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KPDX
Portland, United States
Runway 28L
Elevation23 ft asl
Weight5,310 lbs
Fuel881 lbs
Wind250° · 4 kn · 3 kn cross

Flight Score

89.64 %
BUSH
4 miles south west of W39 Roche Harbor Seaplane Base Roche Harbor (Washington, United States), United States
Runway XX
Elevation21 ft asl
Weight4,980 lbs
Fuel530 lbs
31 Oct 2026 0:48 186 nm GroundStopFS 351 lbs
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
68.92 %

What went well

Touchdown 385 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 5.0 ft off the centreline, no bounce
Rotated at 94 kt — on the 91 kt rotation target

What held you back

Arrival Approach — GPWS warning; 1,000 ft gate 43 %, 500 ft gate 71 %, −4.76 points
Firm touchdown — 1,121 fpm, −3.47 points across the landing and the touchdown
  • Arrival Touchdown · sink rate 1,121 fpm−2.22
  • Arrival Landing · flare: the descent was not taken out−1.23
  • Arrival Touchdown · 1.31 G at contact−0.02
Arrival Landing — Threshold speed was too high at 108 kt at 70 %, −1.08 points

Next time

Arrival

Bring the power back earlier on final so the speed settles to 88 kt well before the threshold, instead of carrying it in fast.

What happened: Crossed the threshold at 108 kt, 20 kt above the approach speed; approaches that carry that much extra energy over the threshold usually end up flat on touchdown as the nose stays down, and that combination usually lands firm or hard.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 88 kt at the threshold

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 12 stages, 11 in the score

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 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 7 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 14 kt0 kt min to max 19 kt 0 11 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 12 ktmax 16 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °0.2 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.0 1.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Level Change Activated 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Autopilot Avionics Managed Activated 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 2 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 1 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 28L at KPDX Portland International Airport, Average speed was 9 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 6 kt0 kt min to max 16 kt 10 16 kt
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °0.6 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.0 0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 28L at KPDX Portland International Airport. Takeoff distance 2,242 ft 20 % of runway. Rotation speed was 94 kt. Local weather - Temperature 49 °F. Wind 4 kt at 250 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 3 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 2,242 ft20 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 94 ktTarget 91 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 7.7 ft right0.0 ft left to 7.7 ft right -6.1 -2.7 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.14 g 1.00 1.14 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °0.4 ° min to max 4.2 ° 0.6 4.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 28L KPDX Portland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 104 kt99 kt min to max 108 kt 99 108 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g1.05 g min to max 1.15 g 1.14 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 587 fpm389 fpm min to max 765 fpm 389 765 fpm
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 26 ft agl 0 26 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.0 °4.3 ° min to max 7.5 ° 4.3 7.5 °
Departure Climb 2 100.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 28L KPDX Portland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.2 °
100 % Average speed 110 kt104 kt min to max 111 kt 109 104 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g1.00 g min to max 1.11 g 1.07 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,243 fpm854 fpm min to max 2,693 fpm 854 2,693 fpm
Info Average altitude 80 ft agl35 ft agl min to max 339 ft agl 35 339 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.2 °8.0 ° min to max 17.9 ° 8.0 17.9 °

Events

Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 169 ft agl · 110 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Activated 169 ft agl · 110 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 206 ft agl · 109 kt
Departure Climb 3 100.00Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 28L KPDX Portland International Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 106 kt96 kt min to max 120 ktTarget 110 kt, 4 kt slow 102 120 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.5 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.95 g0.84 g min to max 0.99 g 0.95 0.98 g
100 % Landing gear up at 26 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.2 -0.2 °
Info Average VSI 1,351 fpm953 fpm min to max 2,720 fpm 2,720 953 fpm
Info Average altitude 741 ft agl383 ft agl min to max 988 ft agl 383 988 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.3 °5.3 ° min to max 17.9 ° 17.9 5.3 °

