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KHXD
Hilton Head I, United States
Runway 03
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight1,036 kg
Fuel170 kg
Wind70° · 11 kn · 7 kn cross

Flight Score

93.95 %
KHXD
Hilton Head I, United States
Runway 03
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight1,032 kg
Fuel167 kg
Wind62° · 11 kn · 7 kn cross
8 Jun 2024 0:06 7 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 3 kg
Departure Score
92.74 %
Pattern Score
91.34 %
Arrival Score
97.78 %

What went well

Touched down at -139 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 151 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 10 ft and 66 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Pattern Base Leg Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 5.4 °. at 0 %, −2.00 points
Departure Climb 2 — scored 90.00 %, −1.11 points
Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, g force 0.01 to 0.09 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 66 kn. Local weather - Temperature 28 °C. Wind 11 kn at 69 °. Crosswind: 7 kn Headwind: 8 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 66 knTarget 70 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 4.06 m1.49 m left to 2.57 m right -2.57 1.49 m
58 % Average g force 0.05 g0.01 g min to max 0.09 g 0.09 0.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °1.4 ° min to max 2.0 ° 2.0 1.5 °
Info Average bank angle 1.4 °0.2 ° min to max 2.0 ° 0.9 1.6 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Departure Climb 1 97.45Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 03 KHXD Hilton Head.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.7 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.2 ° -0.2 -0.9 °
100 % Average speed 75 kn66 kn min to max 80 kn 66 79 kn
90 % Average bank angle 3.3 °0.0 ° min to max 5.9 ° 1.4 2.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.98 g min to max 1.11 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 463 ft/m306 ft/m min to max 580 ft/m 306 580 ft/m
Info Average altitude 16 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 45 ft agl 0 45 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.9 °1.5 ° min to max 5.3 ° 1.5 5.1 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 45 ft agl · 85 kt
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 KHXD Hilton Head.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 83 kn79 kn min to max 99 kn 79 95 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.3 °0.0 ° min to max 3.9 ° 2.2 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.81 g min to max 1.08 g 0.92 0.85 g
Info Average VSI 699 ft/m578 ft/m min to max 1,274 ft/m 582 1,134 ft/m
Info Average altitude 96 ft agl46 ft agl min to max 343 ft agl 46 343 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.2 °4.6 ° min to max 8.4 ° 5.1 6.8 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 102 ft agl · 90 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 217 ft agl · 100 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 03 KHXD Hilton Head. Distance was less than 1 nm in 26 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 100 kn94 kn min to max 105 kn 94 100 kn
100 % Average bank angle 14.3 °0.5 ° min to max 24.0 ° 5.2 22.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.92 g0.77 g min to max 1.03 g 0.86 0.88 g
Info Average VSI 1,074 ft/m518 ft/m min to max 1,784 ft/m 871 1,603 ft/m
Info Average altitude 580 ft agl361 ft agl min to max 848 ft agl 361 848 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.0 °3.7 ° min to max 10.2 ° 6.3 8.0 °
Pattern Crosswind 97.98Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 03 KHXD Hilton Head. Distance was less than 1 nm in 21 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Heading -5.7 °-18.5 ° min to max 18.7 ° 18.7 -18.5 °
100 % Average speed 105 kn100 kn min to max 109 kn 100 109 kn
99 % Average g force 0.89 g0.74 g min to max 0.94 g 0.89 0.87 g
Info Average VSI 834 ft/m223 ft/m min to max 1,529 ft/m 1,529 223 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,047 ft agl872 ft agl min to max 1,142 ft agl 872 1,142 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 10.2 °0.6 ° min to max 22.4 ° 22.4 10.1 °
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °0.9 ° min to max 7.2 ° 7.2 1.4 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 88.73Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 59.4 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
62 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 59.4 °.
100 % Average speed 113 kn109 kn min to max 115 kn 109 115 kn
100 % Average bank angle 22.4 °12.8 ° min to max 26.7 ° 18.0 12.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.85 g min to max 1.07 g 0.88 0.93 g
Info Average VSI 14 ft/m-258 ft/m min to max 392 ft/m 207 392 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,135 ft agl1,128 ft agl min to max 1,147 ft agl 1,145 1,145 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-1.4 ° min to max 1.9 ° 1.0 1.5 °
Pattern Downwind 100.00Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 3 nm in 110 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -3.9 °-22.8 ° min to max 6.0 ° -9.2 -22.8 °
100 % Average altitude 1,021 ft agl855 ft agl min to max 1,153 ft agl 1,153 855 ft agl
100 % Average speed 98 kn73 kn min to max 124 kn 113 74 kn
100 % Average g force 0.89 g0.75 g min to max 0.99 g 0.76 0.96 g
Info Average VSI -148 ft/m-701 ft/m min to max 419 ft/m 419 -701 ft/m
Info Average bank angle 2.9 °0.1 ° min to max 15.4 ° 1.6 15.1 °
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-3.5 ° min to max 2.6 ° -0.5 -2.6 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,056 ft agl · 120 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,050 ft agl · 104 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 924 ft agl · 83 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 70.00Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 2 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 5.4 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 5.4 °.
100 % Average speed 79 kn72 kn min to max 90 kn 75 76 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.9 °0.0 ° min to max 26.4 ° 15.3 2.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.77 g min to max 1.07 g 0.83 0.90 g
Info Average VSI -331 ft/m-1,412 ft/m min to max 646 ft/m -658 -294 ft/m
Info Average altitude 496 ft agl378 ft agl min to max 845 ft agl 845 401 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-7.2 ° min to max 6.2 ° -3.5 0.0 °
Arrival Final 2 99.75Approaching runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 397 ft agl to 344 ft agl. A decrease of 53 ft in 11 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.2 °3.0 ° min to max 3.2 °Target 3.3 ° 3.0 3.2 °
100 % Average speed 76 kn73 kn min to max 78 kn 76 73 kn
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
99 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.4 ° min to max 3.5 ° 3.5 3.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.89 g0.85 g min to max 0.94 g 0.89 0.89 g
Info Average VSI -281 ft/m-474 ft/m min to max -91 ft/m -260 -399 ft/m
Info Average altitude 377 ft agl344 ft agl min to max 397 ft agl 397 344 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-1.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.0 -0.7 °
11.251.51.752250300350400450500Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 98.68Approaching runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 339 ft agl to 15 ft agl. A decrease of 324 ft in 38 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.0 °0.8 ° min to max 3.4 °Target 3.3 ° 3.2 0.8 °
100 % Average speed 72 kn67 kn min to max 79 kn 72 67 kn
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.0 °
93 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 5.9 ° 5.3 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.81 g min to max 1.09 g 0.87 0.96 g
Info Average VSI -516 ft/m-649 ft/m min to max -320 ft/m -344 -370 ft/m
Info Average altitude 81 ft agl15 ft agl min to max 339 ft agl 339 15 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.0 °-3.7 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.9 0.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 9 96 ft agl · 81 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 99.33Landing on runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head, runway length 1,313 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 67 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 67 kn. Target 70 kn
100 % Target 50 ft agl
97 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.1 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.80 g min to max 1.02 g 1.02 0.89 g
Info Average speed 64 kn58 kn min to max 68 kn 67 58 kn
Info Average VSI -170 ft/m-364 ft/m min to max -66 ft/m -364 -138 ft/m
Info Average altitude 5 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 10 ft agl 10 1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °0.1 ° min to max 1.9 ° 0.2 1.3 °
07515001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 93.37Touchdown distance was good at 150 m. Touchdown speed at 58 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -138 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 28 °C. Wind 11 kn at 61 °. Crosswind: 6 kn Headwind: 9 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
91 % Touchdown VSI was -138 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 150 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 58 knTarget 55 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 0.50 m0.24 m left 0.45 -0.05 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.1 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.9 0.6 °
74 % Average g force 0.60 g0.29 g min to max 0.89 g 0.89 0.29 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 58 kn57 kn min to max 58 kn 58 57 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °1.3 ° min to max 3.3 ° 1.3 3.3 °

