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KPMD
Palmdale, United States
Runway 25
Elevation2,539 ft asl
Weight2,765 lbs
Fuel285 lbs
Wind280° · 4 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

94.91 %
L70
Agua Dulce, United States
Runway 22
Elevation2,638 ft asl
Weight2,755 lbs
Fuel274 lbs
Wind307° · 0 kn
9 Feb 2024 0:13 19 nm Mooney Ovation M20R 11 lbs
Departure Score
97.76 %
Enroute Score
99.89 %
Arrival Score
82.75 %

What went well

Touchdown 1,441 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 3.7 ft off the centreline, no bounce
1.15 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 4.4 ° at 0 %, Heading variation 0.1 ° at 74 %, −2.93 points
Arrival Landing — Threshold speed was excessively high at 88 kn. at 38 %, −1.76 points
Arrival Touchdown — Speed at touchdown 75 kn at 77 %, Touchdown VSI was -242 ft/m. at 80 %, −1.06 points

Top opportunity

Hold the approach angle

Arrival Final 1

Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 13 stages, 13 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 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 0 kn0 kn min to max 0 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 knmax 0 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
0 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °0.0 ° min to max 4.2 ° 0.0 4.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Fail Taxi Light OFF should be ON
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Deactivated 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Departure Roll 99.15Departure roll runway 25 at KPMD Palmdale Usaf Plant 42. Takeoff distance 0 ft 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 73 kn. Local weather - Temperature 36 °F. Wind 4 kn at 280 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 4 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 ft0 % of runway
99 % Liftoff speed was 73 knTarget 68 kn
96 % Runway alignment max 11.3 ft2.9 ft left to 8.5 ft right -2.3 -2.1 ft
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.03 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °3.7 ° min to max 7.8 ° 4.1 7.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.1 0.1 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 10 kt
Departure Climb 1 99.94Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 25 KPMD Palmdale Usaf Plant 42.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 78 kn74 kn min to max 82 kn 74 82 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.1 1.1 °
99 % Average g force 1.04 g0.95 g min to max 1.26 g 1.06 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 699 ft/m477 ft/m min to max 807 ft/m 477 807 ft/m
Info Average altitude 23 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 49 ft agl 0 49 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.3 °8.4 ° min to max 12.0 ° 8.4 11.3 °
Departure Climb 2 99.72Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 25 KPMD Palmdale Usaf Plant 42.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.1 0.3 °
100 % Average speed 86 kn82 kn min to max 100 kn 82 100 kn
99 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 1.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.05 g 0.98 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 1,025 ft/m809 ft/m min to max 1,683 ft/m 809 1,683 ft/m
Info Average altitude 107 ft agl50 ft agl min to max 405 ft agl 50 405 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.4 °11.3 ° min to max 13.7 ° 11.3 12.8 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 54 ft agl · 84 kt
Departure Climb 3 99.99Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 25 KPMD Palmdale Usaf Plant 42.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.4 °0.3 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.3 °
100 % Average speed 103 kn101 kn min to max 105 kn 101 102 kn
99.9 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 1.0 1.3 °
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 1,943 ft/m1,717 ft/m min to max 2,232 ft/m 1,717 2,220 ft/m
Info Average altitude 715 ft agl434 ft agl min to max 1,025 ft agl 434 1,025 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.5 °12.6 ° min to max 14.9 ° 12.8 14.8 °
Enroute Climb 99.54Enroute climb started overhead KPMD Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Palmdale (California, United States). Climbing from 3,567 ft asl to 6,060 ft asl, an increase of 2,493 ft in 3 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 115 kn100 kn min to max 147 kn 102 144 kn
100 % Average bank angle 3.8 °0.0 ° min to max 9.7 ° 1.0 0.5 °
95 % Average g force 0.98 g0.67 g min to max 1.06 g 0.95 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 1,241 ft/m-306 ft/m min to max 2,192 ft/m 2,192 -185 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,453 ft asl3,567 ft asl min to max 6,075 ft asl 3,567 6,060 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 8.4 °0.1 ° min to max 14.7 ° 14.7 0.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 3 miles south west of Desert View Highlands (California, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 5,913 ft asl5,854 ft asl min to max 6,027 ft asl 6,027 5,854 ft asl
