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KTVL
South Lake Tahoe, United States
Runway 36
Elevation6,260 ft asl
Weight343 kg
Fuel46 kg
Wind182° · 2 kn

Flight Score

96.52 %
M45
Markleeville, United States
Runway 17
Elevation5,827 ft asl
Weight343 kg
Fuel22 kg
Wind181° · 2 kn
16 Sep 2026 0:20 27 nm Savage Cub 24 kg
Departure Score
94.58 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
94.97 %

What went well

Touched down at -45 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 127 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 20 ft and 42 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Departure Roll — Rotation speed was 59 kt at 32 %, Takeoff Bounce at 60 %, −1.81 points
Arrival Approach — 300 ft gate 80 %, −1.67 points

Next time

Departure

Start bringing the nose up as the speed reaches 42 kt, not after it.

What happened: You started the rotation at 59 kt, 17 kt past the 42 kt rotation speed.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 42 kt at rotation

See Departure Roll

Arrival

Reduce power earlier on approach to bring speed back to 41 kt by the gate.

What happened: The aircraft was too fast at the stabilisation gate, 16 kt above the target of 41 kt.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 41 kt at the gate

See Arrival Approach

A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 18 stages, 16 in the score

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 Runway Entry Entering runway 36 at KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport, Average speed was 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 4 kt0 kt min to max 18 kt 0 18 kt
Info Average pitch angle 12.0 °10.7 ° min to max 12.2 ° 12.2 10.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.3 °
Info Average g force 0.96 g0.92 g min to max 0.98 g 0.98 0.94 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 4 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 4 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 4 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 4 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 4 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 4 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 4 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 4 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 4 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 4 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 4 ft agl
Departure Roll 78.33Departure roll runway 36 at KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport. Takeoff distance 214 m 11 % of runway. Rotation speed was 59 kt. Local weather - Temperature 3 °C. Wind 2 kt at 181 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Tailwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 214 m11 % of runway
32 % Rotation speed was 59 ktTarget 42 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 4.27 m left4.27 m left to 0.00 m left 3.46 0.46 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.13 g 0.95 1.13 g
60 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °1.1 ° min to max 5.6 ° 5.6 3.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.0 1.2 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 36 KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.6 °0.6 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.6 °
100 % Average speed 63 kt61 kt min to max 63 kt 61 63 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 1.3 1.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.14 g1.02 g min to max 1.24 g 1.15 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 747 fpm402 fpm min to max 1,017 fpm 402 1,017 fpm
Info Average altitude 11 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 32 ft agl 1 32 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.5 °3.5 ° min to max 11.5 ° 3.5 11.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 48 ft agl · 69 kt
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 36 KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.7 °0.6 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.6 1.2 °
100 % Average speed 63 kt62 kt min to max 64 kt 63 62 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.4 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.4 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.04 g 1.02 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 1,213 fpm1,027 fpm min to max 1,430 fpm 1,027 1,318 fpm
Info Average altitude 103 ft agl33 ft agl min to max 363 ft agl 33 363 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.4 °11.5 ° min to max 13.6 ° 11.5 12.5 °
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 36 KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 63 kt62 kt min to max 64 ktTarget 71 kt, 8 kt slow 62 63 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 2.7 ° 0.4 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.95 g min to max 1.00 g 0.97 0.97 g
100 % Landing gear fixed
Info Heading variation 2.5 °2.4 ° min to max 2.6 ° 2.4 2.5 °
Info Average VSI 1,341 fpm1,269 fpm min to max 1,440 fpm 1,308 1,284 fpm
Info Average altitude 667 ft agl385 ft agl min to max 966 ft agl 385 966 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.2 °11.1 ° min to max 12.8 ° 12.3 11.1 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport South Lake Tahoe (California, United States). Climbing from 7,249 ft asl to 7,809 ft asl, an increase of 559 ft in 1 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 67 kt64 kt min to max 72 kt 64 72 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.7 °0.1 ° min to max 22.3 ° 0.2 22.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.92 g min to max 1.07 g 0.98 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 1,082 fpm671 fpm min to max 1,291 fpm 1,261 671 fpm
