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C53
Challis, United States
Runway 34
Elevation4,081 ft asl
Weight2,658 lbs
Fuel155 lbs
Wind225° · 3 kn · 2 kn cross

Flight Score

94.00 %
U54
Bernard, United States
Runway 36
Elevation3,625 ft asl
Weight2,635 lbs
Fuel132 lbs
Wind322° · 12 kn · 8 kn cross
1 May 2024 0:09 11 nm Wilga 80 23 lbs
Departure Score
88.18 %
Enroute Score
99.40 %
Arrival Score
92.90 %

What went well

Touchdown 207 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Airborne in 360 ft — 29 % of the runway
Held the centreline on the roll — 4.0 ft off at liftoff

What held you back

Departure Climb 2 — Heading variation 2.2 ° at 0 %, bank angle up to 5.8 ° at 90 %, −3.06 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touchdown VSI was -335 ft/m at 70 %, Speed at touchdown 52 kn at 84 %, −1.40 points
Arrival Final 1 — Approach angle 3.1 ° at 82 %, bank angle up to 7.1 ° at 89 %, −0.79 points

Next time

Smooth the climb

See Departure Climb 2

A good takeoff has a defined shape. It also has a defined end. For an airliner that's thrust reduction and acceleration, commonly somewhere around 1,000 to 1,500 ft above the airfield depending on the operator, while for a light aircraft it's established at Vy with the flaps on schedule. Most simmers have no defined end to their takeoff, which is exactly why it never gets judged.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 13 stages, 12 in the score

The flight story

The approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.

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 Roll 95.45Departure roll runway 34 at C53 Lower Loon Creek. Takeoff distance 0 ft 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 47 kn. Local weather - Temperature 40 °F. Wind 3 kn at 225 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 2 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 ft0 % of runway
77 % Liftoff speed was 47 knTarget 60 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 11.1 ft4.0 ft left to 7.1 ft right -7.1 4.0 ft
100 % Average g force 0.95 g0.90 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 0.96 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 9.1 °0.0 ° min to max 10.0 ° 10.0 8.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 4.0 ° 1.2 4.0 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 4,084 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 4,084 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 4,084 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 4,084 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 4,084 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 4,084 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 5 ft agl · 16 kt
Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl · 14 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl · 18 kt
Departure Climb 1 96.59Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 34 C53 Lower Loon Creek.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Heading variation -0.8 °-1.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.7 -0.0 °
100 % Average speed 55 kn47 kn min to max 61 kn 47 61 kn
88 % Average bank angle 5.3 °4.3 ° min to max 6.6 ° 4.3 4.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g0.96 g min to max 1.13 g 0.96 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 641 ft/m300 ft/m min to max 960 ft/m 300 960 ft/m
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 42 ft agl 0 42 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 13.9 °8.8 ° min to max 16.5 ° 8.8 16.5 °
Departure Climb 2 72.49Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 34 C53 Lower Loon Creek.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation 2.2 °0.1 ° min to max 10.4 ° 0.1 10.4 °
100 % Average speed 64 kn61 kn min to max 75 kn 61 75 kn
90 % Average bank angle 4.3 °2.9 ° min to max 5.8 ° 4.9 5.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.92 g min to max 1.07 g 1.07 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 1,158 ft/m894 ft/m min to max 1,275 ft/m 978 894 ft/m
Info Average altitude 107 ft agl43 ft agl min to max 321 ft agl 43 321 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 14.0 °6.1 ° min to max 16.5 ° 16.5 6.6 °
Enroute Climb 99.60Enroute climb started overhead C53 Lower Loon Creek Challis (Idaho, United States). Climbing from 4,431 ft asl to 5,070 ft asl, an increase of 639 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 95 kn76 kn min to max 124 kn 76 124 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.8 °0.0 ° min to max 10.4 ° 6.5 9.9 °
96 % Average g force 0.98 g0.68 g min to max 1.12 g 1.02 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 705 ft/m-1,258 ft/m min to max 1,634 ft/m 891 -1,258 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,861 ft asl4,431 ft asl min to max 5,153 ft asl 4,431 5,070 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °-9.1 ° min to max 7.0 ° 6.8 -9.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 579 ft agl · 89 kt
Enroute Descent 97.49Enroute descent started 1 mile north east of C53 Lower Loon Creek Challis (Idaho, United States). Descent from 5,045 ft asl to 4,541 ft asl, a decrease of 504 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 128 kn107 kn min to max 144 kn 127 129 kn
100 % Average bank angle 16.4 °0.4 ° min to max 37.3 ° 11.1 11.0 °
75 % Average g force 1.08 g0.81 g min to max 1.69 g 0.98 1.15 g
Info Average VSI -482 ft/m-2,766 ft/m min to max 1,788 ft/m -1,400 27 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,695 ft asl4,540 ft asl min to max 5,045 ft asl 5,045 4,541 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.1 °-13.8 ° min to max 10.9 ° -9.6 1.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 3 miles north east of C53 Lower Loon Creek Challis (Idaho, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 4,606 ft asl4,504 ft asl min to max 4,760 ft asl 4,547 4,592 ft asl
100 % Average speed 122 kn113 kn min to max 130 kn 128 127 kn
100 % Average bank angle 14.7 °0.2 ° min to max 34.3 ° 15.0 15.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.88 g min to max 1.21 g 1.17 1.06 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-4.3 ° min to max 4.5 ° 2.3 -2.8 °

