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KPVF
Placerville, United States
Runway 05
Elevation2,579 ft asl
Weight2,169 lbs
Fuel282 lbs
Wind90° · 7 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

89.94 %
KPVF
Placerville, United States
Runway 05
Elevation2,579 ft asl
Weight2,161 lbs
Fuel275 lbs
21 Aug 2023 0:07 7 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 7 lbs
Departure Score
85.73 %
Enroute Score
97.24 %
Arrival Score
86.84 %

What went well

Touched down at -101 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 1,240 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 4.8 ft off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Departure Taxi — beacon light off should be on, then taxi light off should be on; peak taxi speed 55 kt at 0 %, g force 0.23 to 0.26 g at 70 %, −2.86 points
Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 60 %, Threshold speed was a little below target at 63 kn. at 74 %, −1.99 points
Departure Climb 3 — gear not retracted; Landing gear up at 0 %, bank angle up to 15.2 ° at 65 %, −1.13 points

Top opportunity

Monitor your taxi speed

Departure Taxi

Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.

Read more in How to Taxi Anywhere

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 57.03Taxiing from the parking to the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Average speed 55 kn54 kn min to max 55 kn 54 55 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 knmax 0 kn 0 0 kn
70 % Average g force 0.25 g0.23 g min to max 0.26 g 0.23 0.26 g
100 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °2.2 ° min to max 3.1 ° 2.2 3.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.2 °

Events

Fail Beacon Light OFF should be ON
Fail Taxi Light OFF should be ON
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 59 kt
Departure Roll 89.28Departure roll runway 05 at KPVF Placerville. Takeoff distance 0 ft 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 60 kn. Local weather - Temperature 66 °F. Wind 7 kn at 89 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 6 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 ft0 % of runway
67 % Liftoff speed was 60 knTarget 70 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 1.4 ft0.3 ft left to 1.1 ft right -1.1 -0.6 ft
58 % Average g force 0.14 g0.02 g min to max 0.27 g 0.26 0.02 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °3.2 ° min to max 4.4 ° 3.2 4.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.2 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.2 1.4 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 64 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 64 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 64 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05 KPVF Placerville.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 67 kn61 kn min to max 71 kn 61 69 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.3 1.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.88 g min to max 1.15 g 1.03 0.90 g
Info Average VSI 496 ft/m286 ft/m min to max 657 ft/m 286 657 ft/m
Info Average altitude 16 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 43 ft agl 0 43 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.0 °4.3 ° min to max 10.1 ° 4.3 10.1 °
Departure Climb 2 99.26Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05 KPVF Placerville.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average speed 70 kn64 kn min to max 71 kn 69 66 kn
97 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.1 ° min to max 3.1 ° 1.6 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.89 g0.80 g min to max 0.93 g 0.90 0.87 g
Info Average VSI 863 ft/m665 ft/m min to max 1,170 ft/m 665 952 ft/m
Info Average altitude 127 ft agl48 ft agl min to max 391 ft agl 48 391 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.6 °10.1 ° min to max 13.8 ° 10.1 11.7 °
Departure Climb 3 83.08Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 05 KPVF Placerville.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.7 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 -0.7 °
100 % Average speed 66 kn64 kn min to max 67 kn 66 65 kn
65 % Average bank angle 5.2 °0.2 ° min to max 15.2 ° 0.6 15.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.86 g0.83 g min to max 0.88 g 0.88 0.88 g
0 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 941 ft/m696 ft/m min to max 1,077 ft/m 978 696 ft/m
Info Average altitude 495 ft agl404 ft agl min to max 575 ft agl 404 575 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.7 °9.9 ° min to max 12.4 ° 11.9 9.9 °