100 % Average speed 149 kn146 kn min to max 150 kn 146 147 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.2 ° min to max 3.8 ° 0.8 3.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 1.01 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-0.8 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.8 -0.8 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 3 miles north east of Agua Dulce (California, United States). Descent from 5,779 ft asl to 3,781 ft asl, a decrease of 1,998 ft in 3 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 122 kn106 kn min to max 151 kn 148 106 kn
100 % Average bank angle 11.7 °0.0 ° min to max 15.1 ° 2.6 11.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.90 g min to max 1.16 g 0.98 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -694 ft/m-1,352 ft/m min to max -105 ft/m -704 -421 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,421 ft asl3,781 ft asl min to max 5,779 ft asl 5,779 3,781 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-4.2 ° min to max 1.8 ° -2.2 1.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,798 ft agl · 128 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south of Agua Dulce (California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,864 ft asl3,743 ft asl min to max 3,976 ft asl 3,774 3,912 ft asl
100 % Average speed 106 kn99 kn min to max 113 kn 106 102 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.0 °0.0 ° min to max 16.9 ° 11.5 16.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.92 g min to max 1.15 g 1.01 1.09 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °1.0 ° min to max 6.7 ° 1.0 5.4 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 433 ft agl · 108 kt
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 1 mile south of Agua Dulce (California, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 98 kn94 kn min to max 101 kn 101 94 kn
100 % Average bank angle 12.1 °1.2 ° min to max 19.4 ° 17.2 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.95 g min to max 1.09 g 1.09 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -660 ft/m-1,035 ft/m min to max 503 ft/m 416 -975 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,690 ft asl3,283 ft asl min to max 3,960 ft asl 3,920 3,283 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.1 °-3.8 ° min to max 5.9 ° 5.9 -3.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 712 ft agl · 106 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 603 ft agl · 105 kt
Arrival Final 1 73.67Approaching runway 22 at L70 Agua Dulce from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 629 ft agl to 15 ft agl. A decrease of 615 ft in 31 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 4.4 °2.9 ° min to max 6.4 °Target 3.0 ° 6.3 2.9 °
100 % Average speed 89 kn88 kn min to max 94 kn 94 88 kn
74 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 0.1 °
94 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.1 ° min to max 5.1 ° 0.6 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.10 g 1.00 1.10 g
Info Average VSI -1,138 ft/m-1,249 ft/m min to max -940 ft/m -957 -1,038 ft/m
Info Average altitude 146 ft agl15 ft agl min to max 629 ft agl 629 15 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.6 °-4.6 ° min to max -1.9 ° -2.9 -1.9 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500550600650Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-240-180-120-60060120180240Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 84.15Landing on runway 22 at L70 Agua Dulce, runway length 3,682 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was excessively high at 88 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
38 % Threshold speed was excessively high at 88 kn. Target 75 kn
100 % Target 50 ft agl
98 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.2 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.97 g min to max 1.18 g 1.10 1.00 g
Info Average speed 81 kn75 kn min to max 88 kn 88 75 kn
Info Average VSI -350 ft/m-1,030 ft/m min to max -162 ft/m -1,030 -242 ft/m
Info Average altitude 18 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 46 ft agl 46 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °-1.8 ° min to max 2.5 ° -1.8 2.1 °
02505007501,0001,2501,50001223354658Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,500-30-24-18-12-60612182430Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 90.44Touchdown distance was good at 1,438 ft. Touchdown speed at 75 kn was too fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -242 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 37 °F. Wind 0 kn at 307 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
80 % Touchdown VSI was -242 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,438 ftTarget 1,500 ft
77 % Speed at touchdown 75 knTarget 70 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 3.9 ft3.8 ft left 3.9 3.7 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g1.00 g min to max 1.15 g 1.00 1.04 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 75 kn74 kn min to max 75 kn 75 74 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °2.0 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.1 2.5 °

