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C53
Challis, United States
Runway 34

Flight Score

84.55 %
85U
Soldier Bar, United States
Runway 25
4 Sep 2023 0:15 20 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 115 kg
Departure Score
84.29 %
Enroute Score
99.07 %
Arrival Score
62.87 %

What went well

Touched down at 77 ft/m — a soft arrival
Touchdown 70 m in — inside the full-score zone
Airborne in 257 m — 68 % of the runway

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 0 %, Heading variation 3.5 ° at 0 %, −5.38 points
Arrival Rollout — Runway alignment max 39.11 m at 0 %, g force 0.23 to 0.99 g at 70 %, −4.00 points
Departure Climb 2 — Heading variation 2.3 ° at 18 %, bank angle up to 8.2 ° at 84 %, −2.75 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.

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Start to finish · 14 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 Roll 80.17Departure roll runway 34 at C53 Lower Loon Creek. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 64 kn. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 3 kn at 311 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Headwind: 3 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
77 % Liftoff speed was 64 knTarget 70 kn
43 % Runway alignment max 19.72 m18.12 m left to 1.60 m right -1.60 3.35 m
62 % Average g force 0.48 g0.09 g min to max 1.22 g 1.00 0.14 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °0.1 ° min to max 4.9 ° 1.8 2.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.2 2.4 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 3 ft agl · 67 kt
Departure Climb 1 97.41Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 34 C53 Lower Loon Creek.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.5 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.5 0.4 °
100 % Average speed 68 kn65 kn min to max 70 kn 65 70 kn
92 % Average bank angle 2.4 °1.3 ° min to max 4.9 ° 3.4 4.9 °
93 % Average g force 1.02 g0.88 g min to max 1.37 g 1.37 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 557 ft/m320 ft/m min to max 759 ft/m 320 759 ft/m
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 33 ft agl 0 33 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.2 °5.8 ° min to max 10.1 ° 6.2 10.1 °
Departure Climb 2 75.29Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 34 C53 Lower Loon Creek.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
18 % Heading variation 2.3 °0.4 ° min to max 8.6 ° 0.4 8.6 °
100 % Average speed 71 kn70 kn min to max 76 kn 70 76 kn
84 % Average bank angle 6.4 °5.0 ° min to max 8.2 ° 5.1 5.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.95 g0.81 g min to max 1.01 g 0.98 0.90 g
Info Average VSI 978 ft/m769 ft/m min to max 1,361 ft/m 769 1,361 ft/m
Info Average altitude 114 ft agl43 ft agl min to max 341 ft agl 43 341 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.3 °9.3 ° min to max 11.9 ° 10.1 11.9 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 81 ft agl · 81 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 236 ft agl · 84 kt
Enroute Climb 99.17Enroute climb started overhead C53 Lower Loon Creek Challis (Idaho, United States). Climbing from 4,446 ft asl to 5,995 ft asl, an increase of 1,549 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Climb speed 95 kn70 kn min to max 124 knTarget 90 kn 76 124 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 6.4 ° 4.4 0.4 °
95 % Average g force 0.90 g0.66 g min to max 1.12 g 0.90 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 964 ft/m284 ft/m min to max 2,157 ft/m 1,404 381 ft/m
Info Average altitude 5,367 ft asl4,446 ft asl min to max 5,995 ft asl 4,446 5,995 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 6.7 °1.2 ° min to max 17.1 ° 12.1 1.8 °
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 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 6,064 ft asl6,003 ft asl min to max 6,098 ft asl 6,003 6,098 ft asl
100 % Average speed 134 kn125 kn min to max 142 kn 125 142 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.2 ° min to max 1.1 ° 0.5 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.87 g min to max 0.97 g 0.92 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-0.8 ° min to max 2.0 ° 1.8 0.2 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 4 miles north east of C53 Lower Loon Creek Challis (Idaho, United States). Climbing from 6,103 ft asl to 6,295 ft asl, an increase of 192 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 140 kn138 kn min to max 143 kn 142 143 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.0 °0.2 ° min to max 16.0 ° 1.1 11.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.89 g min to max 0.97 g 0.96 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 295 ft/m-91 ft/m min to max 668 ft/m 251 -78 ft/m
Info Average altitude 6,251 ft asl6,103 ft asl min to max 6,304 ft asl 6,103 6,295 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.9 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.4 -0.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 96.64Enroute level cruise started 4 miles south of 12ID Flying B Ranch Landing Strip Salmon (Idaho, United States) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 11 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Average altitude 5,851 ft asl5,455 ft asl min to max 6,326 ft asl 6,294 5,455 ft asl
100 % Average speed 149 kn140 kn min to max 154 kn 143 149 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.0 ° min to max 11.7 ° 11.7 1.4 °
81 % Average g force 0.93 g0.41 g min to max 0.99 g 0.95 0.91 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-3.3 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.9 -1.6 °
