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KSMX
Santa Maria, United States
Runway 30
Elevation217 ft asl
Weight989 kg
Fuel68 kg
Wind290° · 21 kn · 9 kn cross

Flight Score

92.12 %
KSMX
Santa Maria, United States
Runway 30
Elevation217 ft asl
Weight987 kg
Fuel66 kg
Wind290° · 25 kn · 11 kn cross
1 Nov 2024 0:06 6 nm Cessna Skyhawk 2 kg
Departure Score
90.13 %
Pattern Score
88.11 %
Arrival Score
98.13 %

What went well

Touched down at -128 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 347 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 34 ft and 62 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Pattern Crosswind — Heading 100.6 ° at 0 %, g force 0.75 to 1.74 g at 72 %, −2.28 points
Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Strobe Lights at 0 %, −1.64 points
Pattern Downwind Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 98.2 °. at 0 %, −1.43 points

Top opportunity

Maintain the centreline

Departure Roll

A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.

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Start to finish · 15 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 Runway Entry Entering runway 30 at KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field, Average speed was 45 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 35 kn28 kn min to max 40 kn 28 40 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °0.4 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.3 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 1.6 °0.5 ° min to max 3.6 ° 0.5 3.6 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 50 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 50 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 50 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 50 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 3 ft agl · 50 kt
Departure Roll 85.23Departure roll runway 30 at KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field. Takeoff distance 167 m 7 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 71 kn. Local weather - Temperature 19 °C. Wind 21 kn at 289 °. Crosswind: 9 kn Headwind: 19 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 167 m7 % of runway
97 % Liftoff speed was 71 knTarget 62 kn
79 % Runway alignment max 8.76 m8.76 m left to 0.00 m left 5.86 8.76 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.19 g 1.00 1.19 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.9 °-2.3 ° min to max 3.6 ° 0.3 3.6 °
Info Average bank angle 6.0 °3.7 ° min to max 8.6 ° 3.7 8.6 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Info Flaps Position 1 4 ft agl · 66 kt
Departure Climb 1 95.16Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 30 KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.4 °-0.7 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.7 0.1 °
100 % Average speed 73 kn70 kn min to max 80 kn 71 80 kn
81 % Average bank angle 4.5 °0.0 ° min to max 9.4 ° 8.9 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.89 g min to max 1.28 g 1.23 1.09 g
Info Average VSI 418 ft/m348 ft/m min to max 470 ft/m 348 469 ft/m
Info Average altitude 24 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 46 ft agl 1 46 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °3.9 ° min to max 5.8 ° 4.0 5.1 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 30 KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 82 kn80 kn min to max 83 kn 80 83 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.2 °0.2 ° min to max 5.0 ° 0.2 5.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g1.03 g min to max 1.13 g 1.10 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 564 ft/m473 ft/m min to max 647 ft/m 473 647 ft/m
Info Average altitude 53 ft agl47 ft agl min to max 60 ft agl 47 60 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °5.2 ° min to max 5.7 ° 5.2 5.7 °
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 30 KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field. Distance was less than 1 nm in 59 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 83 kn69 kn min to max 95 kn 83 76 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.9 °0.4 ° min to max 27.1 ° 5.5 22.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.86 g min to max 1.26 g 1.03 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 611 ft/m-286 ft/m min to max 1,070 ft/m 654 -286 ft/m
Info Average altitude 250 ft agl92 ft agl min to max 642 ft agl 92 633 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.3 °0.8 ° min to max 14.1 ° 5.7 1.1 °
Pattern Crosswind 52.20Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 30 KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field. Distance was 1 nm in 232 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading 100.6 °-30.0 ° min to max 134.4 ° 7.3 -18.4 °
100 % Average speed 88 kn79 kn min to max 104 kn 79 98 kn
72 % Average g force 0.96 g0.75 g min to max 1.74 g 1.05 1.15 g
Info Average VSI 749 ft/m-463 ft/m min to max 1,877 ft/m -373 504 ft/m
Info Average altitude 654 ft agl591 ft agl min to max 872 ft agl 625 872 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 7.1 °0.2 ° min to max 26.9 ° 21.5 26.9 °
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °-2.8 ° min to max 14.0 ° -0.6 4.9 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 70.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 98.2 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 98.2 °.
100 % Average speed 87 kn82 kn min to max 90 kn 89 82 kn
100 % Average bank angle 19.0 °5.2 ° min to max 26.8 ° 26.8 7.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.11 g0.90 g min to max 1.34 g 1.10 0.90 g
Info Average VSI 518 ft/m72 ft/m min to max 1,418 ft/m 336 1,268 ft/m
