KALB to KSCH Flight Report - Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Flight from KALB to KSCH

Monday, 31 July 2023 09:51

Minutes 13

10 nm

Fuel 14 lbs

Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Departure

Runway 01 at KALB

Albany Intl

Albany, New York, United States

Altitude

230 ft asl

Weight

2,957 lbs

Fuel

479 lbs

Temperature

66 °F

Wind Speed

0 kt

Wind Direction

225.0 °

Headwind

0 kt

Crosswind

0 kt

Arrival

Runway 28 at KSCH

Schenectady County

Schenectady New York, United States

335 ft asl

Altitude

2,943 lbs

Weight

465 lbs

Fuel

65 °F

Temperature

4 kt

Wind Speed

220.0 °

Wind Direction

3 kt

Headwind

2 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 94.18%

Departure Score 94.13%

Enroute Score 100.00%

Arrival Score 84.53%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

95.24 %

Touchdown

94.33 %

Approach & flare

Threshold height

91.71 %

Threshold height at 59 ft agl was slightly above target.

Threshold speed

100 %

Threshold speed was good at 76 kt.

Flare

98.93 %

Excellent landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

94.59 %

Touchdown rate was smooth at -101 ft/m.

Impact

70.29 %

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 47 kt was good.

Aim point

86.77 %

Touchdown point was 452 ft beyond the touchdown zone.

Centreline

94.47 %

Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 10 ft from centreline.

Bounce

100 %

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Flight Stages KALB to KSCH

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Departure Taxi

100 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 11 minutes and covered 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 7 kn 0 kn min to max 12 kn	0		12 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 8 kn max 12 kn	0		0 kn
100 %	Average g force 0.97 g 0.83 g min to max 1.12 g	1.00		0.94 g
100 %	Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info	Average pitch angle 4.2 ° 2.3 ° min to max 4.9 °	4.3		4.0 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.3 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.8 °	0.3		0.0 °
Info	Battery Master On at 09:51:20
Info	Engine 1 Started at 09:51:20
Info	Landing Gear Down at 09:51:20
Info	Parking Brake On at 09:51:20
Info	Beacon Lights Switched On at 09:51:47
Info	Parking Brake Off at 09:57:08
Info	Parking Brake On at 09:59:18
Info	Parking Brake Off at 10:01:59
Info	Taxi Lights Switched On at 10:02:16
Info	Landing Lights Switched On at 10:02:17
Info	Strobe Lights Switched On at 10:02:19
Info	Navigation Light OFF should be ON at 09:58:14

Departure Roll

87.27 %

Departure roll runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl. Takeoff distance 7,939 ft 93 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 84 kn. Local weather - Temperature 66 °F. Wind 0 kn at 225 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 0 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
26.75 %	Takeoff distance 7,939 ft 93 % of runway
83.26 %	Liftoff speed was 84 kn Target 70 kn
74.24 %	Runway alignment max 31.2 ft 29.5 ft left to 1.8 ft right	-0.5		29.5 ft
57.71 %	Average g force 0.43 g 0.01 g min to max 1.03 g	0.98		0.01 g
100 %	Takeoff Bounce
Info	Average pitch angle 3.5 ° 2.5 ° min to max 4.4 °	3.0		3.0 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 1.2 °	0.2		1.1 °
Info	Taxi Light ON should OFF at 10:03:18

Departure Climb 1

98.68 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 01 KALB Albany Intl.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
96.44 %	Heading variation -1.0 ° -1.3 ° min to max -0.7 °	-0.7		-1.3 °
100 %	Average speed 90 kn 85 kn min to max 92 kn	85		92 kn
98.26 %	Average bank angle 1.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.7 °	1.2		1.5 °
100 %	Average g force 0.96 g 0.80 g min to max 1.18 g	0.96		0.87 g
Info	Average VSI 310 ft/m 181 ft/m min to max 567 ft/m	239		567 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 16 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 42 ft agl	0		42 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 5.3 ° 3.1 ° min to max 7.6 °	3.1		6.8 °

