Vnukovo Flight 2801 - 29 AUG 1996
Cockpit voice recorder transcript of the August 29, 1996 crash of a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev 154M (Flight 2801) at Svalbard-Longyearbyen.
Accident details: 1996 database
Source: Report on the accident to Vnukovo Airline's Tupolev Tu-154M RA 85621 near Svalbard Airport Longyear, Norway on 29 August 1996 (Rep 07/99)
Accident details: 1996 database
Source: Report on the accident to Vnukovo Airline's Tupolev Tu-154M RA 85621 near Svalbard Airport Longyear, Norway on 29 August 1996 (Rep 07/99)
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.
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
PiC = Voice identified as Pilot-in-Command (PIC)
Cop = Voice identified as Co-Pilot (SIC)
F/e = Voice identified as Flight engineer
Nav = Voice identified as Navigator
U = Voice unidentified
AFIS = Longyearbyen AFIS
Traff. = Radio transmission from Longyearbyen
PiC = Voice identified as Pilot-in-Command (PIC)
Cop = Voice identified as Co-Pilot (SIC)
F/e = Voice identified as Flight engineer
Nav = Voice identified as Navigator
U = Voice unidentified
AFIS = Longyearbyen AFIS
Traff. = Radio transmission from Longyearbyen
| time | source | content |
|---|---|---|
| 8:16:55 | Nav | No, seven miles here. |
| 8:16:56 | Nav | I'll adjust it. |
| 8:17:05 | Cop | Where are we --- ? --- (ind.). |
| 8:17:06 | Nav | Meanwhile, keep it like that! |
| 8:17:08 | Pic | Did you notice the place? |
| 8:17:09 | Nav | Abeam the turning point. |
| 8:17:14 | Pic | A corrective turn will be (?necessary). |
| 8:17:16 | U | We're approaching. |
| 8:17:21 | Pic | Now we will be (?the flaps) (ind.) |
| 8:17:40 | AFIS | VKO 2801 give me a call eight miles inbound. |
| 8:17:43 | Radio altimeter warning, duration 6 seconds. | |
| 8:17:44 | Nav | Call you back ten miles inbound, 2801. |
| 8:17:55 | AFIS | VKO 2801, give me a call eight miles inbound. |
| 8:17:57 | F/e | Eight miles (In the English language). |
| 8:17:57 | Nav | Ah - abeam eight miles 2801 inbound - - |
| 8:17:59 | AFIS | Correct. |
| 8:18:05 | U | Four marks (ind.). |
| 8:18:08 | Pic | But here it's already three. |
| 8:18:14 | U | There's no need to --- here! |
| 8:18:16 | Radio altimeter warning, duration 2 seconds. | |
| 8:18:17 | U | --- to descend. |
| 8:18:19 | Cop | The flag disappeared on my instrument! |
| 8:18:21 | Radio altimeter warning, duration 6 seconds. | |
| 8:18:25 | AFIS | LPP, Longyear roger, we have a traffic inbound Tupolev, suppose he will be passing 8 miles east in a few minutes. |
| 8:18:28 | Pic | I'm turning just a little bit to the left. |
| 8:18:32 | Cop | Set it straight. |
| 8:18:37 | Pic | 15. |
| 8:18:39 | Pic | Borya, have we got it? |
| 8:18:41 | Traff. | LPP, roger. |
| 8:18:45 | U | Set it! |
| 8:18:47 | U | How many? |
| 8:18:50 | U | (?Switching off) (?Switching on). |
| 8:18:51 | U | Switched off. |
| 8:18:52 | Pic | What should I hold? |
| 8:18:59 | Pic | OK, leave it! |
| 8:19:03 | U | So, what might the recommendations be? |
| 8:19:04 | Pic | So. |
| 8:19:06 | Cop | Maybe we took the fourth (final turn) too early? |
| 8:19:11 | Pic | Let's level out! |
| 8:19:14 | Pic | No, (?it should be) to the right. |
| 8:19:16 | Nav | Just we'll get it, just now! |
| 8:19:18 | Nav | Is the mark (marker?) to the right? |
| 8:19:19 | Cop | No, it is still staying. |
| 8:19:19 | PiC | To the right! |
| 8:19:20 | Pic | Let's turn to the right |
| 8:19:21 | Radio altimeter warning, duration 6 seconds | |
