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KHXD
Hilton Head I, United States
Runway 03
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight1,040 kg
Fuel174 kg
Wind72° · 9 kn · 6 kn cross

Flight Score

92.56 %
KHXD
Hilton Head I, United States
Runway 03
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight1,036 kg
Fuel171 kg
Wind70° · 8 kn · 5 kn cross
8 Jun 2024 0:05 6 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 4 kg
Departure Score
93.58 %
Pattern Score
86.92 %
Arrival Score
97.18 %

What went well

Touchdown 180 m in — inside the full-score zone
Airborne in 92 m — 7 % of the runway
Held the centreline on the roll — 0.60 m off at liftoff

What held you back

Pattern Base Leg Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 5.1 °. at 0 %, −2.00 points
Pattern Downwind Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 71.1 °. at 15 %, −1.69 points
Departure Climb 2 — scored 90.00 %, −1.11 points
Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, g force 0.01 to 0.15 g at 58 %, −1.03 points

Top opportunity

Maintain a smooth pitch

Departure Roll

When Vr arrives, an abrupt near-full-scale pull, pitch overshoots, a push, and an oscillation through the first 200 ft. It feels like “this aircraft is twitchy” but the actual fault happened before liftoff. The pitch trace needs to show a clean ramp during liftoff.

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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 Roll 90.77Departure roll runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 64 kn. Local weather - Temperature 28 °C. Wind 9 kn at 71 °. Crosswind: 6 kn Headwind: 6 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 64 knTarget 70 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 1.67 m0.60 m left to 1.07 m right -1.07 0.60 m
58 % Average g force 0.06 g0.01 g min to max 0.15 g 0.15 0.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °1.6 ° min to max 2.2 ° 1.6 2.0 °
Info Average bank angle 1.8 °1.2 ° min to max 3.3 ° 3.3 1.2 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 3 ft agl · 68 kt
Departure Climb 1 99.98Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 03 KHXD Hilton Head.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.3 °
100 % Average speed 74 kn64 kn min to max 78 kn 64 78 kn
99.9 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 1.1 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.95 g min to max 1.11 g 1.02 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 481 ft/m313 ft/m min to max 612 ft/m 313 612 ft/m
Info Average altitude 16 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 45 ft agl 0 45 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.5 °2.0 ° min to max 6.3 ° 2.0 6.3 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 KHXD Hilton Head.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 81 kn77 kn min to max 89 kn 79 83 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 4.8 ° 0.1 4.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.85 g min to max 1.06 g 0.95 0.85 g
Info Average VSI 642 ft/m534 ft/m min to max 1,227 ft/m 613 743 ft/m
Info Average altitude 101 ft agl45 ft agl min to max 369 ft agl 45 369 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.2 °5.2 ° min to max 10.3 ° 6.4 8.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 55 ft agl · 85 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 162 ft agl · 94 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 03 KHXD Hilton Head. Distance was less than 1 nm in 15 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 88 kn82 kn min to max 92 kn 82 92 kn
100 % Average bank angle 18.0 °10.5 ° min to max 21.4 ° 10.5 21.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.86 g min to max 1.01 g 0.86 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 415 ft/m69 ft/m min to max 773 ft/m 629 773 ft/m
Info Average altitude 432 ft agl384 ft agl min to max 496 ft agl 384 496 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °3.1 ° min to max 7.5 ° 7.5 6.9 °
Pattern Crosswind 91.17Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 03 KHXD Hilton Head. Distance was less than 1 nm in 29 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
80 % Heading -7.9 °-19.5 ° min to max 17.4 ° 17.4 -19.5 °
100 % Average speed 90 kn86 kn min to max 92 kn 92 90 kn
100 % Average g force 0.90 g0.85 g min to max 0.95 g 0.93 0.89 g
Info Average VSI 810 ft/m429 ft/m min to max 1,096 ft/m 842 429 ft/m
Info Average altitude 710 ft agl510 ft agl min to max 909 ft agl 510 909 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 6.6 °0.1 ° min to max 21.4 ° 21.4 7.7 °
Info Average pitch angle 6.7 °4.6 ° min to max 8.5 ° 6.7 4.6 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 74.62Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 71.1 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
15 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 71.1 °.
100 % Average speed 96 kn90 kn min to max 101 kn 91 100 kn
100 % Average bank angle 21.1 °11.8 ° min to max 25.6 ° 17.4 11.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.88 g min to max 1.05 g 0.88 0.89 g
Info Average VSI 149 ft/m-410 ft/m min to max 550 ft/m 310 550 ft/m
