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KPSP
Palm Springs, United States
Runway 31L
Elevation449 ft asl
Weight2,410 lbs
Fuel174 lbs
Wind250° · 7 kn · 7 kn cross

Flight Score

91.10 %
KPSP
Palm Springs, United States
Runway 31L
Elevation449 ft asl
Weight2,403 lbs
Fuel167 lbs
Wind250° · 8 kn · 8 kn cross
27 Jan 2024 0:09 8 nm Turbo Arrow III 7 lbs
Departure Score
81.69 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
89.52 %

What went well

Touched down at -12 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 1,475 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Straight touchdown — 4.2 ft off the centreline, no bounce

What held you back

Arrival Final 1 — gear not down; Approach angle 4.0 ° at 6 %, −2.48 points
Departure Climb 1 — Heading variation -51.1 ° at 0 %, bank angle up to 9.2 ° at 81 %, −1.98 points
Departure Taxi — beacon light off should be on; peak speed in a turn 23 kt at 30 %, −1.87 points
Departure Roll — strobe light off should be on; Takeoff distance 9,569 ft at 0 %, Runway alignment max 23.8 ft at 80 %, −0.26 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 · 13 stages, 11 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 72.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 6 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 15 kn0 kn min to max 24 kn 0 18 kn
30 % Average speed turning corners 18 knmax 23 kn 0 0 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
100 % Beacon, navigation and taxi lights on
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.5 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.0 0.7 °

Events

Fail Beacon Light OFF should be ON
Info Parking Brake Off 2 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 2 ft agl · 16 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 2 ft agl · 16 kt
Departure Roll 96.05Departure roll runway 31L at KPSP Palm Springs Intl. Takeoff distance 9,569 ft 173 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 73 kn. Local weather - Temperature 70 °F. Wind 7 kn at 250 °. Crosswind: 7 kn Headwind: 2 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Takeoff distance 9,569 ft173 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 73 knTarget 75 kn
80 % Runway alignment max 23.8 ft23.8 ft left to 0.0 ft left 16.4 15.7 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.02 g 1.01 1.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.2 ° min to max 3.6 ° 0.5 3.6 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.8 0.7 °

Events

Fail Strobe Light OFF should be ON
Departure Climb 1 70.30Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 31L KPSP Palm Springs Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation -51.1 °-175.8 ° min to max 0.8 ° -175.8 0.8 °
100 % Average speed 85 kn73 kn min to max 94 kn 73 94 kn
81 % Average bank angle 6.9 °0.9 ° min to max 9.2 ° 0.9 7.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.96 g min to max 1.13 g 1.02 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 467 ft/m369 ft/m min to max 604 ft/m 369 604 ft/m
Info Average altitude 19 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 48 ft agl 0 48 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °3.7 ° min to max 6.3 ° 3.8 5.4 °
Departure Climb 2 80.60Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 31L KPSP Palm Springs Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
37 % Heading variation 3.8 °0.9 ° min to max 7.0 ° 0.9 6.6 °
100 % Average speed 100 kn94 kn min to max 109 kn 94 108 kn
85 % Average bank angle 3.3 °0.5 ° min to max 7.6 ° 7.6 4.7 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g1.00 g min to max 1.05 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 902 ft/m609 ft/m min to max 1,841 ft/m 609 1,841 ft/m
Info Average altitude 111 ft agl49 ft agl min to max 436 ft agl 49 436 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.0 °5.3 ° min to max 9.7 ° 5.4 9.6 °
Departure Climb 3 89.48Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 31L KPSP Palm Springs Intl.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
64 % Heading variation 4.0 °1.6 ° min to max 6.2 ° 6.2 1.6 °
100 % Average speed 108 kn105 kn min to max 110 kn 107 110 kn
84 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.1 ° min to max 8.1 ° 4.5 8.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.95 g min to max 1.03 g 0.99 1.01 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 1,477 ft/m1,221 ft/m min to max 1,855 ft/m 1,855 1,633 ft/m
Info Average altitude 762 ft agl466 ft agl min to max 1,029 ft agl 466 1,029 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.2 °5.8 ° min to max 9.5 ° 9.5 8.2 °

