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KPVF
Placerville, United States
Runway 23
Elevation2,579 ft asl
Weight2,434 lbs
Fuel231 lbs
Wind260° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

94.12 %
KPVF
Placerville, United States
Runway 23
Elevation2,579 ft asl
Weight2,429 lbs
Fuel456 lbs
WindCalm
14 Sep 2023 0:07 6 nm PA28 Arrow III
Departure Score
89.24 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
91.75 %

What went well

Touched down at -116 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 1,313 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 5.8 ft off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Departure Roll — landing lights off should be on, then strobe light off should be on; Runway alignment max 135.8 ft at 0 %, Liftoff speed was 77 kn at 78 %, −2.70 points
Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 55 %, −1.31 points
Departure Climb 2 — bank angle up to 14.1 ° at 68 %, −0.88 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 · 12 stages, 10 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 Roll 75.66Departure roll runway 23 at KPVF Placerville. Takeoff distance 0 ft 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 77 kn. Local weather - Temperature 86 °F. Wind 2 kn at 259 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 2 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 ft0 % of runway
78 % Liftoff speed was 77 knTarget 70 kn
0 % Runway alignment max 135.8 ft0.0 ft left to 135.8 ft right -135.8 -17.4 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.04 g 1.00 1.00 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 2.3 ° 1.6 2.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.2 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Fail Strobe Light OFF should be ON
Info Parking Brake On 2 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 23 KPVF Placerville.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 -0.3 °
100 % Average speed 83 kn77 kn min to max 89 kn 77 89 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.2 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 224 ft/m191 ft/m min to max 287 ft/m 256 287 ft/m
Info Average altitude 18 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 39 ft agl 0 39 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °2.3 ° min to max 4.0 ° 2.3 4.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 16 ft agl · 89 kt
Departure Climb 2 92.05Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 23 KPVF Placerville.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-1.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.3 -1.0 °
100 % Average speed 89 kn86 kn min to max 92 kn 89 91 kn
68 % Average bank angle 3.2 °0.2 ° min to max 14.1 ° 1.2 14.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.93 g min to max 1.08 g 1.04 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 581 ft/m292 ft/m min to max 1,201 ft/m 292 879 ft/m
Info Average altitude 151 ft agl43 ft agl min to max 387 ft agl 43 387 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.5 °3.3 ° min to max 9.1 ° 4.1 6.8 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile south east of Placerville (El Dorado County, California, United States). Climbing from 2,981 ft asl to 3,893 ft asl, an increase of 912 ft in 2 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Climb speed 97 kn91 kn min to max 107 knTarget 98 kn 91 103 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.0 °0.1 ° min to max 24.6 ° 15.4 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.94 g min to max 1.15 g 1.03 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 611 ft/m-33 ft/m min to max 1,133 ft/m 906 630 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,473 ft asl2,981 ft asl min to max 3,893 ft asl 2,981 3,893 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °0.4 ° min to max 7.6 ° 6.9 2.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead 7CL9 Perryman Placerville (California, United States) and lasted less than 1 minute. , covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,933 ft asl3,902 ft asl min to max 3,958 ft asl 3,902 3,933 ft asl
100 % Average speed 105 kn102 kn min to max 108 kn 103 105 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.3 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.95 g min to max 1.02 g 0.96 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-2.1 ° min to max 2.2 ° 2.2 -2.1 °
Arrival 100.00Not counted in the flight scoreArrival started overhead 7CL9 Perryman Placerville (California, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 93 kn81 kn min to max 108 kn 105 84 kn
100 % Average bank angle 9.3 °0.2 ° min to max 23.5 ° 1.3 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.93 g min to max 1.21 g 1.00 1.05 g
Info Average VSI -455 ft/m-1,153 ft/m min to max 7 ft/m -428 -569 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,552 ft asl3,148 ft asl min to max 3,925 ft asl 3,925 3,148 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.6 °-3.7 ° min to max 0.8 ° -2.5 -1.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 1,773 ft agl · 116 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,138 ft agl · 113 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 575 ft agl · 96 kt
Arrival Final 2 95.09Approaching runway 23 at KPVF Placerville from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 562 ft agl to 487 ft agl. A decrease of 75 ft in 8 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
84 % Approach angle 4.5 °4.4 ° min to max 4.6 °Target 3.8 ° 4.4 4.6 °
100 % Average speed 83 kn82 kn min to max 83 kn 83 82 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.7 °-0.7 ° min to max -0.6 ° -0.7 -0.6 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.1 ° min to max 2.5 ° 2.5 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.02 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -493 ft/m-580 ft/m min to max -450 ft/m -494 -580 ft/m
Info Average altitude 528 ft agl487 ft agl min to max 562 ft agl 562 487 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.0 °-2.2 ° min to max -1.7 ° -1.7 -2.1 °
11.251.51.752400450500550Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-130-98-65-330336598130Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 87.98Approaching runway 23 at KPVF Placerville from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 477 ft agl to 36 ft agl. A decrease of 441 ft in 34 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
47 % Approach angle 3.5 °2.2 ° min to max 4.7 °Target 3.8 ° 4.6 2.2 °
100 % Average speed 78 kn77 kn min to max 82 kn 82 77 kn
93 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.4 -0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.96 g min to max 1.03 g 0.99 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -819 ft/m-934 ft/m min to max -597 ft/m -597 -919 ft/m
Info Average altitude 157 ft agl36 ft agl min to max 477 ft agl 477 36 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -4.2 °-5.3 ° min to max -2.1 ° -2.1 -4.6 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 3 609 ft agl · 89 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400450Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-110-83-55-280285583110Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 80.37Landing on runway 23 at KPVF Placerville, runway length 3,893 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 77 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
92 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 77 kn. Target 71 kn
55 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.1 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.3 °
98 % Average g force 1.04 g0.88 g min to max 1.29 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average speed 71 kn64 kn min to max 77 kn 77 64 kn
Info Average VSI -275 ft/m-929 ft/m min to max 12 ft/m -922 -116 ft/m
Info Average altitude 10 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 34 ft agl 34 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °-4.6 ° min to max 2.8 ° -4.6 2.4 °
02505007501,0001,2501,50001223354658Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,2501,500-50-40-30-20-1001020304050Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 97.48Touchdown distance was good at 1,311 ft. Touchdown speed at 64 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was smooth at -116 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 87 °F. Wind 0 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 0 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Touchdown VSI was -116 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,311 ftTarget 1,500 ft
97 % Speed at touchdown 64 knTarget 61 kn
99 % Runway alignment max 5.8 ft5.8 ft left 5.2 5.8 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.1 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g1.00 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 1.08 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 64 kn64 kn min to max 64 kn 64 64 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °2.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° 2.4 2.0 °
Arrival Rollout 97.83Total landing distance 1,855 ft, 48 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was perfect.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,855 ft48 % of runway.
95 % Runway alignment max 9.6 ft9.6 ft left to 0.0 ft left 5.8 8.7 ft
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.99 g min to max 1.08 g 1.08 0.99 g
Info Average speed 66 kn35 kn min to max 68 kn 68 35 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.8 °-0.5 ° min to max 2.0 ° 2.0 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.1 0.5 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 12 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 13 kn3 kn min to max 27 kn 27 3 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-0.6 ° min to max 2.4 ° -0.6 2.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.1 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.4 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 76 kt with 2.3° 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.