Info Average altitude 911 ft agl885 ft agl min to max 957 ft agl 913 957 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °0.2 ° min to max 4.3 ° 3.9 2.7 °
Pattern Downwind 98.82Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 3 nm in 99 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Heading -5.6 °-24.1 ° min to max 7.4 ° -13.1 -24.1 °
99.8 % Average altitude 948 ft agl790 ft agl min to max 1,015 ft agl 967 790 ft agl
100 % Average speed 94 kn84 kn min to max 102 kn 99 85 kn
100 % Average g force 0.89 g0.77 g min to max 0.99 g 0.83 0.94 g
Info Average VSI -95 ft/m-767 ft/m min to max 568 ft/m 568 -767 ft/m
Info Average bank angle 3.5 °0.0 ° min to max 16.2 ° 3.7 13.1 °
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-3.6 ° min to max 2.5 ° 1.8 -3.6 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 951 ft agl · 108 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 947 ft agl · 107 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 936 ft agl · 103 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 915 ft agl · 98 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 70.00Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 5.1 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 5.1 °.
100 % Average speed 81 kn74 kn min to max 90 kn 86 75 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.5 °0.0 ° min to max 21.4 ° 11.0 1.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.84 g min to max 1.09 g 0.96 0.88 g
Info Average VSI -285 ft/m-1,063 ft/m min to max 44 ft/m -824 -248 ft/m
Info Average altitude 573 ft agl426 ft agl min to max 776 ft agl 776 426 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.9 °-5.5 ° min to max 1.6 ° -3.1 -2.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 9 578 ft agl · 90 kt
Arrival Final 2 100.00Approaching runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 422 ft agl to 372 ft agl. A decrease of 49 ft in 7 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.4 °3.4 ° min to max 3.4 °Target 3.3 ° 3.4 3.4 °
100 % Average speed 75 kn74 kn min to max 76 kn 74 74 kn
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.0 0.3 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.4 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.4 2.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.89 g0.86 g min to max 0.92 g 0.88 0.87 g
Info Average VSI -390 ft/m-482 ft/m min to max -252 ft/m -252 -408 ft/m
Info Average altitude 397 ft agl372 ft agl min to max 422 ft agl 422 372 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.7 °-2.1 ° min to max -1.0 ° -2.0 -1.2 °
11.251.51.752300350400450Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 96.90Approaching runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 367 ft agl to 22 ft agl. A decrease of 345 ft in 41 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.0 °1.2 ° min to max 3.7 °Target 3.3 ° 3.5 1.2 °
100 % Average speed 65 kn60 kn min to max 76 kn 71 61 kn
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.3 0.2 °
85 % Average bank angle 3.5 °0.0 ° min to max 9.4 ° 2.1 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.79 g min to max 1.14 g 0.89 0.93 g
Info Average VSI -406 ft/m-858 ft/m min to max -221 ft/m -365 -276 ft/m
Info Average altitude 82 ft agl22 ft agl min to max 367 ft agl 367 22 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-6.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° -1.1 -0.0 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 98.28Landing on runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head, runway length 1,313 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 61 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Threshold speed was a little below target at 61 kn. Target 70 kn
100 % Target 50 ft agl
95 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.2 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 0.4 1.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.85 g min to max 1.22 g 0.93 1.21 g
Info Average speed 58 kn54 kn min to max 62 kn 61 54 kn
Info Average VSI -185 ft/m-322 ft/m min to max -44 ft/m -281 -218 ft/m
Info Average altitude 9 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 17 ft agl 17 1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °-0.1 ° min to max 5.2 ° -0.1 5.2 °
07515022501223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 93.53Touchdown distance was good at 180 m. Touchdown speed at 54 kn was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -218 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.0 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 28 °C. Wind 8 kn at 69 °. Crosswind: 5 kn Headwind: 5 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
82 % Touchdown VSI was -218 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 180 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 54 knTarget 55 kn
93 % Runway alignment max 5.01 m4.71 m left 5.01 4.01 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° 1.9 1.0 °
81 % Average g force 0.80 g0.41 g min to max 1.21 g 1.21 0.67 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 51 kn48 kn min to max 54 kn 54 50 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °-2.9 ° min to max 7.2 ° 5.2 5.6 °

