KPVF to KPVF Flight Report - Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Flight from KPVF to KPVF

Monday, 21 August 2023 21:47

Minutes 7

7 nm

Fuel 7 lbs

Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Departure

Runway 05 at KPVF

Placerville

Placerville, California, United States

Altitude

2,579 ft asl

Weight

2,176 lbs

Fuel

290 lbs

Temperature

65 °F

Wind Speed

0 kt

Wind Direction

0.0 °

Headwind

0 kt

Crosswind

0 kt

Arrival

Runway 05 at KPVF

Placerville

Placerville California, United States

2,579 ft asl

Altitude

2,169 lbs

Weight

283 lbs

Fuel

65 °F

Temperature

8 kt

Wind Speed

90.0 °

Wind Direction

7 kt

Headwind

3 kt

Crosswind

Flight Score 88.34%

Departure Score 84.57%

Enroute Score 97.26%

Arrival Score 83.19%

Vertical profile — planned vs actual

Landing

53.13 %

Touchdown

95.38 %

Approach & flare

Threshold height

52.13 %

Good threshold height.

Threshold speed

34.8 %

Threshold speed at 50 kt was well below target, take care not to stall.

Flare

25.59 %

Very poor landing flare

Touchdown

Sink rate

94.92 %

Touchdown rate was smooth at -106 ft/m.

Impact

80 %

Speed

100 %

Touchdown speed at 43 kt was good.

Aim point

100 %

Touchdown distance was good at 640 ft.

Centreline

98.35 %

Runway touchdown alignment was very good.

Bounce

100 %

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Flight Stages KPVF to KPVF

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Departure Taxi

56 %

Taxiing from the parking to the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
0 %	Average speed 64 kn 57 kn min to max 69 kn	57		69 kn
100 %	Average speed turning corners 0 kn max 0 kn	0		0 kn
60 %	Average g force 0.75 g 0.05 g min to max 1.11 g	0.19		1.03 g
100 %	Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info	Average pitch angle 6.2 ° 4.9 ° min to max 7.6 °	4.9		7.6 °
Info	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.2 ° min to max 2.4 °	0.7		2.4 °
Info	Beacon Light OFF should be ON at 21:47:51
Info	Taxi Light OFF should be ON at 21:47:53
Info	Battery Master On at 21:47:51
Info	Engine 1 Started at 21:47:51
Info	Landing Gear Down at 21:47:51

Departure Climb 1

98.89 %

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05 KPVF Placerville.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.7 ° -0.8 ° min to max -0.6 °	-0.6		-0.8 °
100 %	Average speed 68 kn 66 kn min to max 70 kn	66		70 kn
95.55 %	Average bank angle 2.9 ° 2.3 ° min to max 3.7 °	2.4		3.7 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 1.00 g min to max 1.06 g	1.03		1.03 g
Info	Average VSI 479 ft/m 327 ft/m min to max 624 ft/m	327		624 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 26 ft agl 8 ft agl min to max 47 ft agl	8		47 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 8.9 ° 7.7 ° min to max 10.1 °	7.7		10.1 °

Departure Climb 2

98.89 %

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05 KPVF Placerville.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -0.7 ° -0.9 ° min to max -0.4 °	-0.8		-0.9 °
100 %	Average speed 68 kn 62 kn min to max 70 kn	69		65 kn
95.55 %	Average bank angle 1.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 3.7 °	3.7		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 0.94 g 0.81 g min to max 1.06 g	1.05		0.89 g
Info	Average VSI 827 ft/m 628 ft/m min to max 1,140 ft/m	628		925 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 122 ft agl 48 ft agl min to max 398 ft agl	48		398 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 11.6 ° 10.2 ° min to max 14.0 °	10.2		12.3 °

Departure Climb 3

84.51 %

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 05 KPVF Placerville.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Heading variation -2.3 ° -3.5 ° min to max -1.0 °	-1.0		-3.5 °
100 %	Average speed 64 kn 61 kn min to max 66 kn	64		64 kn
72.55 %	Average bank angle 2.2 ° 0.0 ° min to max 12.4 °	0.8		12.4 °
100 %	Average g force 0.86 g 0.81 g min to max 0.91 g	0.88		0.89 g
0 %	Landing gear up
Info	Average VSI 815 ft/m 580 ft/m min to max 921 ft/m	921		792 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 704 ft agl 411 ft agl min to max 980 ft agl	411		980 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 11.9 ° 10.7 ° min to max 13.0 °	12.5		10.8 °
Info	Gear Not Retracted at 21:48:23

