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44CA
Santa Barbara, United States
Runway 01
Elevation384 ft asl
Weight1,945 lbs
Fuel149 lbs
Wind328° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

91.17 %
CA97
Santa Barbara, United States
Runway 25
Elevation249 ft asl
Weight1,934 lbs
Fuel137 lbs
Wind290° · 1 kn · 1 kn cross
12 Feb 2024 0:11 6 nm PA28 Archer II 12 lbs
Departure Score
93.33 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
75.21 %

What went well

Touchdown 819 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 1.0 ft off the centreline, no bounce
1.05 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Rollout — Landing distance 1,422 ft at 35 %, Runway alignment max 17.2 ft at 87 %, −3.02 points
Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 4.9 ° at 0 %, Heading variation 1.4 ° at 37 %, −2.74 points
Arrival Landing — at 38 %, Landing and flare profile at 65 %, −2.20 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, 12 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 7 kn0 kn min to max 13 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 8 knmax 12 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.04 g 0.98 1.00 g
0 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °-4.6 ° min to max 8.7 ° 8.7 2.8 °
Info Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 7.5 ° 6.6 0.4 °

Events

Fail Taxi Light OFF should be ON
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Departure Roll 85.89Departure roll runway 01 at 44CA Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip. Takeoff distance 1,063 ft 50 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 54 kn. Local weather - Temperature 53 °F. Wind 1 kn at 327 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,063 ft50 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 54 knTarget 62 kn
79 % Runway alignment max 24.5 ft0.0 ft left to 24.5 ft right -3.2 -24.5 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 0.99 1.02 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.8 °0.8 ° min to max 6.5 ° 2.5 6.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.5 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Fail Strobe Light OFF should be ON
Departure Climb 1 96.18Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 01 44CA Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Heading variation 1.9 °1.8 ° min to max 2.2 ° 1.8 2.2 °
100 % Average speed 61 kn54 kn min to max 67 kn 54 67 kn
98 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 2.7 ° 0.0 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.13 g 1.04 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 344 ft/m286 ft/m min to max 474 ft/m 286 474 ft/m
Info Average altitude 18 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 42 ft agl 0 42 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.5 °7.0 ° min to max 9.2 ° 7.0 9.2 °
Departure Climb 2 95.75Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 01 44CA Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
88 % Heading variation 2.4 °0.2 ° min to max 3.0 ° 2.2 0.2 °
100 % Average speed 71 kn67 kn min to max 90 kn 67 90 kn
95 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 4.0 ° 1.7 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.84 g min to max 1.07 g 1.03 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 647 ft/m112 ft/m min to max 882 ft/m 481 797 ft/m
Info Average altitude 112 ft agl42 ft agl min to max 384 ft agl 42 384 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.1 °4.2 ° min to max 10.1 ° 9.3 7.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 178 ft agl · 74 kt
Departure Climb 3 98.84Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 01 44CA Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -2.2 °-4.0 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 114 kn91 kn min to max 120 kn 91 120 kn
94 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 4.2 ° 0.8 2.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.03 g 0.99 1.00 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 305 ft/m43 ft/m min to max 820 ft/m 797 346 ft/m
Info Average altitude 714 ft agl398 ft agl min to max 989 ft agl 398 989 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.8 °0.1 ° min to max 7.4 ° 7.2 2.1 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 4 miles east of CA97 Christy Airstrip Santa Barbara (California, United States) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 1,397 ft asl1,307 ft asl min to max 1,566 ft asl 1,385 1,360 ft asl
100 % Average speed 118 kn110 kn min to max 125 kn 120 111 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.7 °0.0 ° min to max 21.3 ° 3.3 4.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.08 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.2 °-2.4 ° min to max 2.9 ° 2.0 1.5 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile south east of CA97 Christy Airstrip Santa Barbara (California, United States). Climbing from 1,363 ft asl to 1,606 ft asl, an increase of 244 ft in 1 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 105 kn97 kn min to max 111 kn 111 97 kn
100 % Average bank angle 10.0 °4.0 ° min to max 14.5 ° 4.0 11.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.96 g min to max 1.18 g 1.00 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 440 ft/m82 ft/m min to max 1,012 ft/m 170 1,011 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,448 ft asl1,363 ft asl min to max 1,606 ft asl 1,363 1,606 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °1.0 ° min to max 4.6 ° 1.6 3.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 690 ft agl · 103 kt