Events

Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 794 ft agl · 112 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 814 ft agl · 113 kt
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead KPSP Palm Springs Intl Palm Springs (California, United States). Climbing from 1,462 ft asl to 2,344 ft asl, an increase of 882 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 111 kn104 kn min to max 113 kn 110 105 kn
100 % Average bank angle 16.5 °8.7 ° min to max 19.2 ° 8.7 12.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.89 g min to max 1.06 g 1.01 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 1,004 ft/m-776 ft/m min to max 1,691 ft/m 1,662 -776 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,016 ft asl1,462 ft asl min to max 2,384 ft asl 1,462 2,344 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °-4.6 ° min to max 8.4 ° 8.3 -4.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 1,048 ft agl · 112 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 1,075 ft agl · 112 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Palm Springs (California, United States). Descent from 2,344 ft asl to 2,314 ft asl, a decrease of 30 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 105 kn105 kn min to max 106 kn 105 106 kn
100 % Average bank angle 12.2 °10.7 ° min to max 12.3 ° 12.3 10.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.95 g0.90 g min to max 0.95 g 0.95 0.94 g
Info Average VSI -792 ft/m-1,059 ft/m min to max -776 ft/m -776 -1,059 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,342 ft asl2,314 ft asl min to max 2,344 ft asl 2,344 2,314 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.7 °-6.2 ° min to max -4.6 ° -4.6 -6.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival 100.00Not counted in the flight scoreArrival started overhead Palm Springs (California, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 98 kn84 kn min to max 110 kn 108 85 kn
100 % Average bank angle 7.0 °0.0 ° min to max 14.0 ° 9.3 5.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.95 g min to max 1.10 g 1.03 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -585 ft/m-1,212 ft/m min to max -245 ft/m -1,212 -916 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,556 ft asl804 ft asl min to max 2,273 ft asl 2,273 804 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.5 °-5.8 ° min to max 0.8 ° -5.8 -5.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 897 ft agl · 99 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 791 ft agl · 95 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 531 ft agl · 90 kt
Arrival Final 1 70.20Approaching runway 31L at KPSP Palm Springs Intl from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 340 ft agl to 23 ft agl. A decrease of 317 ft in 28 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
6 % Approach angle 4.0 °3.7 ° min to max 4.6 °Target 3.0 ° 4.3 3.7 °
100 % Average speed 79 kn76 kn min to max 86 kn 85 76 kn
100 % Heading variation 0.0 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.1 °
95 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.2 ° min to max 5.3 ° 5.0 2.1 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.95 g min to max 1.10 g 1.05 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -621 ft/m-922 ft/m min to max -495 ft/m -922 -656 ft/m
Info Average altitude 99 ft agl23 ft agl min to max 340 ft agl 340 23 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.5 °-4.9 ° min to max -1.0 ° -4.9 -2.0 °

