KTRK to T38 Flight Report - Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Flight from KTRK to T38

Tuesday, 22 August 2023 20:06

Minutes 19

26 nm

Fuel 18 lbs

Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Departure

Runway 29 at KTRK

Truckee-Tahoe

Truckee, California, United States

Altitude

5,892 ft asl

Weight

2,150 lbs

Fuel

264 lbs

Temperature

66 °F

Wind Speed

12 kt

Wind Direction

260.0 °

Headwind

9 kt

Crosswind

7 kt

Arrival

Finished Lake Tahoe

Homewood

0 ft asl

Altitude

2,133 lbs

Weight

246 lbs

Fuel

61 °F

Temperature

5 kt

Wind Speed

260.6 °

Wind Direction

1 kt

Headwind

4 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 90.27%

Departure Score 95.26%

Enroute Score 98.13%

Arrival Score 72.44%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

73.28 %

Touchdown

81.41 %

Approach & flare

Threshold height

80.42 %

Good threshold height.

Threshold speed

66.96 %

Threshold speed was a little below target at 61 kt.

Flare

63.65 %

Fair landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

99.39 %

Touchdown rate was excellent at -61 ft/m.

Impact

69.71 %

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 48 kt was good.

Aim point

100 %

Touchdown distance was good at 1,366 ft.

Centreline

0 %

Runway touchdown position was excessively misaligned by 102 ft from centreline.

Bounce

100 %

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Flight Stages KTRK to T38

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Departure Taxi

100 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 10 minutes and covered 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 12 kn 0 kn min to max 24 kn	0		17 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 11 kn max 15 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 1.01 g 0.75 g min to max 1.24 g	0.98		0.76 g
100 %	Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info	Average pitch angle 3.5 ° 2.8 ° min to max 4.1 °	3.3		3.7 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.8 °	0.2		0.0 °
Info	Battery Master On at 20:06:09
Info	Engine 1 Started at 20:06:09
Info	Landing Gear Down at 20:06:09
Info	Parking Brake On at 20:06:09
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 20:06:40
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 20:06:43
Info	Taxi Lights Switched On at 20:06:43
Info	Parking Brake Off at 20:10:48
Info	Parking Brake On at 20:13:25
Info	Parking Brake Off at 20:16:06
Info	Beacon Light OFF should be ON at 20:11:09

Departure Roll

89.24 %

Departure roll runway 29 at KTRK Truckee-Tahoe. Takeoff distance 12,273 ft 176 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 63 kn. Local weather - Temperature 67 °F. Wind 12 kn at 260 °. Crosswind: 8 kn Headwind: 9 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Takeoff distance 12,273 ft 176 % of runway
74.67 %	Liftoff speed was 63 kn Target 70 kn
92.12 %	Runway alignment max 18.2 ft 12.5 ft left to 5.7 ft right	-5.7		12.5 ft
58.86 %	Average g force 0.40 g 0.03 g min to max 0.90 g	0.81		0.03 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle 4.0 ° 3.5 ° min to max 5.2 °	3.6		5.2 °
Info	Average bank angle 1.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 7.1 °	0.0		7.1 °
Info	Taxi Light ON should OFF at 20:16:39

Departure Climb 1

91.35 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 KTRK Truckee-Tahoe.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
95.78 %	Heading variation 0.6 ° -0.6 ° min to max 1.4 °	-0.6		1.4 °
100 %	Average speed 67 kn 63 kn min to max 73 kn	63		72 kn
86.08 %	Average bank angle 3.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 7.3 °	7.2		1.1 °
58.86 %	Average g force 0.84 g 0.03 g min to max 0.95 g	0.03		0.85 g
Info	Average VSI 379 ft/m 331 ft/m min to max 394 ft/m	331		380 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 23 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 49 ft agl	0		49 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.3 ° 5.3 ° min to max 7.8 °	5.3		7.6 °

Departure Climb 2

98.31 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 KTRK Truckee-Tahoe.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
98.5 %	Heading variation 1.4 ° -0.7 ° min to max 2.1 °	1.4		-0.7 °
100 %	Average speed 69 kn 59 kn min to max 74 kn	72		70 kn
96.34 %	Average bank angle 1.5 ° 0.1 ° min to max 3.4 °	1.2		3.4 °
96 %	Average g force 0.87 g 0.68 g min to max 1.04 g	0.84		0.84 g
Info	Average VSI 528 ft/m 272 ft/m min to max 859 ft/m	380		736 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 129 ft agl 60 ft agl min to max 391 ft agl	60		391 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 9.0 ° 6.6 ° min to max 11.7 °	7.6		9.6 °
Info	Landing Gear Up at 20:17:10