Events

Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 514 ft agl · 98 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Deactivated 514 ft agl · 98 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead KPDX Portland International Airport Portland (Oregon, United States). Climbing from 1,036 ft asl to 23,587 ft asl, an increase of 22,551 ft in 13 minutes and covering 48 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 155 kt122 kt min to max 166 kt 122 155 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.0 °0.0 ° min to max 19.7 ° 0.2 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.09 g 0.98 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 1,628 fpm831 fpm min to max 2,619 fpm 943 1,241 fpm
Info Average altitude 9,197 ft asl1,036 ft asl min to max 23,587 ft asl 1,036 23,587 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.2 °3.1 ° min to max 10.6 ° 5.1 3.3 °
Info Turn coordination 0-5 min to max 5 0 -2

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,666 ft agl · 142 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 1,823 ft agl · 142 kt
Info Autopilot Heading Hold Deactivated 1,823 ft agl · 142 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 1,847 ft agl · 142 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 1,935 ft agl · 142 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 2,937 ft agl · 149 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 2,973 ft agl · 149 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 9,734 ft agl · 189 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of WA99 Flying K Ranch Airport Castle Rock (Washington, United States) and lasted 12 minutes, covering 67 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±1,689 ft of 24,003 ft asl23,789 ft asl min to max 24,011 ft asl 23,789 24,004 ft asl
100 % Average speed 211 kt155 kt min to max 218 kt 155 218 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 11.8 ° 0.0 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 0-3 min to max 2 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.2 °-1.6 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.6 -1.5 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 6 miles west of Belfair (Washington, United States). Descent from 24,004 ft asl to 1,941 ft asl, a decrease of 22,063 ft in 15 minutes and covering 64 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 200 kt154 kt min to max 243 kt 218 155 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.0 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.08 g 0.99 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -1,442 fpm-1,889 fpm min to max 34 fpm -7 -1,329 fpm
Info Average altitude 12,591 ft asl1,941 ft asl min to max 24,005 ft asl 24,004 1,941 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.6 °-5.2 ° min to max -1.3 ° -1.4 -4.8 °
Info Turn coordination -2-21 min to max 6 0 -15

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 22,430 ft agl · 310 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 13,442 ft agl · 305 kt
Info Autopilot Bank Hold Activated 13,442 ft agl · 305 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 9,610 ft agl · 241 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 2,517 ft agl · 159 kt
Arrival Approach 57.14Final approach to runway 4 miles south west of W39 Roche Harbor Seaplane Base Roche Harbor (Washington, United States). Descent from 1,987 ft agl to 47 ft agl in 108 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
50 % Gear downfailed at one of the two gates
0 % Landing flapfailed at both gates
100 % Sink ratepassed at both gates
100 % On glideslopepassed at both gates
50 % On centrelinefailed at one of the two gates
0 % On speedfailed at both gates
100 % Wings levelpassed at both gates