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll92 m · 7 %
100.00Liftoff speed64 kt
100.00Runway alignment1.07 m R
OkBounce on takeoffNone
99.98Rate of climb481 fpm

Landing

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

100.00Threshold height17 ft
98.11Threshold speed61 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.08 m L

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.

Five checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

Touchdown on KHXD 03

Past threshold100.00
180m
Centreline92.84
4.01m L
Speed100.00
54kt
Touchdown rate82.32
-218fpm
Impact80.57
1.21G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 1,313 m of the approach.

17 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 17 ft, down at 180 m

Plan view — the full 1,313 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,000 THRESHOLD CROSS 5 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 180 m past threshold CLEARED

The 180 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 180 m of 1,313 m · 14 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
93.58 %
90.77 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 64 kn. Local weather - Temperature 28 °C. Wind 9 kn at 71 °. Crosswind: 6 kn Headwind: 6 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 0 m using 0 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
100 %
Liftoff speed was 64 kn - Target 70 kn
Alignment
100 %
0.60 m left to 1.07 m right
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched On
G
57.71 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
70 60 50
Bank °
Info
4 2.5 1
Pitch °
Info
3 2 1
02505007501,0001,250-15-10-5051015 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
99.98 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 03 KHXD Hilton Head.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
80 70 60
Bank °
99.92 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
7 4.5 2
Climb Rate fpm
Info
700 300 -100
90 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 KHXD Hilton Head.
Alignment
0 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 80 70
Bank °
100 %
5 2.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
11 8 5
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,300 850 400
02505007501,0001,2500285684112140 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.040.080.130.170.210100200300 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.040.080.130.170.21-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
Landing Score 96.24 %
100 %
Final 2
Approaching runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 422 ft agl to 372 ft agl. A decrease of 49 ft in 7 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
76 73 70
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
100 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-252 -376 -500
11.251.51.752300350400450 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
11.251.51.752-40-30-20-10010203040 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
96.9 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 367 ft agl to 22 ft agl. A decrease of 345 ft in 41 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
75 68 60
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
84.51 %
10 5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-221 -561 -900
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
98.28 %
Landing
Landing on runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head, runway length 1,313 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 61 kn.
Height
100 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
98.11 %
Threshold speed was a little below target at 61 kt. Target 70 kt
Flare
95 %
Great landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
62 56 50
Pitch °
Info
5 2.5 0
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-44 -222 -400
07515022501223354658 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
93.53 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 180 m. Touchdown speed at 54 kn was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -218 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.0 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 28 °C. Wind 8 kn at 69 °. Crosswind: 5 kn Headwind: 5 kn.
Touchdown
82.32 %
Touchdown rate was fair at -218 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 54 kt was good. Target below 55 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 180 m.
Alignment
92.84 %
Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.0 m from centreline.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 1.6 °
G
80.57 %
G 0.80 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Metrics
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