Cockpit voice recorder transcription of the November 27, 1973 crash of a Delta Air Lines DC-9 (Flight 516) at Chattanooga, TN.
Source: NTSB-AAR-74-13
The reader of these transcripts is cautioned that the transcription of a CVR tape is not a precise science but is the best possible product from a group investigative effort. The transcript, or parts thereof, if taken out of context can be misleading. Therefore, the CVR transcripts should only be viewed as an investigative tool to be used in conjunction with other evidence. Conclusions or interpretations should not be made using the transcript as the sole source of information.
Furthermore, this transcript is made available for educational purposes, so the reader is encouraged to read the
accident description associated with the transcripts for better understanding of the circumstances.
Legenda
CAM-1 = Captain
CAM-2 = First Officer
CAM = Cockpit Area Mike (cabin sounds and flight attendants)
RDO-1 = Radio Communications (Captain)
CHA APP: Chattanooga Approach
CHA TWR: Chattanooga Tower
| time |
source |
content |
| 18.45:43.5 |
CAM-1 |
How many miles from Daisy? |
| |
CAM-2 |
Oh, we were four when he said that. |
| 18.45:46 |
CAM-1 |
Gear down. |
| 18.46:11 |
CAM-2 |
Ignitions on, no smoking's on, gear is down, three green lights, pressure and quantity, flaps and slats 'er down twenty-five, spoiler's armed and the annunciator panel to go. |
| 18.46:53.3 |
CAM-1 |
Flaps fifty. |
| 18.46:55 |
CAM-2 |
Set. |
| |
CAM-1 |
Checklist. |
| |
CAM-2 |
It's complete. |
| 18.47:22 |
CHA APC |
Delta five sixteen's over the Daisy Beacon, contact tower one one eight point three. |
| |
RDO-2 |
Eighteen three, so long. |
| 18.47:32 |
RDO-2 |
Chattannooga tower, Delta five sixteen Daisy. |
| 18.47:35.5 |
CHA TWR |
Delta five sixteen by Daisy, cleared to land, the wind, ah, one five zero degrees at four. |
| 18.47:40.5 |
RDO-2 |
Cleared to land. |
| 18.49:35 |
CAM |
Sound of Outer Marker begins |
| 18.49:35.5 |
CAM-2 |
We're at a thousand feet above minimums - no flags. |
| |
CAM-1 |
Right on the glide slope. |
| 18.49:45 |
CAM |
Sound of Outer Marker ends |
| 18.50:05.5 |
CAM-2 |
I got the lights. |
| |
CAM-1 |
Keep the wipers on low. |
| 18.50:44 |
CAM-2 |
Five hundred feet [above minimums]. |
| |
CAM-1 |
Put 'em on fast. |
| 18.51:03 |
RDO-1 |
Kill the rabbit, please. |
| 18.51:12 |
CAM-2 |
Two hundred feet. |
| 18.51:26 |
CAM-2 |
One hundred above minimums. |
| 18.51:28.5 |
CAM |
Sound of Middle Marker begins |
| |
CAM-2 |
Plus ten that's minimums. |
| 18.51:31.5 |
CAM-2 |
I gotta plus five sinking to nine. |
| 18.51:38 |
CAM-2 |
Plus five sinking to ten. |
| 18.51:42 |
CAM |
Sound of impact |