Events

Info Engine 1 Stopped 612 ft agl · 138 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 612 ft agl · 138 kt
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 4 miles south of 12ID Flying B Ranch Landing Strip Salmon (Idaho, United States). Descent from 4,588 ft asl to 4,411 ft asl, a decrease of 178 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 126 kn122 kn min to max 130 kn 127 124 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.7 °0.2 ° min to max 14.3 ° 14.3 4.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.86 g min to max 1.10 g 0.96 1.05 g
Info Average VSI -360 ft/m-1,100 ft/m min to max 322 ft/m -214 -580 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,479 ft asl4,411 ft asl min to max 4,588 ft asl 4,588 4,411 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.4 °-4.4 ° min to max -1.1 ° -3.3 -2.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 99.31Enroute level cruise started 3 miles south of 12ID Flying B Ranch Landing Strip Salmon (Idaho, United States) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 4,311 ft asl4,259 ft asl min to max 4,403 ft asl 4,403 4,353 ft asl
100 % Average speed 123 kn114 kn min to max 128 kn 124 115 kn
100 % Average bank angle 10.8 °1.2 ° min to max 29.1 ° 5.3 18.0 °
93 % Average g force 1.05 g0.84 g min to max 1.37 g 1.02 0.84 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.2 °-3.4 ° min to max 3.6 ° -2.7 1.0 °
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles south of 12ID Flying B Ranch Landing Strip Salmon (Idaho, United States). Descent from 4,356 ft asl to 4,164 ft asl, a decrease of 192 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 118 kn115 kn min to max 123 kn 116 121 kn
100 % Average bank angle 19.6 °1.0 ° min to max 28.8 ° 24.1 9.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g0.92 g min to max 1.19 g 1.06 1.06 g
Info Average VSI -253 ft/m-743 ft/m min to max 284 ft/m 284 26 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,314 ft asl4,162 ft asl min to max 4,361 ft asl 4,356 4,164 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-3.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.3 1.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival 98.97Not counted in the flight scoreArrival started 2 miles south of 12ID Flying B Ranch Landing Strip Salmon (Idaho, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 109 kn70 kn min to max 124 kn 121 71 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.6 °0.0 ° min to max 19.4 ° 6.5 6.3 °
95 % Average g force 1.00 g0.75 g min to max 1.34 g 0.98 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -276 ft/m-1,346 ft/m min to max 467 ft/m 101 -807 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,105 ft asl3,790 ft asl min to max 4,218 ft asl 4,166 3,790 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.1 °-9.2 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.3 -1.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 487 ft agl · 118 kt
Arrival Final 1 92.92Approaching runway 36 at U54 Bernard USFS from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 154 ft agl to 24 ft agl. A decrease of 130 ft in 10 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
82 % Approach angle 3.1 °1.2 ° min to max 4.3 °Target 3.0 ° 4.3 1.2 °
100 % Average speed 65 kn58 kn min to max 70 kn 70 58 kn
94 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.6 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.6 -0.1 °
89 % Average bank angle 3.1 °0.0 ° min to max 7.1 ° 7.1 2.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.91 g min to max 1.15 g 1.06 1.15 g
Info Average VSI -827 ft/m-1,035 ft/m min to max -518 ft/m -714 -886 ft/m
Info Average altitude 90 ft agl24 ft agl min to max 154 ft agl 154 24 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-3.6 ° min to max 5.9 ° -1.1 5.9 °
00.250.50.751050100Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 98.40Landing on runway 36 at U54 Bernard USFS, runway length 1,882 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 58 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Threshold speed was well above target at 58 kn. Target 50 kn
100 % Landing and flare profile
99 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.5 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.5 °
97 % Average bank angle 2.6 °1.1 ° min to max 3.3 ° 2.5 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g1.01 g min to max 1.19 g 1.16 1.01 g
Info Average speed 55 kn52 kn min to max 58 kn 58 52 kn
Info Average VSI -575 ft/m-871 ft/m min to max -335 ft/m -871 -335 ft/m
Info Average altitude 5 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 13 ft agl 13 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.0 °6.4 ° min to max 10.4 ° 6.4 8.7 °
0499814819724607.6915233138Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft04998148197246-60-48-36-24-1201224364860Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 87.40Touchdown distance was good at 198 ft. Touchdown speed at 52 knwas fast. Touchdown rate was firm at -335 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 19 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 42 °F. Wind 12 kn at 322 °. Crosswind: 8 kn Headwind: 9 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
70 % Touchdown VSI was -335 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 198 ftTarget 1,127 ft
84 % Speed at touchdown 52 knTarget 44 kn
90 % Runway alignment max 19.0 ft17.8 ft right -15.6 -18.8 ft
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.1 ° min to max 1.9 ° 1.1 0.6 °
91 % Average g force 1.08 g0.91 g min to max 1.40 g 1.01 1.07 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 49 kn47 kn min to max 52 kn 52 47 kn
Info Average pitch angle 10.5 °8.6 ° min to max 11.4 ° 8.7 10.4 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 47 kt with 8.8° of pitch.

