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LSZS
Samedan, Switzerland
Runway 03
Elevation0 ft asl
Fuel67 kg

Flight Score

78.77 %
LSZS
Samedan, Switzerland
Runway 03
Elevation5,587 ft asl
Weight1,146 kg
Fuel65 kg
24 Apr 2023 0:04 3 nm Wilga 35 2 kg
Departure Score
90.41 %
Pattern Score
63.58 %
Arrival Score
82.31 %

What went well

Touched down at -131 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 232 m in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 1.39 m off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Pattern Crosswind — Heading -46.9 ° at 0 %, g force 0.11 to 0.28 g at 63 %, −4.05 points
Pattern Base Leg Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 14.4 ° at 0 %, g force 0.13 to 0.54 g at 65 %, −3.35 points
Pattern Downwind — Average altitude 723 ft agl at 50 %, Heading 11.7 ° at 55 %, −2.67 points
Arrival Touchdown — bank angle up to 3.2 ° at 0 %, Speed at touchdown 53 kn at 67 %, −1.28 points

Next time

Shorten the long landing

See Arrival Touchdown

Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.

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Start to finish · 11 stages, 10 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 Climb 1 94.71Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 03 LSZS Samedan.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Heading variation 0.4 °-0.3 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.0 1.1 °
100 % Average speed 61 kn52 kn min to max 68 kn 52 67 kn
96 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.2 ° min to max 3.5 ° 0.5 1.4 °
61 % Average g force 0.16 g0.06 g min to max 0.28 g 0.28 0.09 g
Info Average VSI 524 ft/m361 ft/m min to max 569 ft/m 361 528 ft/m
Info Average altitude 12 ft agl-1 ft agl min to max 45 ft agl -1 45 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.9 °3.1 ° min to max 13.8 ° 3.1 13.7 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 5 ft agl · 56 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 5 ft agl · 56 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 5 ft agl · 56 kt
Departure Climb 2 86.11Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 LSZS Samedan.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 69 kn65 kn min to max 76 kn 67 76 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.2 ° min to max 3.7 ° 1.2 2.6 °
61 % Average g force 0.15 g0.07 g min to max 0.30 g 0.09 0.21 g
Info Average VSI 557 ft/m222 ft/m min to max 931 ft/m 526 222 ft/m
Info Average altitude 99 ft agl59 ft agl min to max 235 ft agl 59 235 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.4 °5.6 ° min to max 16.4 ° 14.0 5.6 °
Pattern Entry 75.24Left hand pattern entry from runway 03 LSZS Samedan. Distance was less than 1 nm in 23 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
53 % Climb speed 76 kn70 kn min to max 86 knTarget 60 kn 78 70 kn
100 % Average bank angle 24.8 °4.7 ° min to max 38.1 ° 15.6 36.7 °
62 % Average g force 0.17 g0.09 g min to max 0.28 g 0.12 0.14 g
Info Average VSI 774 ft/m-316 ft/m min to max 1,558 ft/m 203 978 ft/m
Info Average altitude 377 ft agl222 ft agl min to max 548 ft agl 238 548 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.7 °1.7 ° min to max 16.6 ° 6.4 13.4 °
Pattern Crosswind 51.34Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 03 LSZS Samedan. Distance was less than 1 nm in 22 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -46.9 °-76.2 ° min to max 10.1 ° 10.1 -75.5 °
100 % Average speed 73 kn70 kn min to max 76 kn 70 76 kn
63 % Average g force 0.19 g0.11 g min to max 0.28 g 0.15 0.20 g
Info Average VSI 402 ft/m-161 ft/m min to max 900 ft/m 870 -6 ft/m
Info Average altitude 647 ft agl562 ft agl min to max 690 ft agl 562 689 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 17.4 °0.2 ° min to max 35.8 ° 35.8 0.6 °
Info Average pitch angle 8.1 °3.4 ° min to max 14.6 ° 11.3 5.6 °
Pattern Downwind 68.00Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 55 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
55 % Heading 11.7 °-28.3 ° min to max 17.3 ° 15.3 -28.3 °
50 % Average altitude 723 ft agl670 ft agl min to max 762 ft agl 689 671 ft agl
100 % Average speed 78 kn71 kn min to max 87 kn 76 85 kn
66 % Average g force 0.25 g0.15 g min to max 0.35 g 0.20 0.24 g
Info Average VSI -7 ft/m-897 ft/m min to max 550 ft/m 9 -632 ft/m
Info Average bank angle 6.3 °0.0 ° min to max 42.0 ° 0.6 38.1 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.5 °-2.7 ° min to max 9.6 ° 6.4 1.1 °
Pattern Base Leg Turn 59.74Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 14.4 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 14.4 °.
100 % Average speed 68 kn58 kn min to max 83 kn 83 61 kn
78 % Average bank angle 14.8 °1.0 ° min to max 36.0 ° 36.0 8.5 °
65 % Average g force 0.33 g0.13 g min to max 0.54 g 0.19 0.50 g
Info Average VSI -633 ft/m-941 ft/m min to max 161 ft/m -712 -855 ft/m
Info Average altitude 491 ft agl290 ft agl min to max 658 ft agl 658 290 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-5.8 ° min to max 7.7 ° 2.3 -5.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 555 ft agl · 80 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 434 ft agl · 76 kt
Arrival Final 1 83.67Approaching runway 03 at LSZS Samedan from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 275 ft agl to 36 ft agl. A decrease of 239 ft in 20 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
57 % Approach angle 2.6 °1.8 ° min to max 4.9 °Target 3.0 ° 4.9 1.8 °
100 % Average speed 55 kn52 kn min to max 62 kn 62 52 kn
90 % Heading variation 0.3 °0.2 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.4 0.2 °
84 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 8.3 ° 7.1 1.7 °
77 % Average g force 0.40 g0.34 g min to max 0.54 g 0.52 0.37 g
Info Average VSI -505 ft/m-975 ft/m min to max -284 ft/m -869 -284 ft/m
Info Average altitude 75 ft agl36 ft agl min to max 275 ft agl 275 36 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-6.4 ° min to max 3.9 ° -5.6 3.0 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-30-23-15-7.507.5152330Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 69.93Landing on runway 03 at LSZS Samedan, runway length 1,732 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 52 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 52 kn. Target 50 kn
30 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 1.9 ° 1.7 1.8 °
76 % Average g force 0.38 g0.33 g min to max 0.43 g 0.37 0.41 g
Info Average speed 52 kn50 kn min to max 53 kn 52 53 kn
Info Average VSI -184 ft/m-295 ft/m min to max -67 ft/m -280 -130 ft/m
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 24 ft agl 24 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.7 °2.0 ° min to max 5.2 ° 2.9 3.6 °
07515022501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 84.61Touchdown distance was good at 227 m. Touchdown speed at 53 knwas fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -131 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 19 °C. Wind 1 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
92 % Touchdown VSI was -131 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 227 mTarget 457 m
67 % Speed at touchdown 53 knTarget 44 kn
95 % Runway alignment max 4.22 m1.00 m left 2.83 -1.39 m
0 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 3.2 ° 1.7 2.8 °
79 % Average g force 0.42 g0.39 g min to max 0.44 g 0.41 0.41 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 52 kn50 kn min to max 53 kn 53 50 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °2.6 ° min to max 5.9 ° 3.6 4.4 °
Arrival Rollout 91.04Total landing distance 467 m, 27 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 467 m27 % of runway.
88 % Runway alignment max 6.85 m5.12 m left to 1.73 m right -1.73 4.60 m
66 % Average g force 0.27 g0.16 g min to max 0.39 g 0.39 0.16 g
Info Average speed 44 kn32 kn min to max 52 kn 52 32 kn
Info Average pitch angle 7.1 °5.0 ° min to max 9.0 ° 5.0 9.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.1 1.2 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 36 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 39 kn13 kn min to max 57 kn 25 15 kn
Info Average pitch angle 6.3 °1.4 ° min to max 9.3 ° 9.1 9.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 3.2 ° 1.0 0.1 °
Info Average g force 0.22 g0.04 g min to max 0.44 g 0.10 0.04 g