Events

Fail Gear Not Retracted
Enroute Climb 88.96Enroute climb started overhead KPVF Placerville Placerville (California, United States). Climbing from 3,168 ft asl to 4,412 ft asl, an increase of 1,243 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
72 % Climb speed 74 kn59 kn min to max 88 knTarget 90 kn 65 76 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.3 °0.1 ° min to max 22.1 ° 16.6 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.90 g0.79 g min to max 0.98 g 0.92 0.85 g
Info Average VSI 912 ft/m229 ft/m min to max 1,698 ft/m 639 229 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,776 ft asl3,168 ft asl min to max 4,412 ft asl 3,168 4,412 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 9.3 °3.7 ° min to max 14.5 ° 9.9 3.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 1,062 ft agl · 70 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north east of Placerville (El Dorado County, California, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 4,534 ft asl4,457 ft asl min to max 4,625 ft asl 4,465 4,457 ft asl
100 % Average speed 76 kn65 kn min to max 82 kn 79 82 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.1 ° min to max 4.6 ° 1.7 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.89 g0.77 g min to max 0.97 g 0.97 0.92 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.9 °-1.0 ° min to max 10.6 ° 10.6 -1.0 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Placerville (El Dorado County, California, United States). Descent from 4,319 ft asl to 3,256 ft asl, a decrease of 1,063 ft in 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 78 kn71 kn min to max 85 kn 82 72 kn
100 % Average bank angle 7.0 °0.1 ° min to max 16.1 ° 0.7 9.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.90 g0.77 g min to max 1.02 g 0.90 0.88 g
Info Average VSI -636 ft/m-1,066 ft/m min to max -225 ft/m -1,066 -225 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,580 ft asl3,256 ft asl min to max 4,319 ft asl 4,319 3,256 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-3.7 ° min to max 2.5 ° -3.7 2.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 1,811 ft agl · 95 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Diamond Springs (El Dorado County, California, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,212 ft asl3,175 ft asl min to max 3,260 ft asl 3,254 3,175 ft asl
100 % Average speed 65 kn58 kn min to max 73 kn 72 73 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.3 °0.0 ° min to max 19.7 ° 12.4 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.89 g0.82 g min to max 0.99 g 0.96 0.90 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.8 °2.6 ° min to max 5.5 ° 3.4 2.8 °
Arrival Final 2 87.10Approaching runway 05 at KPVF Placerville from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 595 ft agl to 417 ft agl. A decrease of 178 ft in 31 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
57 % Approach angle 3.6 °3.2 ° min to max 3.9 °Target 3.0 ° 3.2 3.9 °
100 % Average speed 74 kn72 kn min to max 76 kn 73 75 kn
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.4 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.88 g0.83 g min to max 0.91 g 0.84 0.90 g
Info Average VSI -310 ft/m-466 ft/m min to max -50 ft/m -50 -452 ft/m
Info Average altitude 522 ft agl417 ft agl min to max 595 ft agl 595 417 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-1.1 ° min to max 2.7 ° 2.7 -0.6 °
11.251.51.752350400450500550600650Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-160-120-80-4004080120160Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 87.16Approaching runway 05 at KPVF Placerville from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 410 ft agl to 35 ft agl. A decrease of 374 ft in 39 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
36 % Approach angle 3.0 °2.2 ° min to max 4.0 °Target 3.0 ° 4.0 2.2 °
100 % Average speed 67 kn64 kn min to max 76 kn 74 64 kn
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.1 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.81 g min to max 0.98 g 0.89 0.89 g
Info Average VSI -597 ft/m-805 ft/m min to max -417 ft/m -438 -443 ft/m
Info Average altitude 134 ft agl35 ft agl min to max 410 ft agl 410 35 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-3.9 ° min to max 0.5 ° -0.5 0.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 6 704 ft agl · 85 kt
Info Flaps Position 9 652 ft agl · 82 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-110-83-55-280285583110Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 76.06Landing on runway 05 at KPVF Placerville, runway length 3,893 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 63 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
74 % Threshold speed was a little below target at 63 kn. Target 70 kn
70 % Target 50 ft agl
60 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.6 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.95 g0.79 g min to max 1.08 g 0.91 1.01 g
Info Average speed 56 kn49 kn min to max 63 kn 63 49 kn
Info Average VSI -182 ft/m-438 ft/m min to max 17 ft/m -438 -91 ft/m
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 32 ft agl 32 1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °0.2 ° min to max 4.9 ° 0.5 3.0 °
02505007501,0001,2501,50001223354658Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,500-50-40-30-20-1001020304050Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 97.04Touchdown distance was good at 1,234 ft. Touchdown speed at 49 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -91 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 65 °F. Wind 5 kn at 89 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Headwind: 5 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Touchdown VSI was -91 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,234 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 49 knTarget 55 kn
99 % Runway alignment max 6.1 ft5.5 ft left 6.1 4.8 ft
92 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.1 1.2 °
74 % Average g force 0.66 g0.30 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 0.30 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 49 kn48 kn min to max 49 kn 49 48 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °3.0 ° min to max 5.4 ° 3.0 5.4 °