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 1 mile south east of CA97 Christy Airstrip Santa Barbara (California, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 94 kn83 kn min to max 99 kn 96 83 kn
100 % Average bank angle 10.5 °1.6 ° min to max 19.0 ° 11.0 4.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.89 g min to max 1.09 g 0.94 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -687 ft/m-1,178 ft/m min to max 921 ft/m 921 -806 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,338 ft asl864 ft asl min to max 1,663 ft asl 1,621 864 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.1 °-6.2 ° min to max 3.0 ° 3.0 -3.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 575 ft agl · 99 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 545 ft agl · 92 kt
Arrival Final 1 67.08Approaching runway 25 at CA97 Christy Airstrip from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 601 ft agl to 63 ft agl. A decrease of 538 ft in 38 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 4.9 °3.8 ° min to max 5.9 °Target 3.0 ° 5.8 3.8 °
100 % Average speed 72 kn70 kn min to max 82 kn 82 70 kn
37 % Heading variation 1.4 °1.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° 2.1 1.0 °
98 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 3.8 ° 3.8 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -860 ft/m-902 ft/m min to max -747 ft/m -795 -901 ft/m
Info Average altitude 190 ft agl63 ft agl min to max 601 ft agl 601 63 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.4 °-3.4 ° min to max -1.4 ° -3.3 -2.4 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500550Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-280-210-140-70070140210280Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 73.56Landing on runway 25 at CA97 Christy Airstrip, runway length 1,559 ft. Threshold height at 59 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 70 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 70 kn. Target 70 kn
38 % Target 25 ft agl
65 % Landing and flare profile
78 % Heading variation 0.6 °0.2 ° min to max 1.0 ° 1.0 0.2 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.6 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.92 g min to max 1.16 g 1.00 0.92 g
Info Average speed 68 kn64 kn min to max 70 kn 70 64 kn
Info Average VSI -567 ft/m-901 ft/m min to max -183 ft/m -901 -185 ft/m
Info Average altitude 18 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 59 ft agl 59 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-2.4 ° min to max 3.3 ° -2.4 1.5 °
025050075001224354759Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft0250500750-40-32-24-16-80816243240Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 96.44Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway. Touchdown speed at 64 knwas fast. Touchdown rate was good at -185 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 55 °F. Wind 1 kn at 289 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Touchdown VSI was -185 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 816 ftTarget 1,020 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 64 knTarget 61 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 2.1 ft1.4 ft left 2.1 1.0 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.92 g min to max 1.05 g 0.92 1.02 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 63 kn63 kn min to max 64 kn 64 63 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °0.6 ° min to max 1.5 ° 1.5 1.4 °
Arrival Rollout 63.76Total landing distance 1,422 ft, 91 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
35 % Landing distance 1,422 ft91 % of runway.
87 % Runway alignment max 17.2 ft17.2 ft left to 0.0 ft left 0.9 17.2 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 1.02 1.01 g
Info Average speed 54 kn33 kn min to max 60 kn 60 33 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-0.5 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.6 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.2 0.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 20 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 20 kn5 kn min to max 60 kn 28 60 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 10.3 ° 0.0 10.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 2.7 ° 0.3 0.7 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 0.99 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 3 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 9 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 3 ft agl · 4 kt

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll808 ft · 38 %
100.00Liftoff speed54 kt
79.44Runway alignment24.5 ft R
OkBounce on takeoffNone
96.18Rate of climb344 ft/m

Landing

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

37.93Threshold height58 ft
100.00Threshold speed70 kt
78.40Centreline offset1.0 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 CA97 25

Past threshold100.00
819ft
Centreline100.00
1.0ft L
Speed100.00
63kt
Sink rate85.77
-185ft/m
Impact100.00
1.05G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 1,559 ft of the approach.