Takeoff

94.71Rate of climb523 fpm

The circuit to LSZS 03

Left-hand, 1,000 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 0.8 nm out at 80 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING13crosswinddownwind90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,000 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft38°136°3distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
501 ft
Bank
38°
Speed
70 kt

Speed: 76 kt on average lost marks on the entry.

The metric that matters across a circuit session is scatter, not score. Five landings at 180 to 220 fpm is better flying than one 90 fpm greaser sitting among four 400 fpm arrivals, because consistency is what professional flight-data monitoring actually looks for, and consistency only exists across many flights.

Read more in Pattern Work
2Downwind
Height
723 ft
Speed
78 kt
Out
0.4 nm 0.8 suits 80 kt

Low on downwind: 723 ft against 1,000 ft, 277 ft below.

Descending on downwind. Power comes back abeam, the aircraft isn't re-trimmed, your eyes are outside judging the turn point, and 100 ft leaks away before base. Shows up as a low gate 2, and everything after it is a scramble.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
14° target 45°
Bank
36°
Height
658 ft

Rough: the G force varied more than a smooth turn and leg would.

Bank angle in the pattern is conventionally kept to 20 to 30 degrees, and the base-to-final turn is where that convention earns its keep. Stall speed rises with bank because the wing must produce more lift in a turn. Roughly 7 per cent higher at 30 degrees, about 19 per cent at 45, and around 40 per cent at 60. At 65 kt on base you don't have much margin to spend steepening a turn to salvage an overshoot.

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Entry75Crosswind51Downwind68Base turn60

The approach to LSZS 03

The final from 4 nm.

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

High from 0.6 nm, where the final began, to 0.4 nm (up to 220 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, 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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND390
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 240 m left of the centreline at 0.6 nm.

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° BAND108 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on LSZS 03

Over the threshold

Threshold height54.24
24ft
Threshold speed100.00
52kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.06m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
232m
Centreline95.49
2.83m L
Speed67.17
52kt
Touchdown rate91.52
-131fpm
Impact79.43
0.44G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No wind recorded: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 5° right of the track, wings level.

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 1,524 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 24 ft, 26 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 232 m in, 73 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 1,524 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.

24 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −130 fpm · 3.6° nose up · 53 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 24 ft, down at 232 m

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

The sink went from 250 fpm at 23 ft to 130 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 0.5° 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°5°10°touchdown−130 fpm at touchdown3.6° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,732 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 2.8 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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 232 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 232 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 362 m of 1,732 m · 21 %
In the air over the runway, 232 mRollout, 130 m Left over, 1,371 m
Rollout distance100.00
130m21 % used
Rollout alignment87.58
5.12m L

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