Enroute Descent 99.54Enroute descent started 3 miles south east of 85U Soldier Bar USFS Soldier Bar (Idaho, United States). Descent from 5,451 ft asl to 4,236 ft asl, a decrease of 1,215 ft in 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 97 kn61 kn min to max 149 kn 149 61 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.0 °0.0 ° min to max 25.0 ° 0.3 0.0 °
95 % Average g force 0.93 g0.73 g min to max 1.33 g 0.92 0.95 g
Info Average VSI -762 ft/m-1,849 ft/m min to max 93 ft/m -243 -521 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,803 ft asl4,236 ft asl min to max 5,451 ft asl 5,451 4,236 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.1 °-8.2 ° min to max 1.0 ° -1.7 -0.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 738 ft agl · 112 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 574 ft agl · 112 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 548 ft agl · 98 kt
Info Flaps Position 9 540 ft agl · 85 kt
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 3 miles south east of 85U Soldier Bar USFS Soldier Bar (Idaho, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 53 kn50 kn min to max 60 kn 60 57 kn
100 % Average bank angle 4.7 °0.2 ° min to max 14.5 ° 0.3 6.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.80 g min to max 0.99 g 0.94 0.80 g
Info Average VSI 14 ft/m-477 ft/m min to max 500 ft/m -470 -477 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,200 ft asl4,115 ft asl min to max 4,289 ft asl 4,229 4,256 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °-2.5 ° min to max 9.4 ° -0.5 -2.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Final 1 78.39Approaching runway 25 at 85U Soldier Bar USFS from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 54 ft agl to 32 ft agl. A decrease of 22 ft in 3 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
85 % Approach angle 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 1.0 °Target 3.0 ° 1.0 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 50 kn47 kn min to max 56 kn 56 47 kn
10 % Heading variation 2.0 °1.0 ° min to max 2.7 ° 1.0 2.7 °
97 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 4.0 ° 3.4 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.81 g min to max 1.23 g 0.95 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -258 ft/m-619 ft/m min to max -178 ft/m -619 -178 ft/m
Info Average altitude 36 ft agl32 ft agl min to max 54 ft agl 54 32 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.4 °-1.0 ° min to max 6.7 ° -1.0 6.7 °
00.250.50.751050Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-20-15-10-505101520Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 35.50Landing on runway 25 at 85U Soldier Bar USFS, runway length 410 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 47 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
27 % Threshold speed at 47 kn was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 70 kn
55 % Target 22 ft agl
0 % Landing and flare profile
0 % Heading variation 3.5 °2.8 ° min to max 4.2 ° 2.8 4.2 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.5 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.7 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.88 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 0.93 g
Info Average speed 44 kn42 kn min to max 47 kn 47 42 kn
Info Average VSI -23 ft/m-173 ft/m min to max 78 ft/m -173 78 ft/m
Info Average altitude -2 ft agl-3 ft agl min to max 0 ft agl -3 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.9 °6.7 ° min to max 9.7 ° 6.7 9.7 °
07515022530037545052505.9412182430Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525-20-16-12-8-4048121620Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 85.54Touchdown distance was good at 63 m. Touchdown speed at 42 kn was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at 78 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 26.8 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 4 kn at 275 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 4 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown VSI was 78 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 63 mTarget 289 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 42 knTarget 55 kn
13 % Runway alignment max 26.84 m26.18 m left 25.43 26.84 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.4 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.5 0.6 °
73 % Average g force 0.54 g0.28 g min to max 0.93 g 0.93 0.28 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 41 kn40 kn min to max 42 kn 42 40 kn
Info Average pitch angle 9.8 °9.7 ° min to max 9.8 ° 9.7 9.8 °
Arrival Rollout 52.03Total landing distance 234 m, 57 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 39.1 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 234 m57 % of runway.
0 % Runway alignment max 39.11 m39.11 m left to 0.00 m left 26.84 39.11 m
70 % Average g force 0.40 g0.23 g min to max 0.99 g 0.28 0.99 g
Info Average speed 46 kn32 kn min to max 50 kn 50 32 kn
Info Average pitch angle 7.0 °5.3 ° min to max 9.8 ° 9.8 6.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.6 0.7 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 5 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 15 kn3 kn min to max 42 kn 29 42 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.7 °-2.4 ° min to max 9.4 ° 9.4 1.3 °
Info Average bank angle 1.0 °0.1 ° min to max 4.2 ° 0.3 0.3 °
Info Average g force 0.93 g0.56 g min to max 1.15 g 0.88 0.56 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 6 3 ft agl · 19 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 18 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 3 ft agl · 2 kt