Departure Climb 3

97.39 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 29 KTRK Truckee-Tahoe.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -1.7 ° -2.3 ° min to max -1.2 °	-1.2		-2.3 °
100 %	Average speed 71 kn 69 kn min to max 73 kn	72		69 kn
86.97 %	Average bank angle 4.3 ° 3.0 ° min to max 7.0 °	3.6		7.0 °
100 %	Average g force 0.81 g 0.80 g min to max 0.85 g	0.85		0.80 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 802 ft/m 772 ft/m min to max 820 ft/m	772		789 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 427 ft agl 393 ft agl min to max 460 ft agl	393		460 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 9.7 ° 9.4 ° min to max 9.9 °	9.8		9.4 °

Enroute Climb

90.19 %

Enroute climb started overhead KTRK Truckee-Tahoe Truckee (California, United States). Climbing from 6,376 ft asl to 8,940 ft asl, an increase of 2,565 ft in 3 minutes and covering 4 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
76.62 %	Climb speed 76 kn 70 kn min to max 82 kn Target 90 kn	70		77 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 11.1 °	7.2		2.8 °
95.43 %	Average g force 0.82 g 0.67 g min to max 0.89 g	0.80		0.77 g
Info	Average VSI 897 ft/m 230 ft/m min to max 1,249 ft/m	742		230 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 7,324 ft asl 6,376 ft asl min to max 8,940 ft asl	6,376		8,940 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 8.5 ° 3.3 ° min to max 10.2 °	8.9		3.3 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level

99.94 %

Enroute level cruise started 3 miles south of KTRK Truckee-Tahoe Truckee (California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 4 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 9,018 ft asl 8,842 ft asl min to max 9,127 ft asl	8,959		8,842 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 107 kn 78 kn min to max 121 kn	84		119 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 6.1 °	0.8		4.1 °
99.43 %	Average g force 0.83 g 0.74 g min to max 0.94 g	0.85		0.83 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 0.3 ° -3.7 ° min to max 6.8 °	4.9		-0.2 °

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 2 miles north of Sunnyside-Tahoe City (Placer County, California, United States). Descent from 8,842 ft asl to 8,427 ft asl, a decrease of 415 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 117 kn 114 kn min to max 123 kn	119		123 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 3.5 ° 0.1 ° min to max 6.9 °	4.1		1.4 °
100 %	Average g force 0.83 g 0.76 g min to max 0.92 g	0.86		0.79 g
Info	Average VSI -340 ft/m -802 ft/m min to max 7 ft/m	-17		-290 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 8,727 ft asl 8,427 ft asl min to max 8,843 ft asl	8,842		8,427 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -1.0 ° -3.1 ° min to max -0.0 °	-0.2		-0.1 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 2

98.74 %

Enroute level cruise started overhead Sunnyside-Tahoe City (Placer County, California, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 8,317 ft asl 8,142 ft asl min to max 8,424 ft asl	8,424		8,142 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 120 kn 118 kn min to max 122 kn	122		121 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 3.9 ° 0.1 ° min to max 11.0 °	6.4		2.9 °
87.43 %	Average g force 0.87 g 0.53 g min to max 0.99 g	0.80		0.84 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -1.0 ° -1.9 ° min to max -0.1 °	-0.1		-1.0 °

Enroute Descent 2

99.94 %

Enroute descent started 1 mile north west of T38 Homewood Lake Tahoe (California, United States). Descent from 8,140 ft asl to 7,810 ft asl, a decrease of 330 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 119 kn 118 kn min to max 121 kn	120		119 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 3.5 ° 1.1 ° min to max 5.5 °	2.9		1.3 °
99.43 %	Average g force 0.83 g 0.74 g min to max 0.94 g	0.83		0.87 g
Info	Average VSI -315 ft/m -419 ft/m min to max -155 ft/m	-155		-282 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 7,977 ft asl 7,810 ft asl min to max 8,140 ft asl	8,140		7,810 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -1.1 ° -1.5 ° min to max -0.9 °	-1.0		-1.1 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level 3

