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KMQS
Coatesville, United States
Runway XX
Elevation0 ft asl
Fuel131 kg

Flight Score

99.25 %
KIAG
Niagara Falls, United States
Runway 10L
Elevation587 ft asl
Weight1,791 kg
Fuel144 kg
Wind350° · 7 kn · 7 kn cross
25 Aug 2024 1:51 247 nm DA42-VI
Departure Score
0.00 %
Enroute Score
99.94 %
Arrival Score
98.27 %

What went well

Touched down at -368 ft/m — a soft arrival
Touchdown 170 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 29 ft and 75 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — Runway alignment max 7.47 m at 84 %, −0.47 points
Arrival Landing — Landing and flare profile at 84 %, −0.39 points

Top opportunity

Shorten the long landing

Arrival Touchdown

Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.

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Start to finish · 17 stages, 17 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
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Westwood (Pennsylvania, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 645 ft asl644 ft asl min to max 647 ft asl 645 647 ft asl
100 % Average speed 10 kn2 kn min to max 16 kn 2 11 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 5.0 ° 0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °0.0 ° min to max 8.9 ° 2.4 1.4 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 2 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Westwood (Pennsylvania, United States). Climbing from 647 ft asl to 2,650 ft asl, an increase of 2,003 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 43 kn5 kn min to max 108 kn 11 108 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.2 °0.1 ° min to max 26.3 ° 0.2 26.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.97 g min to max 1.11 g 1.01 1.11 g
Info Average VSI 3 ft/m-97 ft/m min to max 106 ft/m 3 -18 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,362 ft asl646 ft asl min to max 2,651 ft asl 647 2,650 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °0.1 ° min to max 6.6 ° 1.9 2.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Autopilot Yaw Damper Activated 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Westwood (Pennsylvania, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 2,714 ft asl2,650 ft asl min to max 2,931 ft asl 2,650 2,931 ft asl
100 % Average speed 140 kn109 kn min to max 161 kn 109 159 kn
100 % Average bank angle 19.5 °0.0 ° min to max 27.4 ° 27.4 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g0.77 g min to max 1.30 g 1.16 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-1.8 ° min to max 2.7 ° 2.7 -0.2 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 2 miles south of Honey Brook (Pennsylvania, United States). Climbing from 2,946 ft asl to 3,745 ft asl, an increase of 799 ft in 2 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 161 kn159 kn min to max 163 kn 159 163 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 2.0 ° 0.3 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.89 g min to max 1.20 g 0.96 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 350 ft/m89 ft/m min to max 526 ft/m 89 212 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,359 ft asl2,946 ft asl min to max 3,745 ft asl 2,946 3,745 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-0.7 ° min to max 0.7 ° -0.1 0.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Autopilot Heading Hold Activated 2,046 ft agl · 168 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 2,046 ft agl · 168 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 2,046 ft agl · 168 kt
Enroute Level 3 99.43Enroute level cruise started 2 miles west of Morgantown (Pennsylvania, United States) and lasted 64 minutes, covering 159 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 4,031 ft asl3,799 ft asl min to max 4,281 ft asl 3,799 4,022 ft asl
100 % Average speed 166 kn160 kn min to max 171 kn 164 167 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 27.2 ° 0.9 0.8 °
94 % Average g force 1.00 g0.30 g min to max 1.46 g 0.98 0.95 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.6 °-3.4 ° min to max 0.6 ° -0.6 -0.6 °
Enroute Climb 3 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Westons Mills (New York, United States). Climbing from 4,041 ft asl to 4,193 ft asl, an increase of 152 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 168 kn165 kn min to max 172 kn 166 171 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.4 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.4 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.09 g0.99 g min to max 1.42 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 241 ft/m-1 ft/m min to max 316 ft/m 312 309 ft/m
Info Average altitude 4,107 ft asl4,041 ft asl min to max 4,193 ft asl 4,041 4,193 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.0 °-2.6 ° min to max -1.1 ° -2.0 -2.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 4 99.94Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north east of Weston Mills (New York, United States) and lasted 28 minutes, covering 55 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 4,081 ft asl4,008 ft asl min to max 4,227 ft asl 4,185 4,044 ft asl
100 % Average speed 166 kn160 kn min to max 171 kn 167 168 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.0 °0.0 ° min to max 26.8 ° 0.4 1.0 °
99 % Average g force 1.02 g0.48 g min to max 1.38 g 0.98 1.04 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.8 °-2.7 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.6 -0.8 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile north east of Fort Erie (Ontario, Canada). Descent from 4,025 ft asl to 3,155 ft asl, a decrease of 869 ft in 1 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 169 kn163 kn min to max 177 kn 166 163 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.5 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.93 g min to max 1.03 g 0.99 0.96 g
Info Average VSI -505 ft/m-1,538 ft/m min to max -13 ft/m -97 -157 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3,640 ft asl3,155 ft asl min to max 4,025 ft asl 4,025 3,155 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.0 °-5.2 ° min to max -0.6 ° -0.6 -0.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 5 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Grandyle Village (New York, United States) and lasted 2 minutes, covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 3,108 ft asl3,093 ft asl min to max 3,135 ft asl 3,135 3,116 ft asl
100 % Average speed 165 kn162 kn min to max 168 kn 163 168 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.07 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.5 °-1.4 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.6 -0.8 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Niagara Falls (New York, United States). Descent from 3,023 ft asl to 1,420 ft asl, a decrease of 1,603 ft in 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 112 kn94 kn min to max 166 kn 166 94 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 18.3 ° 5.6 18.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.83 g min to max 1.20 g 1.00 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -946 ft/m-1,329 ft/m min to max -91 ft/m -1,329 -91 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,937 ft asl1,420 ft asl min to max 3,023 ft asl 3,023 1,420 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.1 °-5.7 ° min to max 2.8 ° -5.7 2.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 837 ft agl · 108 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 837 ft agl · 108 kt
Enroute Level 6 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north west of Niagara Falls (Ontario, Canada) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average altitude 1,436 ft asl1,410 ft asl min to max 1,458 ft asl 1,418 1,431 ft asl
100 % Average speed 84 kn80 kn min to max 93 kn 93 84 kn
100 % Average bank angle 5.1 °0.0 ° min to max 27.3 ° 23.2 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.84 g min to max 1.18 g 1.10 0.98 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °-1.2 ° min to max 4.8 ° 2.8 2.6 °

