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KSUT
Oak Island, United States
Runway 23
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight1,118 kg
Fuel81 kg
Wind230° · 5 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

96.77 %
KSUT
Oak Island, United States
Runway 23
Elevation16 ft asl
Weight1,114 kg
Fuel78 kg
Wind230° · 6 kn · 1 kn cross
10 Aug 2024 0:06 4 nm Piper PA-24-250 Comanche 3 kg
Departure Score
94.19 %
Pattern Score
0.00 %
Arrival Score
99.34 %

What went well

Touched down at -207 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 162 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 10 ft and 65 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Departure Roll — Landing Lights at 0 %, Runway alignment max 8.79 m at 82 %, −1.25 points
Departure Climb 3 — bank angle up to 18.0 ° at 58 %, −1.05 points
Departure Climb 1 — bank angle up to 5.9 ° at 90 %, −0.51 points

Next time

Maintain the centreline

See 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.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 10 stages, 7 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 Runway Entry Entering runway 23 at KSUT Brunswick Co, Average speed was 0 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 0 kn0 kn min to max 0 kn 0 0 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °1.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 1.0 1.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 0.91 g0.91 g min to max 0.91 g 0.91 0.91 g
Departure Roll 90.01Departure roll runway 23 at KSUT Brunswick Co. Takeoff distance 270 m 17 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 62 kn. Local weather - Temperature 30 °C. Wind 5 kn at 230 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 5 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 270 m17 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 62 knTarget 70 kn
82 % Runway alignment max 8.79 m7.97 m left to 0.82 m right -0.81 7.97 m
86 % Average g force 0.37 g0.01 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 0.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °3.4 ° min to max 4.4 ° 4.2 3.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 0.2 2.2 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 4 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 3 ft agl · 7 kt
Departure Climb 1 95.95Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 23 KSUT Brunswick Co.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
94 % Heading variation -1.2 °-1.5 ° min to max -0.8 ° -1.4 -0.8 °
100 % Average speed 71 kn62 kn min to max 76 kn 62 76 kn
90 % Average bank angle 2.3 °0.1 ° min to max 5.9 ° 2.4 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.86 g min to max 1.15 g 1.02 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 436 ft/m301 ft/m min to max 493 ft/m 301 435 ft/m
Info Average altitude 18 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 44 ft agl 0 44 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.0 °3.4 ° min to max 7.6 ° 3.4 5.5 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 29 ft agl · 82 kt
Departure Climb 2 99.19Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 23 KSUT Brunswick Co.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 82 kn76 kn min to max 93 kn 76 91 kn
97 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 3.2 ° 0.4 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.75 g min to max 1.10 g 0.98 0.92 g
Info Average VSI 526 ft/m415 ft/m min to max 1,549 ft/m 434 1,549 ft/m
Info Average altitude 90 ft agl44 ft agl min to max 386 ft agl 44 386 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.2 °4.3 ° min to max 11.2 ° 5.4 11.2 °