Takeoff

80.17 %
100.00Takeoff roll257 m · 68 %
77.04Liftoff speed63 kt
42.69Runway alignment3.35 m L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
97.41Rate of climb557 ft/m
Takeoff weight1,046 kg
Airfield elevation4,081 ft asl
Wind312° · 3 kn · 2 kn cross

Approach

78.39 %
Not assessed1,000 ft gateNot recorded
Not assessed500 ft gateNot recorded
55.38Threshold height-3 ft
26.61Threshold speed47 kt
0.00Centreline offset1.29 m L

Touchdown

85.54 %
100.00Touchdown point70 m
12.58Centreline at touchdown26.84 m L
100.00Sink rate77 ft/m
73.14Touchdown force0.93 G
OkBouncesNone
52.03Rollout distance156 m · 54 % used
Landing weight935 kg
Airfield elevation4,190 ft asl
Wind275° · 4 kn · 1 kn cross

The stabilisation gates

Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.

Six checks, two gates1,000 ft500 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

Touchdown on 85U 25

Past threshold
70 m
Off centreline
26.84 mL
Sink rate
77 ft/m
Impact
0.93G

Side view — the last 410 m of the approach.

-3 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — -3 ft, down at 70 m

Plan view — the full 410 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 70 m past threshold CLEARED

The 70 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 0.93 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 226 m of 410 m · 55 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 34 at C53 Lower Loon Creek in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche
84.29 %
80.17 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 34 at C53 Lower Loon Creek. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 64 kn. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 3 kn at 311 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Headwind: 3 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 0 m using 0 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
77.04 %
Liftoff speed was 64 kn - Target 75 kn
Alignment
42.69 %
18.12 m left to 1.60 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched Off
G
62.29 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
70 35 0
Bank °
Info
3 1.5 0
Pitch °
Info
5 2.5 0
0250-505 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
97.41 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 34 C53 Lower Loon Creek.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
70 65 60
Bank °
92.39 %
5 3 1
G
93.14 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
11 8 5
Climb Rate fpm
Info
800 350 -100
75.29 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 34 C53 Lower Loon Creek.
Alignment
17.5 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 70 60
Bank °
83.66 %
9 6.5 4
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
12 11 9
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,400 1,000 600
02500510152025 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.020.050.070.10.120100200300 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.020.050.070.10.12-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 25 at 85U Soldier Bar USFS in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche
Landing Score 62.87 %
78.39 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 25 at 85U Soldier Bar USFS from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 54 ft agl to 32 ft agl. A decrease of 22 ft in 3 seconds.
Glideslope
84.9 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
9.64 %
Poor heading alignment
Glideslope °
84.9 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
56 48 40
Alignment
9.64 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
97.43 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-178 -439 -700
00.250.50.751050 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-20-15-10-505101520 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
35.5 %
Landing
Landing on runway 25 at 85U Soldier Bar USFS, runway length 410 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed at 47 kn was well below target, take care not to stall.
Height
55.38 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
26.61 %
Threshold speed at 47 kt was well below target, take care not to stall. Target 76 kt
Flare
0 %
Very poor landing flare
Centreline ft
0 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
47 44 40
Pitch °
Info
10 8 6
Descent Rate fpm
Info
73 -64 -200
07515022530037545052505.9412182430 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300375450525-20-16-12-8-4048121620 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
85.54 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 63 m. Touchdown speed at 42 kn was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at 78 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 26.8 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 14 °C. Wind 4 kn at 275 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 4 kn.
Touchdown
100 %
Touchdown rate was perfect at 78 ft/m.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 42 kt was good. Target below 51 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 63 m.
Alignment
12.58 %
Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 26.8 m from centreline.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.5 °
G
73.14 %
G 0.54 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
52.03 %
Rollout
Total landing distance 234 m, 57 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 39.1 m from centreline.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 234 m using 57.03 % of runway
Alignment
0 %
Runway rollout alignment was significantly misaligned by 39.1 m from centreline.
G
70.29 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
40 30 20
Bank °
Info
1 0.5 0
Pitch °
Info
10 7.5 5
0200 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
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