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 707 ft agl · 145 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 431 ft agl · 121 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 377 ft agl · 87 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,168 ft agl · 155 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 987 ft agl · 153 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 707 ft agl · 145 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 617 ft agl · 144 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 457 ft agl · 121 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 212 ft agl · 125 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 413 ft agl · 86 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 307 ft agl · 92 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 286 ft agl · 91 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Deactivated 180 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 180 ft agl · 100 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 143 ft agl · 102 kt
Arrival Landing 79.23Approaching touchdown 4 miles south west of W39 Roche Harbor Seaplane Base Roche Harbor (Washington, United States). Descent from 49 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 49 ft in 2 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
70 % Threshold speed was too high at 108 kt. Target 88 kt
48 % The flare strayed well off the target profile. Pitch was -1.5° at touchdown, at or below this aircraft's ground attitude, so the nosewheel met the runway with the main wheels or before them. Touchdown was 385 ft past the threshold. Keep raising the nose through the flare so the main wheels touch first.
100 % Alignment max 4.8 ft left4.8 ft left to 0.0 ft left 0.0 4.8 ft
99 % Average bank angle 2.2 °1.3 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.3 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.94 g0.88 g min to max 1.10 g 0.94 1.10 g
Info Average speed 110 kt108 kt min to max 111 kt 108 111 kt
Info Average VSI -1,300 fpm-1,393 fpm min to max -1,173 fpm -1,173 -1,313 fpm
Info Average altitude 29 ft agl5 ft agl min to max 49 ft agl 49 5 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.7 °-5.1 ° min to max -1.5 ° -3.6 -1.5 °
025001223354658Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft0250-40-32-24-16-80816243240Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 70.39Touchdown 4 miles south west of W39 Roche Harbor Seaplane Base Roche Harbor (Washington, United States). Touchdown speed at 111 kt was too fast. Touchdown rate was very heavy at -1,121 fpm. Touchdown distance was good at 385 ft. Local weather - Temperature 45 °F. Wind 5 kt at 268 °. Crosswind: 5 kt Headwind: 1 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touchdown rate was -1,121 fpm.
53 % Speed at touchdown 111 ktTarget below 86 kt
100 % Alignment max 5.0 ft left4.9 ft left 4.8 5.0 ft
100 % Average bank angle 1.3 °1.3 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.3 1.3 °
97 % Average g force 1.23 g1.10 g min to max 1.31 g 1.10 1.31 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 111 kt111 kt min to max 111 kt 111 111 kt
Info Average pitch angle -1.5 °-1.5 ° min to max -1.5 ° -1.5 -1.5 °

Speed and pitch

From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.

Rotated at 94 kt, 3 kt above the 91 kt target, and lifted off at 98 kt 1.0 s later, the nose coming up at 3.2° a second. Climb 3 held close to its 110 kt target, at 106 kt on average.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The dashed green line is the speed to rotate at for this aircraft at its weight, and the green dot is where the nose started to come up. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 110150 kt10050020°10°0°ROTATELIFTOFFtarget 913.4° off · 3.2°/s8° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 22 kt 0.6° 0 s
Rotate1,660 ft · target 91 94 kt 0.4° 16.5 s
Liftoff1,812 ft · +4 kt from rotation 98 kt 3.4° 17.4 s
35 ft2,668 ft · 5.0 s after liftoff 109 kt 8.0° 22.4 s
Gear up2,668 ft · 26 ft · full marks to 400 ft 109 kt 8.0° 22.4 s
Climb 34,532 ft · 383 ft to 988 ft · target 110 106 kt avg 17.9° 34.0 s
End of Climb 39,134 ft · 988 ft 120 kt 5.3° 59.1 s

Takeoff from KPDX 28L

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
2,242ft20 %
Rotation speed100.00
94kttarget 91, 3 fast
Liftoff speed
98kt
Runway alignment100.00
7.7ft R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Gear up100.00
26ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed100.00
106kttarget 110
Rate of climb100.00
586fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 988 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 7,936 ft of runway left; gear up at 26 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 1,420 fpm on average to 988 ft.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3106 kt avgtarget 110THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050607080KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLRotate 94 kttarget 91Liftoff 98 ktGear up 26 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 10,986 ft runway.

Rolled from 382 ft in, drifted 7 ft right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 19 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

2,0004,0006,0008,00010,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS2 kn75 %widest 7.0 ft RROLL 382 FT INAirborne 2,195 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 2,195 ft of 10,986 ft · 20 %
Behind the start of the roll, 382 ftTakeoff roll, 1,812 ft Left ahead, 8,791 ft

The stabilisation gates

Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.

Seven checks, two gates1,000 ft 42.863 of 7500 ft 71.435 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate1,310 fpm1,260 fpm
On glideslope4.6°4.1°
On centreline2.0° off0.5° off
On speed+67 kt+57 kt
Wings level1° bank1° bank

At the 1,000 ft gate: gear still up, no landing flap set, centreline more than 1° off and speed more than 44 kt above the approach speed of 88 kt.