58 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 58 ft, down at 819 ft

Plan view — the full 1,559 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

1,000 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 819 ft past threshold CLEARED

The 819 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,360 ft of 1,559 ft · 87 %
Rollout distance51.83
541ft87 % used
Rollout alignment87.17
17.2ft L

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 01 at 44CA Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip in the PA28 Archer II
93.33 %
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
8 4 0
Pitch °
Info
9 2.5 -4
85.89 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 01 at 44CA Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip. Takeoff distance 1,063 ft 50 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 54 kn. Local weather - Temperature 53 °F. Wind 1 kn at 327 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 1,063 ft using 49.81 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
100 %
Liftoff speed was 54 kn - Target 60 kn
Alignment
79.44 %
0.0 ft left to 24.5 ft right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
0 %
Switched Off
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched Off
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
60 30 0
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
7 3.5 0
01,0002,000-40-30-20-10010203040 Runway Distance ft Runway Alignment to End of Runway ft
96.18 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 01 44CA Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip.
Alignment
86.44 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 60 50
Bank °
98.26 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
10 8 6
Climb Rate fpm
Info
500 200 -100
95.75 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 01 44CA Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip.
Alignment
88.12 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 80 60
Bank °
94.87 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
11 7.5 4
Climb Rate fpm
Info
900 450 0
98.84 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 01 44CA Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
130 110 90
Bank °
94.21 %
5 2.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
8 4 0
Climb Rate fpm
Info
900 400 -100
01,0002,000020406080100 Runway Distance ft Height at End of Runway ft
00.250.50.7511.251.51.7522.252.52.7533.253.53.7544.254.50100200300400500600700800900 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.250.50.7511.251.51.7522.252.52.7533.253.53.7544.254.5-200-160-120-80-4004080120160200 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment in (ft) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 25 at CA97 Christy Airstrip in the PA28 Archer II
Landing Score 75.21 %
67.08 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 25 at CA97 Christy Airstrip from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 601 ft agl to 63 ft agl. A decrease of 538 ft in 38 seconds.
Glideslope
0 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
37.2 %
Poor heading alignment
Glideslope °
0 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
82 76 70
Alignment
37.2 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
98.21 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-747 -873 -1,000
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450500550 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-280-210-140-70070140210280 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
73.56 %
Landing
Landing on runway 25 at CA97 Christy Airstrip, runway length 1,559 ft. Threshold height at 59 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 70 kn.
Height
37.93 %
Threshold height at 59 ft agl was slightly above target. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
100 %
Threshold speed was slightly above target at 70 kt. Target 65 kt
Flare
64.94 %
Fair landing flare
Centreline ft
78.4 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
70 65 60
Pitch °
Info
4 1 -2
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-183 -591 -1,000
025050075001224354759 Runway Distance ft Landing Height ft
0250500750-40-32-24-16-80816243240 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
96.44 %
Touchdown
Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway. Touchdown speed at 64 knwas fast. Touchdown rate was good at -185 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 55 °F. Wind 1 kn at 289 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
Touchdown
85.77 %
Touchdown rate was good at -187 ft/m.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 64 kt was fast. Target below 56 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown point was very long using more than 50% of available runway.
Alignment
100 %
Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.2 °
G
100 %
G 1.02 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
63.76 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 1,422 ft, 91 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
Distance
35.15 %
Landing distance 1,422 ft using 91.21 % of runway
Alignment
87.17 %
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
63 46 30
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
2 1 0
05001,000 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
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