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C53
Challis, United States
Runway 34
Elevation4,081 ft asl
Weight2,581 lbs
Fuel155 lbs
Wind270° · 22 kn · 22 kn cross

Flight Score

86.37 %
12ID
Salmon, United States
Runway 16
Elevation3,645 ft asl
Weight2,567 lbs
Fuel139 lbs
Wind276° · 17 kn · 17 kn cross
30 Apr 2024 0:10 9 nm Wilga 35 16 lbs
Departure Score
87.62 %
Enroute Score
99.97 %
Arrival Score
62.53 %

What went well

Held the centreline on the roll in a 21 kn crosswind — 7.1 ft off at liftoff
Touchdown 1,044 ft in — inside the full-score zone
1.21 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 0 %, Heading variation 1.1 ° at 0 %, −8.02 points
Arrival Rollout — bounce at touchdown; Runway alignment max 54.7 ft at 50 %, −3.09 points
Departure Climb 2 — Heading variation 3.7 ° at 0 %, bank angle up to 17.6 ° at 59 %, −2.94 points

Next time

Work on the flare

See Arrival Landing

Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.

Read more in VRef Explained

Start to finish · 14 stages, 12 in the score

The flight story

The approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.

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 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 0 kn0 kn min to max 0 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 knmax 0 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.99 g min to max 0.99 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Average pitch angle 9.1 °9.1 ° min to max 9.2 ° 9.1 9.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.1 0.2 °
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 34 at C53 Lower Loon Creek. Takeoff distance 0 ft 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 46 kn. Local weather - Temperature 38 °F. Wind 22 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 22 kn Headwind: 3 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 ft0 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 46 knTarget 45 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 13.2 ft7.1 ft left to 6.1 ft right -5.6 7.1 ft
100 % Average g force 0.95 g0.90 g min to max 0.99 g 0.99 0.95 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 9.2 °8.0 ° min to max 9.7 ° 9.2 8.0 °
Info Average bank angle 1.7 °0.1 ° min to max 5.9 ° 0.3 5.9 °

Events

Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl · 3 kt
Departure Climb 1 85.76Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 34 C53 Lower Loon Creek.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
84 % Heading variation -1.8 °-2.4 ° min to max -0.5 ° -1.1 -0.5 °
100 % Average speed 52 kn46 kn min to max 55 kn 46 55 kn
59 % Average bank angle 14.8 °6.2 ° min to max 17.6 ° 6.2 17.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.10 g0.93 g min to max 1.21 g 0.95 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 673 ft/m314 ft/m min to max 942 ft/m 314 942 ft/m
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 41 ft agl 0 41 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 16.4 °7.9 ° min to max 20.0 ° 8.0 17.8 °
Departure Climb 2 64.72Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 34 C53 Lower Loon Creek.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation 3.7 °-0.3 ° min to max 16.4 ° -0.3 16.4 °
100 % Average speed 56 kn55 kn min to max 58 kn 55 57 kn
59 % Average bank angle 12.1 °1.2 ° min to max 17.6 ° 17.6 5.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.94 g min to max 1.01 g 0.98 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 1,065 ft/m950 ft/m min to max 1,828 ft/m 950 1,828 ft/m
Info Average altitude 91 ft agl42 ft agl min to max 327 ft agl 42 327 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 16.9 °16.2 ° min to max 19.0 ° 17.7 19.0 °