99.09 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south west of T38 Homewood Lake Tahoe (California, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 7,709 ft asl 7,593 ft asl min to max 7,806 ft asl	7,806		7,593 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 116 kn 100 kn min to max 122 kn	119		100 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.0 ° 0.0 ° min to max 9.2 °	1.2		9.2 °
90.86 %	Average g force 0.80 g 0.59 g min to max 0.92 g	0.82		0.78 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -0.7 ° -2.3 ° min to max 2.3 °	-1.2		-0.8 °
Info	Landing Gear Down at 20:26:56

Enroute Descent 3

99.09 %

Enroute descent started 2 miles south west of Tahoma (Placer County, California, United States). Descent from 7,585 ft asl to 7,392 ft asl, a decrease of 193 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 91 kn 87 kn min to max 100 kn	100		87 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 14.0 ° 11.1 ° min to max 16.7 °	11.1		11.7 °
90.86 %	Average g force 0.77 g 0.59 g min to max 0.90 g	0.90		0.73 g
Info	Average VSI -364 ft/m -723 ft/m min to max -106 ft/m	-464		-633 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 7,502 ft asl 7,392 ft asl min to max 7,585 ft asl	7,585		7,392 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -0.7 ° -3.3 ° min to max 0.4 °	-0.5		-2.4 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 20:27:25
Info	Flaps Position 6 at 20:27:41

Enroute Level 4

98.06 %

Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south of Tahoma (Placer County, California, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 7,314 ft asl 7,223 ft asl min to max 7,385 ft asl	7,385		7,223 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 83 kn 77 kn min to max 88 kn	87		84 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 10.7 ° 0.3 ° min to max 21.3 °	10.9		1.2 °
80.57 %	Average g force 0.80 g 0.41 g min to max 1.02 g	0.63		0.81 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle -0.3 ° -3.6 ° min to max 3.1 °	-0.8		-3.1 °

Arrival

97.37 %

Arrival started 2 miles south of Tahoma (Placer County, California, United States).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 84 kn 78 kn min to max 88 kn	84		78 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.2 ° 0.2 ° min to max 5.2 °	1.1		1.0 °
86.86 %	Average g force 0.79 g 0.52 g min to max 0.90 g	0.90		0.52 g
Info	Average VSI -593 ft/m -918 ft/m min to max -288 ft/m	-532		-830 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 6,983 ft asl 6,656 ft asl min to max 7,214 ft asl	7,214		6,656 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -3.5 ° -6.2 ° min to max -1.6 °	-2.4		-4.9 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Position 9 at 20:29:22

Arrival Final 1

82.88 %

Approaching landing ground Homewood from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 422 ft agl to 45 ft agl. A decrease of 378 ft in 35 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
70.42 %	Approach angle 2.5 ° 1.7 ° min to max 3.7 ° Target 3.0 °	3.7		1.7 °
100 %	Average speed 62 kn 60 kn min to max 78 kn	78		61 kn
50 %	Heading variation 0.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.6 °	1.6		0.0 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.7 °	1.0		0.4 °
88 %	Average g force 0.83 g 0.54 g min to max 1.02 g	0.75		0.88 g
Info	Average VSI -563 ft/m -848 ft/m min to max -432 ft/m	-848		-628 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 115 ft agl 45 ft agl min to max 422 ft agl	422		45 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -1.8 ° -5.1 ° min to max -0.4 °	-4.8		-2.2 °

Arrival Landing

73.28 %

Approaching touchdown Homewood. Descent from 36 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 36 ft in 11 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
66.96 %	Threshold speed was a little below target at 61 kn. Target 70 kn
63.65 %	Landing and flare profile
56.07 %	Heading variation -0.6 ° -1.4 ° min to max -0.0 °	-0.0		-1.4 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.6 °	0.4		0.3 °
98.29 %	Average g force 0.87 g 0.72 g min to max 1.14 g	0.85		0.84 g
Info	Average speed 56 kn 48 kn min to max 61 kn	61		48 kn
Info	Average VSI -249 ft/m -639 ft/m min to max 3 ft/m	-631		-56 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 9 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 36 ft agl	36		0 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.9 ° -2.2 ° min to max 5.0 °	-2.2		4.2 °