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 790 ft agl · 89 kt
Arrival 100.00Arrival started 2 miles north west of Niagara Falls (Ontario, Canada).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 83 kn82 kn min to max 84 kn 83 84 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.87 g min to max 1.01 g 0.97 0.87 g
Info Average VSI -58 ft/m-348 ft/m min to max 68 ft/m 68 -348 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,429 ft asl1,416 ft asl min to max 1,432 ft asl 1,432 1,416 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °-0.8 ° min to max 3.7 ° 2.6 -0.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Final 3 100.00Approaching runway 10L at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 818 ft agl to 622 ft agl. A decrease of 196 ft in 21 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.0 °2.9 ° min to max 3.0 °Target 3.0 ° 3.0 2.9 °
100 % Average speed 87 kn85 kn min to max 89 kn 85 87 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.2 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 2.3 ° 0.2 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.09 g 0.92 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -534 ft/m-732 ft/m min to max -383 ft/m -557 -626 ft/m
Info Average altitude 725 ft agl622 ft agl min to max 818 ft agl 818 622 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-1.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° -1.0 -0.4 °
22.252.52.753550600650700750800850900950Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft22.252.52.753-90-68-45-23023456890Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 2 100.00Approaching runway 10L at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 610 ft agl to 295 ft agl. A decrease of 315 ft in 39 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.8 °2.7 ° min to max 2.9 °Target 3.0 ° 2.9 2.7 °
100 % Average speed 85 kn83 kn min to max 87 kn 87 85 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.3 °-0.3 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.2 -0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 2.6 ° 0.9 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.92 g min to max 1.09 g 0.99 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -496 ft/m-730 ft/m min to max -303 ft/m -652 -447 ft/m
Info Average altitude 443 ft agl295 ft agl min to max 610 ft agl 610 295 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.6 °-0.2 ° min to max 2.3 ° -0.2 0.4 °
11.251.51.752200250300350400450500550600650700750Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-80-60-40-20020406080Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 100.00Approaching runway 10L at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 287 ft agl to 34 ft agl. A decrease of 253 ft in 33 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 2.3 °1.9 ° min to max 2.7 °Target 3.0 ° 2.7 1.9 °
100 % Average speed 81 kn75 kn min to max 85 kn 85 75 kn
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.3 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.04 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -436 ft/m-463 ft/m min to max -409 ft/m -463 -409 ft/m
Info Average altitude 85 ft agl34 ft agl min to max 287 ft agl 287 34 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-0.0 ° min to max 3.0 ° 0.3 2.7 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-60-45-30-15015304560Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 96.06Landing on runway 10L at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl, runway length 2,773 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly below target at 75 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was slightly below target at 75 kn. Target 82 kn
100 % Target 50 ft agl
84 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.2 °
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.2 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.04 g 0.99 1.04 g
Info Average speed 73 kn71 kn min to max 75 kn 75 71 kn
Info Average VSI -406 ft/m-418 ft/m min to max -368 ft/m -409 -368 ft/m
Info Average altitude 15 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 30 ft agl 30 1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °2.3 ° min to max 3.0 ° 2.7 2.3 °
07515001123344657Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 95.27Touchdown distance was good at 169 m. Touchdown speed at 71 kn was good. Touchdown rate was firm at -368 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.5 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 29 °C. Wind 7 kn at 349 °. Crosswind: 7 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
91 % Touchdown VSI was -368 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 169 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 71 knTarget 74 kn
84 % Runway alignment max 7.47 m7.18 m left 7.47 6.85 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.21 g1.04 g min to max 1.37 g 1.04 1.12 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 70 kn69 kn min to max 71 kn 71 69 kn
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-0.9 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.3 1.2 °