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.

90 kt6030020°10°0°LIFTOFF8.8° off16° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH01020 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 16 kt 9.6° 0 s
Liftoff168 ft 47 kt 8.8° 3.0 s
35 ft459 ft · 3.7 s after liftoff 60 kt 16.3° 6.7 s
End of the climb1,940 ft · 321 ft 75 kt 6.6° 22.8 s

Takeoff from C53 34

Takeoff roll100.00
360ft29 %
Liftoff speed77.27
47kt
Runway alignment100.00
7.1ft R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb96.59
640fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 321 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 578 ft of runway left; then climbing at 980 fpm on average to 321 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.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END3040KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 47 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 1,232 ft runway.

Rolled from 195 ft in, drifted right of the centreline, 5 ft at the widest, and lifted off 4 ft left. Airborne 29 % 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

5001,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 5.2 ft RROLL 195 FT INAirborne 363 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 363 ft of 1,232 ft · 29 %
Behind the start of the roll, 195 ftTakeoff roll, 168 ft Left ahead, 869 ft

The approach to U54 36

The final from 4 nm.

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

On the glideslope from 4 nm to 0.8 nm, then high to 0.3 nm (up to 250 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.

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, 1,000 ft 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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND665714532537519443
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

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 3,190 ft right of the centreline.

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 nmTHR1000 ft L01000 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND1902 ft R1809 ft R2646 ft R1935 ft R1529 ft R996 ft R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on U54 36

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
13ft
Threshold speed95.43
58kt
Centreline offset98.80
0.5ft R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
207ft
Centreline90.06
19.0ft R
Speed84.12
51kt
Touchdown rate69.98
-335fpm
Impact91.43
1.40G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 7° left of the track, wings level.

Wind 322° at 12 kt · 9 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.

Side view — the last 1,882 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 13 ft, 37 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 207 ft in, 793 ft short of the ideal 1,000 ft.

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 1,882 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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.

13 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −335 fpm · 8.7° nose up · 52 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 13 ft, down at 207 ft

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

The sink went from 700 fpm at 16 ft to 340 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.8° 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 UP0−500−1,0000°6°11°touchdown−335 fpm at touchdown8.7° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,882 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 19 ft right of the centreline.

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.

1,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 207 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 207 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 335 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 207 ft of 1,882 ft · 11 %
In the air over the runway, 207 ftRollout, 0 ft Left over, 1,675 ft

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