Arrival Touchdown

81.41 %

Touchdown Homewood. Touchdown speed at 48 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -56 ft/m. Touchdown distance was good at 1,366 ft. Local weather - Temperature 62 °F. Wind 5 kn at 260 °. Crosswind: 5 kn Headwind: 1 kn

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
99.39 %	Touchdown VSI was -56 ft/m.
100 %	Speed at touchdown 48 kn Target 55 kn
0 %	Alignment max 102.2 ft 96.6 ft right	-90.1		-102.2 ft
61.5 %	Average bank angle 1.1 ° 0.1 ° min to max 1.8 °	0.3		1.8 °
69.71 %	Average g force 0.64 g 0.22 g min to max 0.92 g	0.84		0.48 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 46 kn 44 kn min to max 48 kn	48		44 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 4.1 ° 2.2 ° min to max 5.8 °	4.2		3.0 °

Arrival Rollout

52.2 %

Landing rollout Homewood. Altitude6,220 ft asl. Distance was 475 ft.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Alignment max 115.0 ft 0.0 ft left to 115.0 ft right	-102.4		-115.0 ft
72 %	Average g force 0.41 g 0.26 g min to max 0.74 g	0.45		0.74 g
Info	Average speed 53 kn 33 kn min to max 58 kn	58		33 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 2.5 ° 1.8 ° min to max 3.7 °	3.3		2.2 °
Info	Average bank angle 1.4 ° 0.1 ° min to max 2.1 °	1.8		0.2 °

Runway Exit

Exiting rollout Homewood, Average speed was 1 kn

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
Info	Average speed 11 kn 4 kn min to max 28 kn	28		8 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 3.2 ° 1.9 ° min to max 3.5 °	2.2		2.5 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.4 °	0.2		0.2 °
Info	Average g force 0.95 g 0.72 g min to max 1.07 g	0.72		1.03 g

Takeoff on runway 29 at KTRK Truckee-Tahoe in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

95.26 %

100 %

Taxi

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 10 minutes and covered 2 nm.

Taxi Lights

100 %

Switched On

Ground Speed kt

100 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

89.24 %

Takeoff Roll

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 12,273 ft using 175.6 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

74.67 %

Liftoff speed was 63 kn - Target 75 kn

Alignment

92.12 %

12.5 ft left to 5.7 ft right

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

100 %

Switched On

Landing Lights

100 %

Switched On

58.86 %

IAS kt

Info

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

91.35 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 29 KTRK Truckee-Tahoe.

Alignment

95.78 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

86.08 %

58.86 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

98.31 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 29 KTRK Truckee-Tahoe.

Alignment

98.5 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

96.34 %

96 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

97.39 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 29 KTRK Truckee-Tahoe.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

86.97 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway XX at Homewood in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Landing Score 72.44 %

82.88 %

Final 1

Approaching landing ground Homewood from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 422 ft agl to 45 ft agl. A decrease of 378 ft in 35 seconds.

Glideslope

70.42 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

50 %

Poor heading alignment

Glideslope °

70.42 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

50 %

Bank °

100 %

88 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

73.28 %

Landing

Approaching touchdown Homewood. Descent from 36 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 36 ft in 11 seconds.

Height

80.42 %

Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

66.96 %

Threshold speed was a little below target at 61 kt. Target 76 kt

Flare

63.65 %

Fair landing flare

Centreline ft

56.07 %

Bank °

100 %

98.29 %

IAS kt

Info

Pitch °

Info

Descent Rate fpm

Info

81.41 %

Touchdown

99.39 %

Touchdown rate was excellent at -61 ft/m.

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 48 kt was good. Target below 51 kn

Distance

100 %

Touchdown distance was good at 1,366 ft.

Alignment

0 %

Runway touchdown position was excessively misaligned by 102 ft from centreline.

Bank

61.5 %

Bank angle 1.1 °

69.71 %

G 0.64 g

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

52.2 %

Rollout

Landing rollout Homewood. Altitude6,220 ft asl. Distance was 475 ft.

Distance

100 %

Landing distance 2,029 ft using 40.58 % of runway

Alignment

0 %

Runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 115 ft from centreline.

72 %

IAS kt

Info

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

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