Takeoff

100.00Takeoff roll72 m · 5 %
100.00Liftoff speed65 kt
100.00Runway alignment2.57 m R
OkBounce on takeoffNone
97.45Rate of climb462 fpm

Landing

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

100.00Threshold height10 ft
100.00Threshold speed66 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.02 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
151m
Centreline100.00
0.05m R
Speed100.00
58kt
Touchdown rate90.75
-139fpm
Impact73.71
0.89G
Bounces80.00
1

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

10 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 10 ft, down at 151 m

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

5001,000 THRESHOLD CROSS 6 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 151 m past threshold CLEARED

The 151 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 0.89 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.

Runway used 151 m of 1,313 m · 11 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head in the Piper PA-24 Comanche
92.74 %
90.77 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 66 kn. Local weather - Temperature 28 °C. Wind 11 kn at 69 °. Crosswind: 7 kn Headwind: 8 kn.
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 0 m using 0 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
100 %
Liftoff speed was 66 kn - Target 70 kn
Alignment
100 %
1.49 m left to 2.57 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
2 1 0
Pitch °
Info
2 1.5 1
02505007501,0001,250-15-10-5051015 Runway Distance m Runway Alignment to End of Runway m
97.45 %
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 °
89.79 %
6 3 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
6 3.5 1
Climb Rate fpm
Info
600 250 -100
90 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 03 KHXD Hilton Head.
Alignment
0 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
100 85 70
Bank °
100 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
9 6.5 4
Climb Rate fpm
Info
1,300 850 400
02505007501,0001,2500326496128160 Runway Distance m Height at End of Runway ft
00.040.080.120.150.190100200300 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.040.080.120.150.19-60-48-36-24-1201224364860 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 97.13 %
99.75 %
Final 2
Approaching runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 397 ft agl to 344 ft agl. A decrease of 53 ft in 11 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
78 74 70
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
98.73 %
4 2 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-91 -296 -500
11.251.51.752250300350400450500 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
11.251.51.752-40-30-20-10010203040 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
98.68 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 339 ft agl to 15 ft agl. A decrease of 324 ft in 38 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
79 69 60
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
93.38 %
6 3 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-337 -518 -700
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
99.33 %
Landing
Landing on runway 03 at KHXD Hilton Head, runway length 1,313 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 67 kn.
Height
100 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
100 %
Threshold speed was good at 67 kt. Target 70 kt
Flare
97.33 %
Excellent landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
69 59 50
Pitch °
Info
2 1 0
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-67 -233 -400
07515001223354658 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
93.37 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 150 m. Touchdown speed at 58 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -138 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 28 °C. Wind 11 kn at 61 °. Crosswind: 6 kn Headwind: 9 kn.
Touchdown
90.75 %
Touchdown rate was smooth at -139 fpm.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 58 kt was a little fast. Target below 55 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 150 m.
Alignment
100 %
Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.5 °
G
73.71 %
G 0.60 g
Bounce
80 %
Bounce Detected
Metrics
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