Info Average altitude 7,551 ft asl7,249 ft asl min to max 7,809 ft asl 7,249 7,809 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 9.1 °5.8 ° min to max 11.3 ° 11.0 5.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south of South Lake Tahoe (California, United States) and lasted 5 minutes, covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±891 ft of 7,996 ft asl7,819 ft asl min to max 8,121 ft asl 7,819 8,038 ft asl
100 % Average speed 82 kt73 kt min to max 88 kt 73 82 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.8 °0.0 ° min to max 28.1 ° 23.2 0.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.83 g min to max 1.28 g 1.01 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-2.2 ° min to max 5.3 ° 5.3 1.3 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 5 miles south of KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport South Lake Tahoe (California, United States). Climbing from 8,040 ft asl to 8,637 ft asl, an increase of 597 ft in 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 74 kt67 kt min to max 82 kt 82 73 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.6 °0.0 ° min to max 20.9 ° 0.7 2.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.92 g min to max 1.17 g 1.01 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 399 fpm-6 fpm min to max 795 fpm 109 290 fpm
Info Average altitude 8,285 ft asl8,040 ft asl min to max 8,637 ft asl 8,040 8,637 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °0.6 ° min to max 7.0 ° 1.4 2.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 5 miles south of KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport South Lake Tahoe (California, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 5 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±932 ft of 8,745 ft asl8,643 ft asl min to max 8,813 ft asl 8,643 8,806 ft asl
100 % Average speed 82 kt73 kt min to max 85 kt 73 83 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.0 ° min to max 11.0 ° 3.2 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.13 g 1.03 0.95 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-1.2 ° min to max 3.2 ° 3.1 0.0 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 6 miles west of M45 Alpine County Markleeville (California, United States). Descent from 8,785 ft asl to 7,841 ft asl, a decrease of 944 ft in 3 minutes and covering 5 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 83 kt77 kt min to max 87 kt 83 80 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 3.6 ° 0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.08 g 1.05 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -326 fpm-728 fpm min to max 77 fpm -200 -152 fpm
Info Average altitude 8,389 ft asl7,841 ft asl min to max 8,785 ft asl 8,785 7,841 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-4.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° 0.8 -0.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north west of M45 Alpine County Markleeville (California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±892 ft of 7,794 ft asl7,639 ft asl min to max 7,833 ft asl 7,833 7,639 ft asl
100 % Average speed 78 kt76 kt min to max 79 kt 79 79 kt
100 % Average bank angle 5.3 °0.0 ° min to max 15.5 ° 0.4 15.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.08 g 1.03 0.90 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-4.9 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.9 -4.9 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead M45 Alpine County Markleeville (California, United States). Descent from 7,627 ft asl to 6,952 ft asl, a decrease of 675 ft in 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 76 kt72 kt min to max 82 kt 80 72 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.5 °0.0 ° min to max 21.0 ° 17.0 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.92 g min to max 1.16 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -452 fpm-862 fpm min to max -122 fpm -784 -471 fpm
Info Average altitude 7,273 ft asl6,952 ft asl min to max 7,627 ft asl 7,627 6,952 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.9 °-5.5 ° min to max 0.8 ° -5.5 -2.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 4 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead M45 Alpine County Markleeville (California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±847 ft of 6,643 ft asl6,268 ft asl min to max 6,944 ft asl 6,944 6,268 ft asl
100 % Average speed 63 kt42 kt min to max 73 kt 72 42 kt
100 % Average bank angle 5.6 °0.0 ° min to max 21.7 ° 0.2 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.91 g min to max 1.11 g 0.99 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-3.5 ° min to max 2.7 ° -2.9 -0.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 823 ft agl · 69 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 619 ft agl · 61 kt
Arrival Approach 80.00Final approach to runway 17 at M45 Alpine County. Descent from 601 ft agl to 44 ft agl in 78 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
100 % Sink ratepassed
100 % On glideslopepassed
0 % On speedfailed