Events

Info Bounce during liftoff 298 ft agl · 61 kt
Enroute Climb 99.83Enroute climb started overhead C53 Lower Loon Creek Challis (Idaho, United States). Climbing from 4,454 ft asl to 6,594 ft asl, an increase of 2,140 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 80 kn56 kn min to max 91 kn 57 90 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 6.8 ° 2.3 0.6 °
98 % Average g force 0.98 g0.72 g min to max 1.11 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 1,422 ft/m327 ft/m min to max 2,237 ft/m 1,893 1,329 ft/m
Info Average altitude 5,464 ft asl4,454 ft asl min to max 6,594 ft asl 4,454 6,594 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 11.1 °5.6 ° min to max 21.4 ° 19.3 6.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 561 ft agl · 60 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north east of C53 Lower Loon Creek Challis (Idaho, United States) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 6,704 ft asl6,617 ft asl min to max 6,735 ft asl 6,617 6,659 ft asl
100 % Average speed 96 kn91 kn min to max 104 kn 91 104 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.6 2.4 °
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.88 g min to max 1.02 g 0.99 1.02 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °1.8 ° min to max 5.7 ° 5.7 2.6 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 4 miles north east of C53 Lower Loon Creek Challis (Idaho, United States). Climbing from 6,692 ft asl to 6,920 ft asl, an increase of 227 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 99 kn96 kn min to max 102 kn 102 97 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.1 °0.2 ° min to max 4.8 ° 4.8 3.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.92 g min to max 1.03 g 1.01 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 554 ft/m200 ft/m min to max 677 ft/m 445 414 ft/m
Info Average altitude 6,850 ft asl6,692 ft asl min to max 6,920 ft asl 6,692 6,920 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.2 °3.3 ° min to max 5.4 ° 4.0 5.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Pitot Heat Switched On 2,718 ft agl · 113 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 5 miles north of C53 Lower Loon Creek Challis (Idaho, United States) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 6,972 ft asl6,925 ft asl min to max 7,028 ft asl 6,925 6,989 ft asl
100 % Average speed 99 kn95 kn min to max 107 kn 97 107 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.6 °0.0 ° min to max 4.7 ° 4.1 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.89 g min to max 1.07 g 0.97 0.97 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °-1.9 ° min to max 5.7 ° 5.6 -1.9 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 3 miles south of 12ID Flying B Ranch Landing Strip Salmon (Idaho, United States). Descent from 6,903 ft asl to 3,860 ft asl, a decrease of 3,043 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 110 kn80 kn min to max 123 kn 110 80 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.8 °0.4 ° min to max 32.3 ° 2.1 10.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.88 g min to max 1.17 g 0.96 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -1,904 ft/m-3,070 ft/m min to max -118 ft/m -684 -408 ft/m
Info Average altitude 5,175 ft asl3,860 ft asl min to max 6,903 ft asl 6,903 3,860 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -8.4 °-13.8 ° min to max 3.3 ° -3.2 0.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival 98.51Not counted in the flight scoreArrival started 3 miles south of 12ID Flying B Ranch Landing Strip Salmon (Idaho, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 77 kn61 kn min to max 90 kn 79 71 kn
100 % Average bank angle 12.1 °0.0 ° min to max 29.5 ° 11.1 21.1 °
93 % Average g force 1.02 g0.70 g min to max 1.38 g 0.99 1.24 g
Info Average VSI -76 ft/m-2,202 ft/m min to max 2,071 ft/m -438 -2,066 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,931 ft asl3,751 ft asl min to max 4,225 ft asl 3,852 3,751 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-18.6 ° min to max 16.6 ° 0.2 -12.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 189 ft agl · 83 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 266 ft agl · 79 kt
Arrival Landing 27.85Landing on runway 16 at 12ID Flying B Ranch Landing Strip, runway length 1,846 ft. Threshold height at 69 ft agl was above target. Threshold speed was excessively high at 68 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
37 % Threshold speed was excessively high at 68 kn. Target 50 kn
0 % Landing and flare profile
0 % Heading variation 1.1 °0.2 ° min to max 3.1 ° 0.4 3.1 °
68 % Average bank angle 4.5 °0.1 ° min to max 14.2 ° 14.2 1.7 °
99 % Average g force 1.11 g0.98 g min to max 1.27 g 1.27 0.99 g
Info Average speed 60 kn50 kn min to max 68 kn 68 50 kn
Info Average VSI -880 ft/m-1,739 ft/m min to max -216 ft/m -1,739 -216 ft/m
Info Average altitude 25 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 69 ft agl 69 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-7.7 ° min to max 6.5 ° -7.7 6.3 °
02505007501,00001427415569Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,000-70-56-42-28-1401428425670Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 87.58Touchdown distance was good at 705 ft. Touchdown speed at 50 knwas fast. Touchdown rate was fair at -216 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 52 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 39 °F. Wind 17 kn at 275 °. Crosswind: 17 kn Tailwind: 3 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
83 % Touchdown VSI was -216 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 705 ftTarget 1,115 ft
95 % Speed at touchdown 50 knTarget 44 kn
53 % Runway alignment max 52.0 ft47.7 ft left 42.8 52.0 ft
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.1 ° min to max 1.8 ° 1.7 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.06 g0.96 g min to max 1.21 g 0.99 1.05 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 47 kn45 kn min to max 50 kn 50 45 kn
Info Average pitch angle 8.7 °6.3 ° min to max 10.1 ° 6.3 8.8 °
Arrival Rollout 72.16Total landing distance 1,098 ft, 59 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 55 ft from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,098 ft59 % of runway.
50 % Runway alignment max 54.7 ft54.7 ft left to 0.0 ft left 52.1 36.0 ft
100 % Average g force 1.02 g1.00 g min to max 1.04 g 1.04 1.00 g
Info Average speed 43 kn32 kn min to max 48 kn 48 32 kn
Info Average pitch angle 10.1 °8.9 ° min to max 10.7 ° 8.9 10.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.3 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.5 0.8 °