Info Average altitude 919 ft agl884 ft agl min to max 1,016 ft agl 884 1,016 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.5 °0.1 ° min to max 8.4 ° 1.5 5.6 °
Pattern Downwind 100.00Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 60 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 1.3 °-13.8 ° min to max 5.4 ° 3.2 -13.8 °
100 % Average altitude 1,045 ft agl922 ft agl min to max 1,122 ft agl 1,033 922 ft agl
100 % Average speed 80 kn69 kn min to max 97 kn 82 78 kn
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.80 g min to max 1.16 g 0.99 0.94 g
Info Average VSI -71 ft/m-748 ft/m min to max 1,117 ft/m 1,117 -423 ft/m
Info Average bank angle 2.6 °0.0 ° min to max 18.5 ° 3.5 18.5 °
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-5.6 ° min to max 5.4 ° 5.2 -5.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 1,126 ft agl · 90 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 94.56Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 54.5 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
82 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 54.5 °.
100 % Average speed 77 kn73 kn min to max 83 kn 82 74 kn
100 % Average bank angle 19.4 °11.3 ° min to max 23.2 ° 19.6 11.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.86 g min to max 1.31 g 1.01 1.26 g
Info Average VSI -136 ft/m-641 ft/m min to max 210 ft/m -641 -299 ft/m
Info Average altitude 892 ft agl876 ft agl min to max 910 ft agl 910 876 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-6.0 ° min to max 2.3 ° -6.0 2.3 °
Pattern Base Leg 100.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 36 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -0.1 °-4.7 ° min to max 3.5 ° 2.3 -4.7 °
100 % Average speed 68 kn64 kn min to max 73 kn 73 66 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.85 g min to max 1.18 g 1.18 1.15 g
0 % 0 0 ft/m
Info Average altitude 786 ft agl640 ft agl min to max 917 ft agl 877 640 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 1.8 °0.1 ° min to max 4.9 ° 4.2 2.4 °
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-8.1 ° min to max 6.9 ° 4.6 0.4 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 627 ft agl · 74 kt
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 56 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 64 kn54 kn min to max 69 kn 66 67 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.7 °0.1 ° min to max 17.9 ° 1.2 4.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.77 g min to max 1.23 g 0.92 1.05 g
Info Average VSI -345 ft/m-1,314 ft/m min to max 124 ft/m -111 -580 ft/m
Info Average altitude 467 ft agl300 ft agl min to max 639 ft agl 639 300 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-8.6 ° min to max 3.3 ° -2.0 -2.1 °
Arrival Final 1 99.75Approaching runway 30 at KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 292 ft agl to 81 ft agl. A decrease of 211 ft in 35 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.1 °2.6 ° min to max 3.7 °Target 3.5 ° 3.5 2.6 °
100 % Average speed 67 kn63 kn min to max 72 kn 67 63 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.4 0.1 °
99 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 4.5 ° 3.5 3.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.93 g min to max 1.16 g 1.06 1.08 g
Info Average VSI -384 ft/m-518 ft/m min to max -193 ft/m -518 -233 ft/m
Info Average altitude 126 ft agl81 ft agl min to max 292 ft agl 292 81 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-2.0 ° min to max 3.0 ° -1.0 2.1 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 94.89Landing on runway 30 at KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field, runway length 2,441 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 63 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 63 kn. Target 63 kn
100 % Target 50 ft agl
83 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 -0.0 °
91 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 6.2 ° 3.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.10 g 1.07 1.03 g
Info Average speed 50 kn40 kn min to max 63 kn 63 40 kn
Info Average VSI -139 ft/m-307 ft/m min to max -14 ft/m -223 -128 ft/m
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl-6 ft agl min to max 35 ft agl 35 -6 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °0.7 ° min to max 6.2 ° 2.0 5.2 °
07515022530037501123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375-25-20-15-10-50510152025Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 99.76Touchdown distance was good at 346 m. Touchdown speed at 40 kn was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -128 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 19 °C. Wind 27 kn at 289 °. Crosswind: 12 kn Headwind: 25 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Touchdown VSI was -128 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 346 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 40 knTarget 53 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 1.31 m1.11 m right -1.31 -0.89 m
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.2 ° min to max 2.0 ° 0.2 2.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g1.03 g min to max 1.10 g 1.03 1.03 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 40 kn40 kn min to max 41 kn 40 40 kn
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °4.7 ° min to max 5.3 ° 5.2 4.7 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 41 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 27 kn24 kn min to max 31 kn 29 31 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °1.1 ° min to max 4.7 ° 4.7 1.3 °
Info Average bank angle 1.3 °0.3 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.0 2.3 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 1.01 g