120 kt8040020°10°0°LIFTOFF2.3° off4° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 7 kt 1.2° 0 s
Liftoff2,278 ft 76 kt 2.3° 27.0 s
35 ft3,780 ft · 9.9 s after liftoff 88 kt 3.7° 36.8 s
End of the climb8,169 ft · 383 ft 91 kt 6.8° 64 s

Takeoff from KPVF 23

Takeoff roll100.00
2,598ft67 %
Liftoff speed78.28
76kt
Runway alignment0.00
135.8ft R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
223fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 383 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.

Reached 35 ft 218 ft past the runway end; then climbing at 610 fpm on average to 383 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 END3040506070KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 76 ktSCALE CHANGES0.8 nm past the runway
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 3,893 ft runway.

Rolled from 331 ft in, drifted right of the centreline, 18 ft at the widest, and lifted off 17 ft right. Airborne 67 % 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.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 17.8 ft RROLL 331 FT INAirborne 2,609 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 2,609 ft of 3,893 ft · 67 %
Behind the start of the roll, 331 ftTakeoff roll, 2,278 ft Left ahead, 1,284 ft

The approach to KPVF 23

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3.8° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 110 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, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3.8° here, which is about 400 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 70 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.

1,0002,0003,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,6801,2808704703.8° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND769546320
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.

Inside the 1° band all the way from 1.5 nm, never more than 900 ft off the centreline.

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 nmTHR1000 ft L01000 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND904 ft L100 ft R33 ft R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on KPVF 23

Over the threshold

Threshold height74.84
33ft
Threshold speed92.33
77kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.1ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
1,313ft
Centreline99.15
5.8ft L
Speed96.79
64kt
Touchdown rate93.00
-116fpm
Impact100.00
1.08G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

Calm: 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.

The stop

From 68 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 10 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.

02040608060 kt · 266 ft30 kt · 541 fttouchdown563 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 3,893 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 33 ft, 17 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,313 ft in, 313 ft past 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 3,893 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.

33 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −116 fpm · 2.4° nose up · 64 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 33 ft, down at 1,313 ft

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

From 28 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 120 fpm before coming down at 120 fpm to touch. The nose came up 6.9° 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 UP0−500−1,000−5°2°10°touchdown−116 fpm at touchdown2.4° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 3,893 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 6 ft left of the centreline, and stayed within 8 ft of it down the rollout.

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.

1,0002,0003,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,313 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 1,313 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,802 ft of 3,893 ft · 46 %
In the air over the runway, 1,313 ftRollout, 489 ft Left over, 2,091 ft
Rollout distance100.00
489ft46 % used
Rollout alignment95.17
9.6ft L

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