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 619 ft agl · 61 kt
Arrival Landing 99.90Landing on runway 17 at M45 Alpine County, runway length 1,352 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 42 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 42 kt. Target 41 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % Perfect landing flare
99.9 % Runway alignment max 3.25 m right1.83 m right to 3.25 m right -3.22 -1.83 m
99 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.3 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g1.01 g min to max 1.07 g 1.05 1.02 g
Info Average speed 40 kt38 kt min to max 42 kt 42 38 kt
Info Average VSI -242 fpm-423 fpm min to max -52 fpm -423 -52 fpm
Info Average altitude 6 ft agl-4 ft agl min to max 20 ft agl 20 -4 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °0.0 ° min to max 4.6 ° 0.0 4.1 °
07515001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touchdown distance was good at 127 m. Touchdown speed at 38 kt was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -45 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 16 °C. Wind 3 kt at 225 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Headwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -45 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 127 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 38 ktTarget below 40 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.83 m right1.72 m right -1.83 -1.63 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.1 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.99 g min to max 1.06 g 1.02 1.01 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 37 kt36 kt min to max 38 kt 38 36 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.8 °4.0 ° min to max 5.4 ° 4.1 4.6 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 205 m, 15 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 205 m15 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 2.51 m right0.00 m left to 2.51 m right -2.11 -2.51 m
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average speed 36 kt31 kt min to max 38 kt 38 31 kt
Info Average pitch angle 4.8 °4.4 ° min to max 4.9 ° 4.6 4.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 1.0 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 16 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 16 kt3 kt min to max 29 kt 29 3 kt
Info Average pitch angle 10.7 °5.6 ° min to max 13.4 ° 5.6 13.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 1.01 1.00 g

Speed and pitch

From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.

Lifted off at 60 kt with 1.2° of pitch. Climb 3 averaged 63 kt, 8 kt under its 71 kt target.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 7190 kt6030020°10°0°LIFTOFF1.2° off12° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 19 kt 5.6° 0 s
Liftoff201 m · target 42 60 kt 1.2° 8.2 s
35 ft378 m · 5.0 s after liftoff 63 kt 11.6° 13.1 s
Climb 3931 m · 385 ft to 966 ft · target 71 63 kt avg 12.3° 29.0 s
End of Climb 31,882 m · 966 ft 63 kt 11.1° 54.7 s

Takeoff from KTVL 36

Takeoff roll100.00
214m11 %
Rotation speed31.65
59kttarget 42, 17 fast
Liftoff speed
60kt
Runway alignment100.00
4.27m L
Bounce on takeoff60.00
Yes
Climb 3 speed100.00
63kttarget 71
Rate of climb100.00
747fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 966 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 2,065 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,250 fpm on average to 966 ft.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 363 kt avgtarget 71THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 60 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 1,983 m runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted left of the centreline, 4.3 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.2 m left. Airborne 0 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length.

5001,0001,500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 4.29 m LAirborne 0 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 0 m of 1,983 m · 0 %
Takeoff roll, 0 m Left ahead, 1,983 m

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.

Five checks, one gate300 ft 80.004 of 5
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate460 fpm
On glideslope4.7°
On speed+16 kt

At the 300 ft gate: speed more than 10 kt above the approach speed of 41 kt.

Still turning onto final at the lower gate, so the centreline and wings level are not asked there - the aeroplane was not lined up yet, and was banked because it was turning. The other checks are marked as usual.

When the approach was stable

Every check met from 0.8 nm, about 490 ft above the runway, to the threshold, after the 300 ft gate.

How to read this

Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.

Landing flapSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to M45 17

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 1.1 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 210 ft above the slope.