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 148 ft agl · 95 kt
Departure Climb 3 91.61Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 23 KSUT Brunswick Co.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -1.6 °-2.5 ° min to max -1.1 ° -1.1 -2.5 °
100 % Average speed 87 kn84 kn min to max 91 kn 91 85 kn
58 % Average bank angle 7.3 °0.1 ° min to max 18.0 ° 0.8 18.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.89 g0.86 g min to max 0.92 g 0.92 0.90 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 1,466 ft/m1,111 ft/m min to max 1,691 ft/m 1,617 1,111 ft/m
Info Average altitude 542 ft agl414 ft agl min to max 652 ft agl 414 652 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.0 °8.6 ° min to max 12.2 ° 11.6 8.6 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Not counted in the flight scoreEnroute climb started overhead Yaupon Beach (North Carolina, United States). Climbing from 695 ft asl to 481 ft asl, an increase of 214 ft in 3 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 98 kn77 kn min to max 128 kn 86 78 kn
100 % Average bank angle 10.9 °0.1 ° min to max 23.1 ° 18.9 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.89 g0.61 g min to max 1.08 g 0.90 0.89 g
Info Average VSI -68 ft/m-1,074 ft/m min to max 1,206 ft/m 1,030 -373 ft/m
Info Average altitude 935 ft asl481 ft asl min to max 1,162 ft asl 695 481 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-7.5 ° min to max 9.2 ° 8.0 -2.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 982 ft agl · 132 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 1,032 ft agl · 120 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,107 ft agl · 102 kt
Info Flaps Position 9 813 ft agl · 92 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Not counted in the flight scoreEnroute descent started 1 mile north east of KSUT Brunswick Co Oak Island (North Carolina, United States). Descent from 474 ft asl to 180 ft asl, a decrease of 295 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 75 kn72 kn min to max 79 kn 77 72 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 3.7 ° 3.7 0.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.86 g0.80 g min to max 0.96 g 0.85 0.82 g
Info Average VSI -574 ft/m-899 ft/m min to max -194 ft/m -401 -559 ft/m
Info Average altitude 339 ft asl180 ft asl min to max 474 ft asl 474 180 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.5 °-5.8 ° min to max -1.8 ° -2.5 -3.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Final 1 99.89Approaching runway 23 at KSUT Brunswick Co from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 154 ft agl to 22 ft agl. A decrease of 133 ft in 20 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.3 °0.8 ° min to max 2.4 °Target 3.0 ° 2.4 0.8 °
100 % Average speed 68 kn64 kn min to max 74 kn 74 66 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.1 -0.1 °
99 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 3.3 ° 1.5 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.80 g min to max 1.12 g 0.91 0.96 g
Info Average VSI -357 ft/m-552 ft/m min to max -129 ft/m -552 -145 ft/m
Info Average altitude 54 ft agl22 ft agl min to max 154 ft agl 154 22 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-2.4 ° min to max 2.4 ° -2.4 1.0 °
00.250.50.751050100150200Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-30-23-15-7.507.5152330Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 99.08Landing on runway 23 at KSUT Brunswick Co, runway length 1,555 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly below target at 66 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly below target at 66 kn. Target 70 kn
96 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.1 -0.0 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.0 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.75 g min to max 1.14 g 1.00 0.89 g
Info Average speed 61 kn58 kn min to max 66 kn 66 59 kn
Info Average VSI -98 ft/m-195 ft/m min to max -23 ft/m -148 -195 ft/m
Info Average altitude 7 ft agl2 ft agl min to max 11 ft agl 11 2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 3.2 ° 1.0 -0.1 °
07515001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 99.04Touchdown distance was good at 161 m. Touchdown speed at 59 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was good at -195 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 30 °C. Wind 6 kn at 230 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 6 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Touchdown VSI was -195 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 161 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 59 knTarget 55 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 0.61 m0.44 m right -0.30 -0.61 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.7 0.2 °
97 % Average g force 0.72 g0.40 g min to max 1.13 g 0.89 0.47 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 55 kn53 kn min to max 59 kn 59 53 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °-3.1 ° min to max 7.1 ° -0.1 6.5 °

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 62 kt with 3.4° 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

120 kt8040020°10°0°LIFTOFF3.4° off6° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 0 kt 4.3° 0 s
Liftoff266 m 62 kt 3.4° 14.4 s
35 ft484 m · 5.9 s after liftoff 74 kt 5.9° 20.3 s
End of Climb 32,028 m · 652 ft 85 kt 8.7° 55.4 s

Takeoff from KSUT 23

Takeoff roll100.00
270m17 %
Liftoff speed100.00
62kt
Runway alignment82.06
7.97m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb95.95
435fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 652 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,097 m of runway left; then climbing at 950 fpm on average to 652 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

750 ft375 ft0CLIMB 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 62 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 1,555 m runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted left of the centreline, 8 m at the widest, and lifted off 8.1 m left. Airborne 15 % 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.

5001,0001,500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 7.99 m LAirborne 240 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 240 m of 1,555 m · 15 %
Takeoff roll, 240 m Left ahead, 1,315 m

The approach to KSUT 23

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 1.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 150 ft above the slope.

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND626415182
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 267 m left of the centreline at 1.8 nm, then inside the band from 1.5 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND47 m L1 m R2 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on KSUT 23

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
10ft
Threshold speed100.00
65kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.02m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
162m
Centreline100.00
0.61m R
Speed100.00
59kt
Touchdown rate96.72
-207fpm
Impact97.14
1.13G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° right of the track, wings level.

Wind 230° at 6 kt · 6 kt head · 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.

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

Crossed the threshold at 10 ft, 40 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 162 m in, 143 m short of the ideal 305 m.

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 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m 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.

10 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −195 fpm · −0.1° nose down · 59 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 10 ft, down at 162 m

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

The sink went from 180 fpm at 9 ft to 10 fpm at 6 ft, then back up to 200 fpm at touchdown. The nose went down 1.1° 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 UP0−500−1,000−1°4°10°touchdown−195 fpm at touchdown−0.1° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,555 m 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.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 162 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 162 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 162 m of 1,555 m · 10 %
In the air over the runway, 162 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 1,393 m

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