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll167 m · 7 %
96.94Liftoff speed70 kt
79.19Runway alignment8.76 m L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
95.16Rate of climb417 fpm

Landing

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

100.00Threshold height34 ft
100.00Threshold speed62 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.05 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 KSMX 30

Past threshold100.00
347m
Centreline100.00
0.89m R
Speed100.00
40kt
Touchdown rate99.03
-128fpm
Impact100.00
1.10G
BouncesOk
None

Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.

34 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 34 ft, down at 347 m

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,441 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD CROSS 9 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 347 m past threshold CLEARED

The 347 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 347 m of 2,441 m · 14 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 30 at KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field in the Cessna Skyhawk
90.13 %
85.23 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 30 at KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field. Takeoff distance 167 m 7 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 71 kn. Local weather - Temperature 19 °C. Wind 21 kn at 289 °. Crosswind: 9 kn Headwind: 19 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 167 m using 6.83 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
96.94 %
Liftoff speed was 71 kn - Target 62 kn
Alignment
79.19 %
8.76 m left to 0.00 m left
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
0 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched On
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
80 65 50
Bank °
Info
9 6 3
Pitch °
Info
4 1 -2
0250500750-25-20-15-10-50510152025 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
95.16 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 30 KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field.
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 80 70
Bank °
80.66 %
10 5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
6 4.5 3
Climb Rate fpm
Info
500 200 -100
90 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 30 KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field.
Alignment
0 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
90 85 80
Bank °
100 %
5 2.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
6 5.5 5
Climb Rate fpm
Info
700 500 300
025050075001122334455 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.010.010.020.030.0401836547290 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.010.010.020.030.04-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment (in m) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway 30 at KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field in the Cessna Skyhawk
Landing Score 98.13 %
Landing Summary
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99.75 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 30 at KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 292 ft agl to 81 ft agl. A decrease of 211 ft in 35 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
73 66 60
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
98.73 %
5 2.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-228 -414 -600
00.250.50.751050100150200250 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-50-38-25-13013253850 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
94.89 %
Landing
Landing on runway 30 at KSMX Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field, runway length 2,441 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 63 kn.
Height
100 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
100 %
Threshold speed was good at 63 kt. Target 63 kt
Flare
83 %
Very good landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
91.36 %
7 3.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
63 46 30
Pitch °
Info
7 3.5 0
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-14 -207 -400
07515022530037501123344657 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150225300375-25-20-15-10-50510152025 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
99.76 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 346 m. Touchdown speed at 40 kn was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -128 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 19 °C. Wind 27 kn at 289 °. Crosswind: 12 kn Headwind: 25 kn.
Touchdown
99.03 %
Touchdown rate was smooth at -128 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 40 kt was good. Target below 53 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 346 m.
Alignment
100 %
Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 1.1 °
G
100 %
G 1.06 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Metrics
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