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KPVF
Placerville, United States
Runway 05
Elevation0 ft asl
Fuel290 lbs

Flight Score

88.34 %
KPVF
Placerville, United States
Runway 05
Elevation2,579 ft asl
Weight2,169 lbs
Fuel283 lbs
21 Aug 2023 0:07 7 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 7 lbs
Departure Score
84.57 %
Enroute Score
97.26 %
Arrival Score
83.19 %

What went well

Touched down at -106 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 647 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 5.0 ft off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 26 %, Threshold speed at 50 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. at 35 %, −3.91 points
Departure Taxi — beacon light off should be on, then taxi light off should be on; peak taxi speed 69 kt at 0 %, g force 0.05 to 1.11 g at 60 %, −3.67 points
Departure Climb 3 — gear not retracted; Landing gear up at 0 %, bank angle up to 12.4 ° at 73 %, −1.29 points

Top opportunity

Work on the flare

Arrival Landing

Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.

Read more in Flare Timing

Start to finish · 12 stages, 12 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 56.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Average speed 64 kn57 kn min to max 69 kn 57 69 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 knmax 0 kn 0 0 kn
60 % Average g force 0.75 g0.05 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 °

Events

Fail Beacon Light OFF should be ON
Fail Taxi Light OFF should be ON
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Departure Climb 1 98.89Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05 KPVF Placerville.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.7 °-0.8 ° min to max -0.6 ° -0.6 -0.8 °
100 % Average speed 68 kn66 kn min to max 70 kn 66 70 kn
96 % Average bank angle 2.9 °2.3 ° min to max 3.7 ° 2.4 3.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g1.00 g min to max 1.06 g 1.03 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 479 ft/m327 ft/m min to max 624 ft/m 327 624 ft/m
Info Average altitude 26 ft agl8 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 98.89Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05 KPVF Placerville.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.7 °-0.9 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.8 -0.9 °
100 % Average speed 68 kn62 kn min to max 70 kn 69 65 kn
96 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 3.7 ° 3.7 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.81 g min to max 1.06 g 1.05 0.89 g
Info Average VSI 827 ft/m628 ft/m min to max 1,140 ft/m 628 925 ft/m
Info Average altitude 122 ft agl48 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 84.51Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 05 KPVF Placerville.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -2.3 °-3.5 ° min to max -1.0 ° -1.0 -3.5 °
100 % Average speed 64 kn61 kn min to max 66 kn 64 64 kn
73 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.0 ° min to max 12.4 ° 0.8 12.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.86 g0.81 g min to max 0.91 g 0.88 0.89 g
0 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 815 ft/m580 ft/m min to max 921 ft/m 921 792 ft/m
Info Average altitude 704 ft agl411 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 °

Events

Fail Gear Not Retracted
Enroute Climb 89.03Enroute 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.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
73 % Climb speed 74 kn64 kn min to max 88 knTarget 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 g0.82 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 asl3,573 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 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 1,315 ft agl · 79 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north of KPVF Placerville Placerville (California, United States) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 4,437 ft asl4,355 ft asl min to max 4,459 ft asl 4,458 4,355 ft asl
100 % Average speed 85 kn78 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 g0.84 g min to max 0.97 g 0.85 0.86 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °-2.6 ° min to max 3.7 ° 3.7 -2.6 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 2,090 ft agl · 105 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute 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.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 85 kn71 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 g0.76 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 asl3,203 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 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 1,797 ft agl · 102 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,630 ft agl · 103 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south west of Placerville (El Dorado County, California, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,104 ft asl3,025 ft asl min to max 3,200 ft asl 3,200 3,025 ft asl
100 % Average speed 69 kn63 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 g0.80 g min to max 1.06 g 0.90 0.85 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °-2.4 ° min to max 4.6 ° 0.8 -2.3 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 9 825 ft agl · 81 kt
Arrival Final 2 96.87Approaching 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.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
90 % Approach angle 3.8 °3.6 ° min to max 3.8 °Target 3.0 ° 3.6 3.8 °
100 % Average speed 76 kn75 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 g0.84 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 agl412 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 °
11.251.51.752350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-120-90-60-300306090120Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 87.38Approaching 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.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
37 % Approach angle 2.6 °1.8 ° min to max 3.9 °Target 3.0 ° 3.8 1.8 °
100 % Average speed 57 kn50 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 g0.83 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 agl31 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 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-110-83-55-280285583110Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 53.13Landing 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.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
35 % Threshold speed at 50 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 70 kn
52 % Target 50 ft agl
26 % 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 g0.80 g min to max 1.20 g 1.02 0.96 g
Info Average speed 47 kn43 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 agl0 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 °
025050075001123344657Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft0250500750-50-40-30-20-1001020304050Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 95.38Touchdown 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.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Touchdown VSI was -98 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 640 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 43 knTarget 55 kn
98 % Runway alignment max 6.6 ft6.0 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 g0.40 g min to max 0.96 g 0.96 0.40 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 43 kn43 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

98.89Rate of climb479 fpm

Landing

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

52.13Threshold height23 ft
34.80Threshold speed49 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.1 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
647ft
Centreline98.35
5.0ft L
Speed100.00
42kt
Touchdown rate94.92
-106fpm
Impact80.00
0.96G
BouncesOk
None

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

23 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 23 ft, down at 647 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 647 ft past threshold CLEARED

The 647 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 647 ft of 3,893 ft · 17 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 05 at KPVF Placerville in the Piper PA-24 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 %
30 15 0
Turn Speed
100 %
30 15 0
G
60 %
1.25 1 0.75
Bank °
Info
3 1.5 0
Pitch °
Info
8 6 4
98.89 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 05 KPVF Placerville.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 65 60
Bank °
95.55 %
4 3 2
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
11 9 7
Climb Rate fpm
Info
700 400 100
98.89 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 05 KPVF Placerville.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 70 60
Bank °
95.55 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
14 12 10
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,200 850 500
84.51 %
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 °
72.55 %
13 6.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
13 12 10
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,000 700 400
01,0002,0003,00004386129172215 Runway Distance ft Height at End of Runway ft
00.250.50.7511.250100200300400500600700800900 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.250.50.7511.25-200-160-120-80-4004080120160200 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 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 %
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
-240 -370 -500
11.251.51.752350400 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
11.251.51.752-120-90-60-300306090120 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
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 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
75 57 40
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
100 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-223 -462 -700
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-110-83-55-280285583110 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
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 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
51 45 40
Pitch °
Info
9 5 1
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-72 -286 -500
025050075001123344657 Runway Distance ft Landing Height ft
0250500750-50-40-30-20-1001020304050 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
95.38 %
Touchdown
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.
Touchdown
94.92 %
Touchdown rate was smooth at -106 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 43 kt was good. Target below 51 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 640 ft.
Alignment
98.35 %
Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Bank
58 %
Bank angle 0.9 °
G
80 %
G 0.70 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Metrics
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