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll1,320 ft · 34 %
67.26Liftoff speed60 kt
100.00Runway alignment1.1 ft R
OkBounce on takeoffNone
100.00Rate of climb496 fpm

Landing

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

70.38Threshold height31 ft
74.27Threshold speed63 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.2 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 KPVF 05

Past threshold100.00
1,240ft
Centreline98.85
4.8ft L
Speed100.00
49kt
Touchdown rate95.69
-101fpm
Impact74.29
1.01G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 3,893 ft of the approach.

31 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 31 ft, down at 1,240 ft

Plan view — the full 3,893 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

1,0002,0003,000 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,240 ft past threshold CLEARED

The 1,240 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.01 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 1,240 ft of 3,893 ft · 32 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 05 at KPVF Placerville in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
85.73 %
57.03 %
Taxi
Taxiing from the parking to the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
Taxi Lights
0 %
Switched Off
Ground Speed kt
0 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
70.29 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
4 3 2
89.28 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 05 at KPVF Placerville. Takeoff distance 0 ft 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 60 kn. Local weather - Temperature 66 °F. Wind 7 kn at 89 °. Crosswind: 3 kn Headwind: 6 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 0 ft using 0 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
67.26 %
Liftoff speed was 60 kn - Target 75 kn
Alignment
100 %
0.3 ft left to 1.1 ft right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched Off
G
58.29 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
70 55 40
Bank °
Info
2 1 0
Pitch °
Info
5 4 3
01,0002,0003,000-50-40-30-20-1001020304050 Runway Distance ft Runway Alignment to End of Runway ft
100 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05 KPVF Placerville.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 70 60
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
11 7.5 4
Climb Rate fpm
Info
700 300 -100
99.26 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05 KPVF Placerville.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 70 60
Bank °
97.03 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
14 12 10
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,200 850 500
83.08 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 05 KPVF Placerville.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 65 60
Bank °
65.39 %
16 8 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
13 11 9
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,100 800 500
01,0002,0003,000058116174232290 Runway Distance ft Height at End of Runway ft
00.250.50.750100200300400500 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 05 at KPVF Placerville in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
Landing Score 86.75 %
87.1 %
Final 2
Approaching runway 05 at KPVF Placerville from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 595 ft agl to 417 ft agl. A decrease of 178 ft in 31 seconds.
Glideslope
56.99 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
56.99 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
76 73 70
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-50 -275 -500
11.251.51.752350400450500550600650 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
11.251.51.752-160-120-80-4004080120160 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
87.16 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 05 at KPVF Placerville from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 410 ft agl to 35 ft agl. A decrease of 374 ft in 39 seconds.
Glideslope
35.79 %
Poor descent path above glideslope limit
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
35.79 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
76 68 60
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-417 -659 -900
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-110-83-55-280285583110 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
76.06 %
Landing
Landing on runway 05 at KPVF Placerville, runway length 3,893 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 63 kn.
Height
70.38 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
74.27 %
Threshold speed was a little below target at 63 kt. Target 76 kt
Flare
59.6 %
Poor landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
63 52 40
Pitch °
Info
5 2.5 0
Descent Rate fpm
Info
17 -242 -500
02505007501,0001,2501,50001223354658 Runway Distance ft Landing Height ft
02505007501,0001,2501,500-50-40-30-20-1001020304050 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
97.04 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 1,234 ft. Touchdown speed at 49 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -91 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 65 °F. Wind 5 kn at 89 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Headwind: 5 kn.
Touchdown
95.69 %
Touchdown rate was smooth at -101 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 49 kt was good. Target below 51 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 1,234 ft.
Alignment
98.85 %
Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Bank
91.5 %
Bank angle 0.6 °
G
74.29 %
G 0.66 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
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