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll1,256 ft · 10 %
99.38Liftoff speed73 kt
96.35Runway alignment8.5 ft R
OkBounce on takeoffNone
99.94Rate of climb698 fpm

Landing

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

100.00Threshold height45 ft
38.35Threshold speed88 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.1 ft 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 L70 22

Past threshold100.00
1,441ft
Centreline100.00
3.7ft L
Speed77.46
74kt
Touchdown rate79.80
-243fpm
Impact100.00
1.15G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 3,682 ft of the approach.

45 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 45 ft, down at 1,441 ft

Plan view — the full 3,682 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

1,0002,0003,000 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,441 ft past threshold CLEARED

The 1,441 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,441 ft of 3,682 ft · 39 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 25 at KPMD Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 in the Mooney M20R Ovation
97.76 %
90 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 2 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
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
5 2.5 0
99.15 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 25 at KPMD Palmdale Usaf Plant 42. Takeoff distance 0 ft 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 73 kn. Local weather - Temperature 36 °F. Wind 4 kn at 280 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 4 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 0 ft using 0 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
99.38 %
Liftoff speed was 73 kn - Target 65 kn
Alignment
96.35 %
2.9 ft left to 8.5 ft right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
100 %
Switched On
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
80 40 0
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
8 5.5 3
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000-110-100-90-80-70-60-50-40-30-20-100102030405060708090100110 Runway Distance ft Runway Alignment to End of Runway ft
99.94 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 25 KPMD Palmdale Usaf Plant 42.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 80 70
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
99.43 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
13 11 8
Climb Rate fpm
Info
900 400 -100
99.72 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 25 KPMD Palmdale Usaf Plant 42.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 90 80
Bank °
98.87 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
14 13 11
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,700 1,200 700
99.99 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 25 KPMD Palmdale Usaf Plant 42.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
110 105 100
Bank °
99.95 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
15 14 12
Climb Rate fpm
Info
2,300 1,950 1,600
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0000197394591788985 Runway Distance ft Height at End of Runway ft
00.250.50.750100200300400500600700800900 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.250.50.75-200-160-120-80-4004080120160200 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment in (ft) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 22 at L70 Agua Dulce in the Mooney M20R Ovation
Landing Score 82.75 %
73.67 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 22 at L70 Agua Dulce from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 629 ft agl to 15 ft agl. A decrease of 615 ft in 31 seconds.
Glideslope
0 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
74 %
Good heading alignment
Glideslope °
0 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
94 87 80
Alignment
74 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
94.35 %
6 3 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-940 -1,120 -1,300
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500550600650 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-240-180-120-60060120180240 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
84.15 %
Landing
Landing on runway 22 at L70 Agua Dulce, runway length 3,682 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was excessively high at 88 kn.
Height
100 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
38.35 %
Threshold speed was excessively high at 88 kt. Target 65 kt
Flare
98.26 %
Excellent landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
1 0.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
88 79 70
Pitch °
Info
3 1 -1
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-163 -631 -1,100
02505007501,0001,2501,50001223354658 Runway Distance ft Landing Height ft
02505007501,0001,2501,500-30-24-18-12-60612182430 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
90.44 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 1,438 ft. Touchdown speed at 75 kn was too fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -242 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 37 °F. Wind 0 kn at 307 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
Touchdown
79.8 %
Touchdown rate was fair at -243 fpm.
Speed
77.46 %
Touchdown speed at 75 kt was too fast. Target below 62 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 1,438 ft.
Alignment
100 %
Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.2 °
G
100 %
G 1.07 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Metrics
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