Events

Fail Bounce during touchdown 5 ft agl · 39 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 13 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 16 kn0 kn min to max 46 kn 28 6 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °-84.3 ° min to max 13.6 ° 10.5 -84.3 °
Info Average bank angle 8.8 °0.0 ° min to max 166.6 ° 0.6 166.6 °
Info Average g force 0.96 g0.27 g min to max 1.15 g 1.02 0.27 g

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 46 kt with 8.0° of pitch.

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 figure at liftoff is the pitch then.

60 kt4020020°10°0°LIFTOFF8.0° off18° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH01020 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 11 kt 9.2° 0 s
Liftoff208 ft 46 kt 8.0° 4.1 s
35 ft503 ft · 3.6 s after liftoff 54 kt 18.3° 7.7 s
End of the climb1,725 ft · 327 ft 57 kt 19.0° 20.8 s

Takeoff from C53 34

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
422ft34 %
Liftoff speed100.00
46kt
Runway alignment100.00
7.1ft L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb85.76
673fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 327 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 512 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,170 fpm on average to 327 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.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END3040KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 46 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 1,232 ft runway.

Rolled from 216 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 7 ft at the widest, and lifted off 8 ft left, in 21 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 34 % 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.

5001,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS21 kn75 %widest 7.1 ft LROLL 216 FT INAirborne 424 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 424 ft of 1,232 ft · 34 %
Behind the start of the roll, 216 ftTakeoff roll, 208 ft Left ahead, 808 ft

Landing and touchdown on 12ID 16

Over the threshold

Threshold height27.29
68ft
Threshold speed37.14
68kt
Centreline offset0.00
3.1ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
1,044ft
Centreline53.39
52.0ft L
Speed94.71
49kt
Touchdown rate82.53
-216fpm
Impact100.00
1.21G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 15° right of the track, wings level.

Wind 276° at 17 kt · 4 kt tail · 0 kt across

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.

The stop

From 54 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 7 s, an average deceleration of 0.21 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

020406030 kt · 442 fttouchdown460 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,846 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 68 ft, 18 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,044 ft in, close to 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 1,846 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.

68 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −216 fpm · 6.3° nose up · 50 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 68 ft, down at 1,044 ft

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

The sink went from 2,070 fpm at 106 ft to 220 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 18.4° 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 UP0−1,250−2,500−13°−2°10°touchdown−216 fpm at touchdown6.3° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,846 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 52 ft left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 55 ft left at the widest.

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.

1,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,044 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 1,044 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,301 ft of 1,846 ft · 70 %
In the air over the runway, 1,044 ftRollout, 257 ft Left over, 545 ft
Rollout distance100.00
257ft52 % used
Rollout alignment50.29
54.7ft L

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