Landing

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

100.00Threshold height29 ft
100.00Threshold speed75 kt
100.00Centreline offset0.06 m L

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.

Five checks, one gate500 ft
Gear down
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed

Touchdown on KIAG 10L

Past threshold100.00
170m
Centreline83.88
6.85m L
Speed100.00
71kt
Sink rate90.75
-368ft/m
Impact100.00
1.37G
BouncesOk
None

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

29 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft 80 ft400 Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 29 ft, down at 170 m

Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,773 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD FULL SCORE TO 503 M 170 m past threshold CLEARED

The 170 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 170 m of 2,773 m · 6 %

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway XX at KMQS Chester Co Carlson in the DA42-VI
Landing report
Landing on runway 10L at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl in the DA42-VI
Landing Score 97.11 %
100 %
Final 3
Approaching runway 10L at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 818 ft agl to 622 ft agl. A decrease of 196 ft in 21 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
89 85 80
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
100 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-383 -592 -800
22.252.52.753550600650700750800850900950 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
22.252.52.753-90-68-45-23023456890 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
100 %
Final 2
Approaching runway 10L at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 610 ft agl to 295 ft agl. A decrease of 315 ft in 39 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
87 83 80
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
100 %
3 1.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-303 -552 -800
11.251.51.752200250300350400450500550600650700750 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
11.251.51.752-80-60-40-20020406080 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
100 %
Final 1
Approaching runway 10L at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 287 ft agl to 34 ft agl. A decrease of 253 ft in 33 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
100 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
85 78 70
Alignment
100 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-409 -455 -500
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-60-45-30-15015304560 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment m
96.06 %
Landing
Landing on runway 10L at KIAG Niagara Falls Intl, runway length 2,773 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly below target at 75 kn.
Height
100 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
100 %
Threshold speed was slightly below target at 75 kt. Target 82 kt
Flare
84.24 %
Very good landing flare
Centreline ft
100 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
100 %
2 1 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
75 73 70
Pitch °
Info
4 3 2
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-370 -435 -500
07515001123344657 Runway Distance m Landing Height ft
075150-24-20-16-12-8-404812162024 Runway Distance m Runway Width m
95.27 %
Touchdown
Touchdown distance was good at 169 m. Touchdown speed at 71 kn was good. Touchdown rate was firm at -368 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.5 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 29 °C. Wind 7 kn at 349 °. Crosswind: 7 kn Tailwind: 1 kn.
Touchdown
90.75 %
Touchdown rate was firm at -368 ft/m.
Speed
100 %
Touchdown speed at 71 kt was good. Target below 74 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 169 m.
Alignment
83.88 %
Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.5 m from centreline.
Bank
100 %
Bank angle 0.2 °
G
100 %
G 1.21 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
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