| 8:19:21 | Pic | Give me the approach chart Borya. |
| 8:19:22 | Cop | Should we descend here? |
| 8:19:24 | Pic | We shall descend! |
| 8:19:30 | Cop | Should we approach? |
| 8:19:32 | Pic | Let's 'dive'! |
| 8:19:34 | Pic | What (?course) did you keep (?now), (?what did you keep?). |
| 8:19:36 | Nav | Three hundred degrees. |
| 8:19:36 | Traff. | LPP, now crossed centerline and we will stay east of shoreline. |
| AFIS | PP, Longyear, say again. | |
| Traff. | We have crossed center line and will stay north and east of shoreline, landing on the apron. | |
| 8:19:51 | Nav | But it's fourteen here! |
| 8:19:52 | Pic | OK. |
| 8:19:54 | AFIS | LPP, sorry about that. Did not copy, could you say again? |
| 8:19:54 | Pic | So, fix it! |
| 8:19:59 | Nav | Five metres. |
| 8:20:03 | Traff. | LPP, be landing on the apron. |
| 8:20:03 | Nav | So, I'll keep about 320deg! OK? |
| 8:20:04 | AFIS | LPP, Longyear, roger. Wind is 230/17 and give me a call passing extended centerline. |
| 8:20:14 | Traff. | LPP, will call you right downwind out of the apron. |
| 8:20:14 | Cop | Isn't that too little? |
| 8:20:15 | Nav | It should be a corrective turn. |
| 8:20:16 | AFIS | PP, Longyear roger, thank you. |
| 8:20:17 | Pic | No! Turn to the left! |
| 8:20:21 | Nav | It's thirteen. Lets descend! |
| 8:20:24 | COP | To the left! |
| 8:20:24 | Nav | Three degrees and five minutes. We're on the glide path. |
| 8:20:29 | Cop | We're on landing course now, correct? |
| 8:20:33 | Pic | To get the landing course, make a slight correction to the left! |
| 8:20:41 | Nav | Three hundred and thirteen. Let's descend! |
| 8:20:44 | Cop | What about the flaps? |
| 8:20:52 | Cop | 28? |
| 8:20:57 | U | (?Keep)... (ind.) 5 metres. |
| 8:20:58 | Nav | (ind.) 2 - 3 miles. |
| 8:21:00 | Pic | You guide us, you guide us! |
| 8:21:00 | Nav | We're flying by Jeppesen |
| 8:21:02 | Nav | (ind.). |
| 8:21:02 | Pic | Igor, set Advent for me. |
| 8:21:05 | U | (ind.). |
| 8:21:08 | Nav | Not now. Later on! |
| 8:21:09 | U | Well, (? now) it's three hundred --- meters (just now) |
| 8:21:14 | U | No |
| 8:21:15 | Nav | I've told you there is no need. |
| 8:21:19 | U | To the right. |
| 8:21:22 | Pic | What is our radial? |
| 8:21:24 | Nav | Let's follow the approach chart to the end! |
| 8:21:25 | Traff. | LPP, landed 21. |
| 8:21:29 | U | So, --- (ind.). |
| 8:21:31 | U | We will be landing, will we not? |
| 8:21:32 | Pic | Well, that is OK. |
| 8:21:33 | Pic | 300deg |
| 8:21:35 | Cop | 300deg so far! Is it OK? |
| 8:21:36 | Nav | Flying through 1150. lt's too high, we have to descend. |
| 8:21:41 | Pic | We have to descend. |
| 8:21:43 | Pic | So. |
| 8:21:47 | Cop | How are we approaching? Is it correct or not? |
| 8:21:49 | Cop | Landing gears? |
| 8:21:51 | U | The landing gears may be extended. |
| 8:21:55 | U | To the right here. |
| 8:22:05 | U | To the left. |
| 8:22:07 | Cop | So. How are we going for altitude? |
| 8:22:09 | Nav | Three hundred, five metres. Descending! |
| 8:22:13 | Cop | That's about five metres, is it not? |
| 8:22:17 | Radio altimeter warning, duration 6 seconds. | |
| 8:22:22 | Pic | Horizon! |
| 8:22:23 | Cop | Mountains!!! |
| 8:22:23 | Sound effect of impact with ground against background of radio altimeter warning signal. | |
| 8:22:25 | AFIS | VKO 2801 weather is wind from 231/17, visibility still more than 10 in rain, we have few at 900 feet and broken at 2000. |
| 8:22:58 | AFIS | VKO 2801 did you copy latest weather? |