Departure Climb 2

90.49 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
78.25 %	Heading variation -1.4 ° -3.7 ° min to max -0.8 °	-1.3		-3.7 °
100 %	Average speed 94 kn 88 kn min to max 100 kn	92		94 kn
83.71 %	Average bank angle 2.6 ° 0.0 ° min to max 8.2 °	1.7		0.2 °
100 %	Average g force 0.91 g 0.83 g min to max 1.00 g	0.89		0.97 g
Info	Average VSI 374 ft/m 49 ft/m min to max 1,162 ft/m	571		507 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 128 ft agl 50 ft agl min to max 398 ft agl	50		398 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 5.0 ° 3.6 ° min to max 9.9 °	6.8		7.0 °

Departure Climb 3

94.2 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
89.5 %	Heading variation -4.2 ° -4.6 ° min to max -3.9 °	-3.9		-4.6 °
100 %	Average speed 88 kn 85 kn min to max 93 kn	93		85 kn
81.5 %	Average bank angle 4.1 ° 0.3 ° min to max 9.0 °	0.3		9.0 °
100 %	Average g force 0.91 g 0.88 g min to max 0.96 g	0.96		0.88 g
100 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 705 ft/m 558 ft/m min to max 800 ft/m	602		558 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 462 ft agl 402 ft agl min to max 511 ft agl	402		511 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.6 ° 6.0 ° min to max 8.5 °	7.5		6.0 °

Enroute Climb

100 %

Enroute climb started 1 mile east of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States). Climbing from 806 ft asl to 993 ft asl, an increase of 187 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Climb speed 86 kn 76 kn min to max 93 kn Target 90 kn	86		82 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.8 ° 0.1 ° min to max 8.6 °	5.7		0.6 °
100 %	Average g force 0.92 g 0.83 g min to max 1.06 g	0.89		0.90 g
Info	Average VSI 354 ft/m -384 ft/m min to max 1,142 ft/m	432		-384 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 884 ft asl 806 ft asl min to max 1,009 ft asl	806		993 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 5.8 ° 1.0 ° min to max 11.5 °	5.3		1.0 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 3 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 1,105 ft asl 940 ft asl min to max 1,201 ft asl	984		1,133 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 89 kn 83 kn min to max 97 kn	91		86 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.1 ° 0.0 ° min to max 8.2 °	0.8		8.2 °
100 %	Average g force 0.94 g 0.86 g min to max 1.04 g	0.91		0.93 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 4.0 ° 0.1 ° min to max 9.7 °	0.6		0.1 °
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 10:06:02
Info	Flaps Position 6 at 10:07:04

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 2 miles north of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States). Descent from 1,129 ft asl to 793 ft asl, a decrease of 336 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 87 kn 84 kn min to max 89 kn	84		89 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 5.3 ° 0.1 ° min to max 15.7 °	8.1		15.7 °
100 %	Average g force 0.94 g 0.90 g min to max 0.98 g	0.93		0.97 g
Info	Average VSI -328 ft/m -533 ft/m min to max -124 ft/m	-196		-271 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 959 ft asl 793 ft asl min to max 1,129 ft asl	1,129		793 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.3 ° -1.0 ° min to max 2.0 °	-0.2		-0.2 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Arrival

100 %

Arrival started 2 miles north of Niskayuna (Schenectady County, New York, United States).

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 79 kn 73 kn min to max 85 kn	84		76 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 4.7 ° 0.2 ° min to max 18.9 °	16.7		0.6 °
100 %	Average g force 0.94 g 0.88 g min to max 1.01 g	0.99		0.91 g
Info	Average VSI -125 ft/m -405 ft/m min to max 284 ft/m	-249		-317 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 752 ft asl 682 ft asl min to max 804 ft asl	789		682 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 1.8 ° -0.2 ° min to max 4.3 °	0.4		0.6 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0