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND310300 ft gate4 of 5on speed540 ft · 57 kt
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height thereStabilisation gate

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 210 m right of the centreline at 1.1 nm, then inside the band from 0.8 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND4 m R66 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 21 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 12 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 1.1 nm, where the final began, to 0.8 nm (up to +18 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.

How to read this

Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

406080100 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 41+1 kt+2 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on M45 17

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
20ft
Threshold speed100.00
42kttarget 41, 1 fast
Centreline offset99.87
3.25m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
127m
Centreline100.00
1.83m R
Speed100.00
38kttarget 40 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-45fpm
Impact100.00
1.06G
BouncesOk
None
The flare100.00

Perfect landing flare

The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 181° at 2 kt · 1 kt head · 0 kt across

How to read this

The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.

The stop

From 40 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 6 s, an average deceleration of 0.09 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

020406030 kt · 97 mtouchdown101 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,352 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 20 ft, 30 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare at 16 ft. Touched down 127 m in, 178 m short of the ideal 305 m.

How to read this

The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,352 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.

20 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 16 ft · −348 fpm · 0.7° · 42 ktdescent slowed at 1 ft · −36 fpm · 4.4°−45 fpm · 4.1° nose up · 38 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 20 ft, down at 127 m

Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.

The sink went from 350 fpm at the flare to 40 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.4° on the way down.

How to read this

Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−500−1,000−1°4°10°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−45 fpm at touchdown4.1° at touchdown, +3.4° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,352 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 1.6 m right of the centreline, and stayed within 1.8 m of it down the rollout.

How to read this

The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.

5001,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 127 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 127 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 184 m of 1,352 m · 14 %
In the air over the runway, 127 mRollout, 57 m Left over, 1,168 m
Rollout distance100.00
57m13 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
2.51m R

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Flight narrative

The Savage Cub departed KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport from runway 36, using a take-off roll of 214 m which represented 11 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 60 kt. Ambient conditions were 3 °C with a wind from 181° at 2 kt, no cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component.

During the initial climb the aircraft rose from 7,249 ft asl to 7,809 ft asl, gaining 559 ft in 1 minute while covering less than 1 nm, the climb beginning overhead KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport South Lake Tahoe.

The first cruise segment commenced 1 nm south of South Lake Tahoe, lasting 5 minutes and traversing 7 nm at level altitude.

A second climb began 5 nm south of KTVL, where the aircraft increased altitude from 8,040 ft asl to 8,637 ft asl, a gain of 597 ft in 2 minutes while covering 2 nm.

The following cruise leg started 5 nm south of KTVL, persisted for 3 minutes and covered 5 nm at a steady altitude.

The first descent was initiated 6 nm west of M45 Alpine County Markleeville, descending from 8,785 ft asl to 7,841 ft asl, a loss of 944 ft in 3 minutes over a distance of 5 nm.

A brief cruise then occurred 1 nm north-west of M45 Alpine County Markleeville, lasting 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.

The second descent started directly overhead M45 Alpine County Markleeville, dropping from 7,627 ft asl to 6,952 ft asl, a decrease of 675 ft in 2 minutes across 2 nm.

A final level cruise segment was logged overhead M45 Alpine County Markleeville, lasting 2 minutes and covering another 2 nm.

On final approach to runway 17 at M45 Alpine County the aircraft approached from the north on a heading of 184.0° at 1 nm and 433 ft agl, then descended from 609 ft agl to 44 ft agl in 79 seconds, meeting the stabilisation gate criteria.

Landing on runway 17 was completed with a threshold speed of 42 kt, slightly below the target, and a touchdown distance of 123 m. Touchdown speed was 38 kt, a little fast, and the vertical speed was minus 52 fpm. Alignment at touchdown was very good; the runway length is 1,352 m and the total landing roll measured 205 m, representing 15 % of the runway.

Rollout was noted as perfectly aligned with the runway centreline, confirming a clean exit from the landing phase.

In total the flight covered 28 nm, required 20 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 24 kg of fuel.

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