At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set and speed more than 26 kt above the approach speed of 88 kt.

The approach, gate by gate

Gate Height Centreline Speed
3.1 nmGate— 1.99° R +67.1 kt
3.0 nm1,493 ft — +66.1 kt
2.0 nm923 ft — +62.5 kt
1.6 nmGate698 ft 0.46° R +57.3 kt
1.5 nm662 ft — +57.1 kt
1.0 nm472 ft — +33.6 kt
0.5 nm400 ft — −1.9 kt
THR49 ft — +20.3 kt

Landing and touchdown on BUSH XX

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
49ft
Threshold speed69.71
108kttarget 88, 20 fast
Centreline offset100.00
4.8ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
385ft
Centreline100.00
5.0ft L
Speed52.81
111kttarget 85, 26 fast
Touchdown rate0.00
-1,121fpm
Impact96.57
1.31G
BouncesOk
None
The flare47.71

The flare strayed well off the target profile. Pitch was -1.5° at touchdown, at or below this aircraft's ground attitude, so the nosewheel met the runway with the main wheels or before them. Touchdown was 385 ft past the threshold. Keep raising the nose through the flare so the main wheels touch first.

The crosswind

No wind recorded: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

How to read this

The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.

Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 49 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 16 ft. Touched down 385 ft in, 615 ft short of the ideal 1,000 ft.

How to read this

The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.

49 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 16 ft · −1,471 fpm · −3.6° · 110 kt−1,120 fpm · −1.5° nose down · 111 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 49 ft, down at 385 ft

Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.

The sink went from 1,470 fpm at the flare to 1,120 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.1° on the way down.

How to read this

Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−750−1,500−6°2°10°flaretouchdown−1,120 fpm at touchdown−1.5° at touchdown, +2.1° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 5,000 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline.

How to read this

The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 385 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 385 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1,120 fpm arrival was firm.

Runway used 385 ft of 5,000 ft · 8 %
In the air over the runway, 385 ftRollout, 0 ft Left over, 4,615 ft

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Flight narrative

The aircraft departed KPDX Portland International Airport on runway 28L. Takeoff was achieved after a 7-minute taxi covering 2 nm. The takeoff roll was 2,242 ft, representing 20 % of the runway, and rotation occurred at 94 kt. Local weather was temperature 49 °F, wind 4 kt from 250°, with a 3 kt crosswind and a 3 kt headwind.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 39 seconds, averaging 1,245 fpm and reaching 120 kt at the top of the climb. The climb continued from 1,036 ft asl to 23,587 ft asl in 13 minutes, covering 48 nm while remaining overhead KPDX. Level cruise was flown at 24,000 ft asl for 12 minutes, covering 67 nm, beginning about 1 mile east of WA99 Flying K Ranch Airport. Descent from 24,004 ft asl to 1,941 ft asl lasted 15 minutes and covered 64 nm, starting 6 miles west of Belfair.

During final approach to runway at the Roche Harbor Seaplane Base (W39), the aircraft descended from 1,987 ft agl to 47 ft agl in 108 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway met sink-rate, glideslope, and wings-level criteria, but did not meet gear-down, landing-flap, centreline, and speed criteria at one gate each. Gear was lowered at 1,168 ft agl when the airspeed was 155 kt. Final flap was fully retracted at 413 ft agl with an airspeed of 86 kt.

The aircraft approached touchdown 4 miles southwest of the seaplane base, descending from 49 ft agl to 0 ft agl-a loss of 49 ft in 2 seconds. The flare was described as very poor; the aircraft touched down flat with the nosewheel first. Touchdown speed was 111 kt, considered too fast, and the vertical rate was very heavy at minus 1,121 fpm. Touchdown distance was 385 ft, which was good. Local weather at landing was temperature 45 °F, wind 5 kt from 268°, with a 5 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind. No bounce occurred on touchdown.

The total flight covered 186 nm, lasted 48 minutes, and consumed 351 lb of fuel.

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