Enroute Climb

89.03 %

Enroute climb started 1 mile north east of KPVF Placerville Placerville (California, United States). Climbing from 3,573 ft asl to 4,452 ft asl, an increase of 879 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
72.57 %	Climb speed 74 kn 64 kn min to max 88 kn Target 90 kn	64		76 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 10.4 ° 0.4 ° min to max 23.7 °	13.9		0.6 °
100 %	Average g force 0.90 g 0.82 g min to max 1.02 g	0.89		0.83 g
Info	Average VSI 635 ft/m -90 ft/m min to max 1,248 ft/m	798		389 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 3,986 ft asl 3,573 ft asl min to max 4,452 ft asl	3,573		4,452 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle 7.4 ° 1.7 ° min to max 11.9 °	10.7		4.6 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Landing Gear Up at 21:49:41

Enroute Level

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north of KPVF Placerville Placerville (California, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 4,437 ft asl 4,355 ft asl min to max 4,459 ft asl	4,458		4,355 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 85 kn 78 kn min to max 100 kn	78		90 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 2.6 ° 0.4 ° min to max 5.9 °	1.7		0.4 °
100 %	Average g force 0.87 g 0.84 g min to max 0.97 g	0.85		0.86 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 1.3 ° -2.6 ° min to max 3.7 °	3.7		-2.6 °
Info	Landing Gear Down at 21:50:56

Enroute Descent

100 %

Enroute descent started 1 mile north east of Placerville (El Dorado County, California, United States). Descent from 4,200 ft asl to 3,203 ft asl, a decrease of 997 ft in 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average speed 85 kn 71 kn min to max 95 kn	94		72 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 6.4 ° 0.1 ° min to max 15.5 °	2.2		0.9 °
100 %	Average g force 0.89 g 0.76 g min to max 1.02 g	0.91		0.88 g
Info	Average VSI -632 ft/m -1,219 ft/m min to max -74 ft/m	-889		-198 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 3,517 ft asl 3,203 ft asl min to max 4,200 ft asl	4,200		3,203 ft asl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.2 ° -5.9 ° min to max 2.2 °	-2.7		0.8 °
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Flaps Position 3 at 21:51:59
Info	Flaps Position 6 at 21:52:10

Enroute Level 2

100 %

Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south west of Placerville (El Dorado County, California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 2 nm.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
100 %	Average altitude 3,104 ft asl 3,025 ft asl min to max 3,200 ft asl	3,200		3,025 ft asl
100 %	Average speed 69 kn 63 kn min to max 77 kn	72		77 kn
100 %	Average bank angle 5.2 ° 0.2 ° min to max 17.5 °	0.9		1.4 °
100 %	Average g force 0.89 g 0.80 g min to max 1.06 g	0.90		0.85 g
Info	Turn coordination 0 0 min to max 0	0		0
Info	Average pitch angle 1.7 ° -2.4 ° min to max 4.6 °	0.8		-2.3 °
Info	Flaps Position 9 at 21:54:18

Arrival Final 2

96.87 %

Approaching runway 05 at KPVF Placerville from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 442 ft agl to 412 ft agl. A decrease of 30 ft in 5 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
89.58 %	Approach angle 3.8 ° 3.6 ° min to max 3.8 ° Target 3.0 °	3.6		3.8 °
100 %	Average speed 76 kn 75 kn min to max 76 kn	76		75 kn
100 %	Heading variation -0.0 ° -0.0 ° min to max -0.0 °	-0.0		-0.0 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.7 ° 0.2 ° min to max 1.2 °	1.2		0.6 °
100 %	Average g force 0.87 g 0.84 g min to max 0.89 g	0.89		0.86 g
Info	Average VSI -287 ft/m -412 ft/m min to max -240 ft/m	-254		-412 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 428 ft agl 412 ft agl min to max 442 ft agl	442		412 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle -2.6 ° -3.5 ° min to max -2.1 °	-2.1		-3.5 °

