 %

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Flight Stages KSMO to KEMT

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Departure Taxi

90 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 9 kn 1 kn min to max 22 kn	1		22 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 10 kn max 13 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 0.93 g 0.82 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 °
Info	Battery Master On at 15:54:55
Info	Engine 1 Started at 15:54:55
Info	Landing Gear Down at 15:54:55
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 15:55:01
Info	Flaps Fully Retracted at 15:55:35
Info	Taxi Light OFF should be ON at 15:55:40

Departure Roll

76.28 %

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.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Takeoff distance 250 m 16 % of runway
75.09 %	Liftoff speed was 55 kn Target 70 kn
76.59 %	Runway alignment max 12.34 m 9.47 m left to 2.87 m right	-2.87		9.47 m
59.43 %	Average g force 0.50 g 0.04 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 °
Info	Landing Lights OFF should be ON at 15:55:51

Departure Climb 1

91.13 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 03 KSMO Santa Monica Muni.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
92.78 %	Heading variation -1.3 ° -1.6 ° min to max -0.5 °	-1.5		-0.5 °
100 %	Average speed 65 kn 55 kn min to max 71 kn	55		71 kn
88.18 %	Average bank angle 2.4 ° 0.2 ° min to max 6.5 °	3.8		1.0 °
58.86 %	Average g force 0.87 g 0.03 g min to max 1.09 g	0.03		0.86 g
Info	Average VSI 437 ft/m 306 ft/m min to max 551 ft/m	306		551 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 21 ft agl 0 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 °
Info	Landing Gear Up at 15:56:02

Departure Climb 2

84.92 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 KSMO Santa Monica Muni.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
49.75 %	Heading variation 0.6 ° -0.5 ° min to max 6.0 °	-0.5		6.0 °
100 %	Average speed 73 kn 70 kn min to max 81 kn	71		81 kn
89.95 %	Average bank angle 1.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 5.8 °	1.1		0.0 °
100 %	Average g force 0.94 g 0.76 g min to max 1.09 g	0.86		0.88 g
Info	Average VSI 771 ft/m 486 ft/m min to max 1,526 ft/m	557		517 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 111 ft agl 53 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

99.83 %

Enroute 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.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 94 kn 79 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 °
98.29 %	Average g force 0.86 g 0.72 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 asl 533 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 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level

99.03 %

Enroute level cruise started overhead Culver City (California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 4 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 1,827 ft asl 1,732 ft asl min to max 1,926 ft asl	1,732		1,761 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 126 kn 112 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 °
90.29 %	Average g force 0.85 g 0.58 g min to max 0.96 g	0.83		0.85 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 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 %

Enroute 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.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 146 kn 141 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 g 0.80 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 asl 1,546 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 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 2

99.14 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south east of Koreatown (California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 4 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 1,734 ft asl 1,505 ft asl min to max 1,951 ft asl	1,540		1,951 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 133 kn 123 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 °
91.43 %	Average g force 0.86 g 0.60 g min to max 1.16 g	0.93		0.87 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 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

99.6 %

Enroute 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.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 126 kn 124 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 g 0.68 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 asl 1,948 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 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Descent 2

100 %

Enroute 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.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 105 kn 93 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 g 0.75 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 asl 2,053 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 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Landing Gear Down at 16:04:46
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 16:04:52
Info	Flaps Position 6 at 16:04:54
Info	Flaps Position 9 at 16:04:55

Arrival

98.17 %

Arrival started overhead Monterey Park (California, United States).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 89 kn 77 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 °
90.86 %	Average g force 0.88 g 0.67 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 asl 1,023 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 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Arrival Final 1

55.86 %

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.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Approach angle 6.2 ° 5.8 ° min to max 6.7 ° Target 4.9 °	6.7		5.8 °
100 %	Average speed 81 kn 71 kn min to max 91 kn	87		74 kn
20.4 %	Heading variation -1.8 ° -2.5 ° min to max -0.9 °	-2.0		-0.9 °
58.88 %	Average bank angle 7.8 ° 0.2 ° min to max 18.8 °	11.6		3.6 °
100 %	Average g force 0.87 g 0.76 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 agl 118 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 °

Arrival Landing

51.6 %

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.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Threshold speed was slightly above target at 74 kn. Target 70 kn
19.49 %	Target 50 ft agl
0 %	Landing and flare profile
83.2 %	Heading variation -0.3 ° -0.9 ° min to max -0.1 °	-0.9		-0.2 °
89.82 %	Average bank angle 2.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 6.4 °	6.4		0.5 °
88.57 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.74 g min to max 1.45 g	0.94		1.00 g
Info	Average speed 61 kn 46 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 agl 0 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 °

Arrival Touchdown

94.59 %

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.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
97.16 %	Touchdown VSI was -77 ft/m.
78.73 %	Touchdown distance was 652 m Target 457 m
100 %	Speed at touchdown 46 kn Target 55 kn
100 %	Runway alignment max 0.73 m 0.60 m right	-0.73		-0.41 m
100 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.5 ° min to max 1.1 °	0.5		1.1 °
74.29 %	Average g force 0.57 g 0.30 g min to max 1.00 g	1.00		0.30 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 45 kn 45 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

49.47 %

Total landing distance 1,003 m, 108 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Landing distance 1,003 m 108 % of runway.
96.21 %	Runway alignment max 7.32 m 4.09 m left to 3.24 m right	-0.34		2.69 m
61.71 %	Average g force 0.31 g 0.08 g min to max 0.77 g	0.24		0.77 g
Info	Average speed 52 kn 33 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

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 15 kn 5 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 g 0.84 g min to max 1.11 g	0.85		1.11 g

Takeoff on runway 03 at KSMO Santa Monica Muni in the Piper PA-24-250 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 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

76.28 %

Takeoff Roll

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

59.43 %

IAS kt

Info

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

91.13 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 03 KSMO Santa Monica Muni.

Alignment

92.78 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

88.18 %

58.86 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

84.92 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 KSMO Santa Monica Muni.

Alignment

49.75 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

89.95 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 01 at KEMT San Gabriel Valley in the Piper PA-24-250 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 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

20.4 %

Bank °

58.88 %

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

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 %

Bank °