Arrival Final 1

64.01 %

Approaching runway 28 at KSCH Schenectady County from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 352 ft agl to 62 ft agl. A decrease of 289 ft in 37 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Approach angle 3.9 ° 3.4 ° min to max 4.6 ° Target 3.0 °	3.4		3.7 °
100 %	Average speed 76 kn 74 kn min to max 77 kn	76		76 kn
75 %	Heading variation 0.4 ° -0.9 ° min to max 0.6 °	-0.9		0.6 °
95.05 %	Average bank angle 1.9 ° 0.2 ° min to max 4.8 °	3.9		0.2 °
100 %	Average g force 0.93 g 0.86 g min to max 1.04 g	0.94		1.00 g
Info	Average VSI -538 ft/m -850 ft/m min to max -78 ft/m	-334		-654 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 167 ft agl 62 ft agl min to max 352 ft agl	352		62 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -1.1 ° -3.7 ° min to max 2.2 °	0.6		-0.9 °
Info	Flaps Position 9 at 10:09:27
Info	Gear not down at 10:09:15

Arrival Landing

95.24 %

Landing on runway 28 at KSCH Schenectady County, runway length 4,635 ft. Threshold height at 59 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was good at 76 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Threshold speed was good at 76 kn. Target 70 kn
91.71 %	Target 50 ft agl
98.93 %	Landing and flare profile
81.07 %	Heading variation 0.5 ° 0.2 ° min to max 0.7 °	0.6		0.2 °
96.21 %	Average bank angle 1.4 ° 0.0 ° min to max 3.4 °	0.2		0.7 °
97.14 %	Average g force 0.95 g 0.70 g min to max 1.17 g	0.99		0.94 g
Info	Average speed 63 kn 47 kn min to max 76 kn	76		47 kn
Info	Average VSI -245 ft/m -649 ft/m min to max -2 ft/m	-649		-101 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 18 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 59 ft agl	59		0 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 3.8 ° -1.2 ° min to max 10.0 °	-0.9		10.0 °

Arrival Touchdown

94.33 %

Touchdown point was 452 ft beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 47 kn was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -101 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 10 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 66 °F. Wind 4 kn at 219 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 3 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
94.59 %	Touchdown VSI was -101 ft/m.
86.77 %	Touchdown distance was 1,897 ft Target 1,500 ft
100 %	Speed at touchdown 47 kn Target 55 kn
94.47 %	Runway alignment max 10.2 ft 9.0 ft left	10.2		7.7 ft
100 %	Average bank angle 0.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 0.7 °	0.7		0.1 °
70.29 %	Average g force 0.56 g 0.23 g min to max 0.95 g	0.94		0.23 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 46 kn 45 kn min to max 47 kn	47		45 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 9.7 ° 9.5 ° min to max 10.0 °	10.0		9.6 °
Info	Stall Warning Activated at 10:10:06

Takeoff on runway 01 at KALB Albany Intl in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

94.13 %

100 %

Taxi

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 11 minutes and covered 1 nm.

Taxi Lights

100 %

Switched On

Ground Speed kt

100 %

Turn Speed

100 %

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

87.27 %

Takeoff Roll

Takeoff Distance

100 %

Roll distance of 7,939 ft using 93.31 % of runway

Liftoff Speed

83.26 %

Liftoff speed was 84 kn - Target 75 kn

Alignment

74.24 %

29.5 ft left to 1.8 ft right

Bounce

100 %

No Bounce Detected

Strobe Lights

100 %

Switched On

Landing Lights

100 %

Switched On

57.71 %

IAS kt

Info

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

98.68 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 01 KALB Albany Intl.

Alignment

96.44 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

98.26 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

90.49 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.

Alignment

78.25 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

83.71 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

94.2 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 01 KALB Albany Intl.

Alignment

89.5 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

81.5 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 28 at KSCH Schenectady County in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Landing Score 84.53 %

64.01 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 28 at KSCH Schenectady County from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 352 ft agl to 62 ft agl. A decrease of 289 ft in 37 seconds.

Glideslope

0 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

75 %

Good heading alignment

Glideslope °

0 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

75 %

Bank °

95.05 %

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

95.24 %

Landing

Landing on runway 28 at KSCH Schenectady County, runway length 4,635 ft. Threshold height at 59 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was good at 76 kn.

Height

91.71 %

Threshold height at 59 ft agl was slightly above target. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

100 %

Threshold speed was good at 76 kt. Target 76 kt

Flare

98.93 %

Excellent landing flare

Centreline ft

81.07 %

Bank °