Arrival Final 1

87.38 %

Approaching runway 05 at KPVF Placerville from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 404 ft agl to 31 ft agl. A decrease of 373 ft in 42 seconds.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
36.91 %	Approach angle 2.6 ° 1.8 ° min to max 3.9 ° Target 3.0 °	3.8		1.8 °
100 %	Average speed 57 kn 50 kn min to max 74 kn	74		50 kn
100 %	Heading variation -0.0 ° -0.2 ° min to max 0.2 °	0.0		-0.0 °
100 %	Average bank angle 0.8 ° 0.0 ° min to max 2.4 °	0.6		0.8 °
100 %	Average g force 0.94 g 0.83 g min to max 1.04 g	0.89		1.00 g
Info	Average VSI -436 ft/m -698 ft/m min to max -223 ft/m	-486		-410 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 109 ft agl 31 ft agl min to max 404 ft agl	404		31 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 0.9 ° -3.8 ° min to max 2.9 °	-3.6		1.7 °

Arrival Landing

53.13 %

Landing on runway 05 at KPVF Placerville, runway length 3,893 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 50 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
34.8 %	Threshold speed at 50 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 70 kn
52.13 %	Target 50 ft agl
25.59 %	Landing and flare profile
100 %	Heading variation 0.0 ° -0.0 ° min to max 0.1 °	-0.0		0.1 °
100 %	Average bank angle 1.1 ° 0.1 ° min to max 2.0 °	0.8		1.8 °
100 %	Average g force 1.02 g 0.80 g min to max 1.20 g	1.02		0.96 g
Info	Average speed 47 kn 43 kn min to max 51 kn	50		43 kn
Info	Average VSI -239 ft/m -433 ft/m min to max -72 ft/m	-417		-98 ft/m
Info	Average altitude 8 ft agl 0 ft agl min to max 23 ft agl	23		0 ft agl
Info	Average pitch angle 4.6 ° 1.9 ° min to max 8.3 °	1.9		4.0 °

Arrival Touchdown

95.38 %

Touchdown distance was good at 640 ft. Touchdown speed at 43 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -98 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 65 °F. Wind 8 kn at 89 °. Crosswind: 4 kn Headwind: 7 kn.

Score	Description	Start	Profile	End
94.92 %	Touchdown VSI was -98 ft/m.
100 %	Touchdown distance was 640 ft Target 1,500 ft
100 %	Speed at touchdown 43 kn Target 55 kn
98.35 %	Runway alignment max 6.6 ft 6.0 ft left	6.6		5.0 ft
58 %	Average bank angle 0.9 ° 0.1 ° min to max 1.8 °	1.8		0.8 °
80 %	Average g force 0.70 g 0.40 g min to max 0.96 g	0.96		0.40 g
100 %	Landing Bounce
Info	Average speed 43 kn 43 kn min to max 43 kn	43		43 kn
Info	Average pitch angle 4.6 ° 4.0 ° min to max 6.3 °	4.0		6.3 °

Takeoff on runway 05 at KPVF Placerville in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

84.57 %

56 %

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 %

Turn Speed

100 %

60 %

Bank °

Info

Pitch °

Info

98.89 %

Climb 1

Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05 KPVF Placerville.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

95.55 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

98.89 %

Climb 2

Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05 KPVF Placerville.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

95.55 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

84.51 %

Climb 3

Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 05 KPVF Placerville.

Alignment

100 %

IAS kt

100 %

Bank °

72.55 %

100 %

Pitch °

Info

Climb Rate fpm

Info

Landing on runway 05 at KPVF Placerville in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche

Landing Score 78.63 %

96.87 %

Final 2

Approaching runway 05 at KPVF Placerville from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 442 ft agl to 412 ft agl. A decrease of 30 ft in 5 seconds.

Glideslope

89.58 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

89.58 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

87.38 %

Final 1

Approaching runway 05 at KPVF Placerville from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 404 ft agl to 31 ft agl. A decrease of 373 ft in 42 seconds.

Glideslope

36.91 %

Poor descent path above glideslope limit

Heading

100 %

Excellent heading alignment

Glideslope °

36.91 %

IAS kt

100 %

Alignment

100 %

Bank °

100 %

Descent Rate fpm

Info

53.13 %

Landing

Landing on runway 05 at KPVF Placerville, runway length 3,893 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 50 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.

Height

52.13 %

Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl

Speed

34.8 %

Threshold speed at 50 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 76 kt

Flare

25.59 %

Very poor landing flare

Centreline ft

100 %

Bank °