Events

Fail Gear not down
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-120-90-60-300306090120Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 98.00Landing on runway 31L at KPSP Palm Springs Intl, runway length 5,519 ft. Threshold height at 58 ft agl was slightly above target. Threshold speed was good at 76 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 76 kn. Target 75 kn
99.7 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 -0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 2.2 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.95 g min to max 1.13 g 0.99 0.95 g
Info Average speed 70 kn60 kn min to max 76 kn 76 60 kn
Info Average VSI -333 ft/m-673 ft/m min to max 16 ft/m -657 -10 ft/m
Info Average altitude 14 ft agl-1 ft agl min to max 58 ft agl 58 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.1 °-2.0 ° min to max 5.6 ° -2.0 4.7 °
02505007501,0001,25001223354758Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft02505007501,0001,250-90-72-54-36-1801836547290Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touchdown distance was good at 1,469 ft. Touchdown speed at 60 kn was good. Touchdown rate was perfect at -10 ft/m. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 71 °F. Wind 8 kn at 249 °. Crosswind: 8 kn Headwind: 2 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown VSI was -10 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 1,469 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 60 knTarget 67 kn
100 % Runway alignment max 4.9 ft4.7 ft right -4.6 -4.2 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.95 g min to max 1.17 g 0.95 1.04 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 60 kn59 kn min to max 60 kn 60 59 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.3 °4.0 ° min to max 4.7 ° 4.7 4.7 °
Arrival Rollout 89.88Total landing distance 2,232 ft, 40 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 26 ft from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 2,232 ft40 % of runway.
78 % Runway alignment max 30.4 ft26.4 ft left to 4.0 ft right -4.0 24.8 ft
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.05 g 1.05 1.00 g
Info Average speed 53 kn32 kn min to max 57 kn 57 32 kn
Info Average pitch angle 4.1 °0.8 ° min to max 5.8 ° 4.9 0.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.3 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 22 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 18 kn18 kn min to max 26 kn 26 18 kn
Info Average pitch angle 1.4 °0.8 ° min to max 1.4 ° 0.8 1.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Engine 1 Stopped 2 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Battery Master Off 2 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 2 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched Off 2 ft agl · 22 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 2 ft agl · 22 kt

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 72 kt with 3.8° 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°LIFTOFF3.8° off5° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0204060 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 20 kt 0.5° 0 s
Liftoff990 ft 72 kt 3.8° 15.7 s
35 ft1,776 ft · 5.5 s after liftoff 92 kt 5.5° 21.2 s
End of Climb 39,359 ft · 1,029 ft 110 kt 8.2° 64 s

Takeoff from KPSP 31L

Takeoff roll100.00
253ft5 %
Liftoff speed100.00
72kt
Runway alignment80.26
23.8ft L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb70.30
466fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 1,029 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 4,980 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,270 fpm on average to 1,029 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.

1,250 ft625 ft0CLIMB 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END30405060KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 72 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 5,519 ft runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted left of the centreline, 24 ft at the widest, and lifted off 16 ft left, in 6 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 0 % 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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS6 kn75 %widest 23.6 ft LAirborne 0 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 0 ft of 5,519 ft · 0 %
Takeoff roll, 0 ft Left ahead, 5,519 ft

The approach to KPSP 31L

The final from 4 nm.

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

Inside the glideslope band from 1.1 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 160 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° 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° BAND521308
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 1,170 ft left of the centreline at 1.1 nm, then inside the band from 0.6 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 nmTHR1000 ft L01000 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND871 ft L7 ft R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on KPSP 31L

Over the threshold

Threshold height92.33
58ft
Threshold speed100.00
76kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.1ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
1,475ft
Centreline100.00
4.9ft R
Speed100.00
60kt
Touchdown rate100.00
-12fpm
Impact100.00
1.17G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

7 kt across from the left, which takes about 7° of crab to hold the centreline at 60 kt. Touched down with 7° of it still on, wings level.

Wind 250° at 8 kt · 2 kt head · 7 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 59 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 11 s, an average deceleration of 0.16 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.

02040608030 kt · 814 fttouchdown846 ftkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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

Crossed the threshold at 58 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,475 ft in, 475 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 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.

58 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −9 fpm · 4.7° nose up · 60 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 58 ft, down at 1,475 ft

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

The sink went from 740 fpm at 67 ft to 10 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 6.8° 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 UP0−500−1,000−3°4°10°touchdown−9 fpm at touchdown4.7° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,519 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 25 ft left on 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 7 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 1,475 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 1,475 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 2,175 ft of 5,519 ft · 39 %
In the air over the runway, 1,475 ftRollout, 700 ft Left over, 3,344 ft
Rollout distance100.00
700ft39 % used
Rollout alignment77.51
26.4ft L

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