WARNING The reader of this report is cautioned that the transcription of a CVR
tape is not a precise science but is the best possible product from a NTSB
group investigative effort. The transcript, or parts thereof, if taken out of
context can be misleading. Therefore, the attached CVR transcript 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.



Group Chairman's Factual Report of Investigation Cockpit Voice Recorder
DCA-96-MA-070 

A. ACCIDENT 
Location: East Moriches, New York 
Date: July 17, 1996 
Time: 3031:12 Eastern Daylight Time 
Aircraft: Trans World Airlines Inc. Boeing 747-100 N93119 



B. GROUP 
Chairman: James R. Cash Electronics Engineer National Transportation Safety 

Board Member: Dale Ranz Chief 747 Engineering Pilot Boeing Commercial Aircraft 

Co. Member: James Ryan Supervising Special Agent Federal Bureau of 

Investigation Member: Harold D. Spain Captain TWA Inc.

Member: Lyle Streeter Air Safety Investigator Federal Aviation Administration 

Member: Al Weaver Accident Investigator Pratt&Whitney Aircraft 

Member: Gene York Captain Airline Pilots Association


C. SUMMARY 
A Fairchild model A-100 cockpit voice recorder (CVR) s/n UNK was brought to the
audio laboratory of the National Transportation Safety Board. A transcript was
prepared of the entire 31½ minute good 0 quality recording. (attached) 



D. DETAILS OF INVESTIGATION 
The CVR unit arrived in the lab in a large cooler still submerged in water. The
exterior of the CVR was extremely dented and distorted. The front panel of the
CVR was ripped from the unit and was only being held on by the underwater
locating beacon mount. The normal carrying handle was missing. The data plate
that is normally attached to the front panel was also missing and never
recovered. 



The protective dust cover had to be cut in several places before it could be
removed. The interior crash enclosure appeared to be in good condition. There
were only a few minor scratches and dents noted. The interior tape reel
assembly was wet. Several small thin plastic reel pieces were broken off and
were found loose inside of the enclosure. The recording media was wet but
otherwise appeared to be in good condition. The tape was not broken or
physically damaged from the accident. There were no signs of any fire or heat
damage noted to either the exterior or the interior of the unit. The Dukane
underwater locator beacon that was installed on the CVR was slightly dented and
scratched but operated normally when tested in the lab.



The recording consisted of four channels of good quality audio information. One
channel contained the cockpit area microphone audio information. The other
three channels contained the Captain's, the First Officer's, and the Second
Officer's radio/intercom information. 



The recording starts at 1959:40 EDT and continues uninterrupted until 2031:12
EDT when electrical power was removed from the unit. When the recording starts,
the Kennedy gate agent is in the cockpit telling the crew that they are ready
for departure. The aircraftÕs door is closed and the crew request push-back
from the gate at 2001:42 EDT. During the push-back and before taxi the crew
starts the number 1,2,and 4 engines. The flight contacts ground control at
2008:13 EDT and requests taxi clearance. During the taxi the crew starts the
number 3 engine at 2014:29 EDT. The flight is cleared for takeoff on runway 22
right at Kennedy at 2018:21 EDT. 



The takeoff and climb appear normal. The flight contacts Kennedy departure
control at 2020:14 EDT. They are subsequently turned over to Boston Center at
2023:37 EDT. Boston Center instructs the crew to continue their climb and
maintain fifteen thousand feet at 2030:15 EDT. The acknowledgment of this
transmission at 2030:19.2 EDT is the last radio transmission received from the
aircraft. The recording stopped at 2031:12 EDT. 



James R. Cash Electronics Engineer



The Beacon was returned to Dukane Corporation, the manufacturer, for a post
accident evaluation of its operation. See addendum report.



TRANSCRIPT OF A FAIRCHILD MODEL A-100 COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER S/N UNK WHICH WAS
REMOVED FROM A TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., BOEING COMMERICAL AIRCRAFT CO.
B747-100 N93119, WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN AN INFLIGHT ACCIDENT ON JULY 17, 1996
APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTH OF EAST MORICHES, NEW YORK. 

RDO Radio transmission from accident aircraft 

CAM Cockpit Area Microphone sound or source 

INT Aircraft flight/ground intercom sound or source 

-1 Voice identified as Captain (left seat) 

-2 Voice identified as First Officer (right seat) 

-3 Voice identified as Second Officer 

-4 Voice identified as Instructor Flight Engineer 

-5 Voice identified as gate agent personnel 

-6 Voice identified as male aircraft ground personnel 

-? Voice unidentified 

TWR JFK Local Controller (tower) 

GND JFK Ground Controller 

DEP New York Radar Departure Controller 

CTR Boston ARTCC Controller (center) 

FIC TWA Flight Information Controller 

GH Kennedy Gate Hold Controller 

LOAD TWA passenger/freight load Controller 

ATIS Kennedy automated terminal information service 

UNK Unknown source


* Unintelligible word 

@ Nonpertinent word 

# Expletive deleted 

% Break in continuity 

() Questionable text 

(( )) Editorial insertion 

- Pause 


Note: All times are expressed in Eastern Daylight Savings time. Only radio
transmissions to and from the accident aircraft were transcribed. 


0
CVR Quality Rating Scale
 


The levels of recording quality are characterized by the following traits of
the cockpit voice recorder information: 



Excellent Quality 
Virtually all of the crew conversations could be accurately and easily
understood. The transcript that was developed may indicate only one or two
words that were not intelligible. Any loss in the transcript is usually
attributed to simultaneous cockpit/radio transmissions that obscure each other. 



Good Quality 
Most of the crew conversations could be accurately and easily understood. The
transcript that was developed may indicate several words or phrases that were
not intelligible. Any loss in the transcript can be attributed to minor
technical deficiencies or momentary dropouts in the recording system or to a
large number of simultaneous cockpit/radio transmissions that obscure each
other. 



Fair Quality 
The majority of the crew conversations were intelligible. The transcript that
was developed may indicate passages where conversations were unintelligible or
fragmented. This type of recording is usually caused by cockpit noise that
obscures portions of the voice signals or by a minor electrical or mechanical
failure of the CVR system that distorts or obscures the audio information. 



Poor Quality 
Extraordinary means had to be used to make some of the crew conversations
intelligible. The transcript that was developed may indicate fragmented phrases
and conversations and may indicate extensive passages where conversations were
missing or unintelligible. This type of recording is usually caused by a
combination of a high cockpit noise level with a low voice signal (poor
signal-to-noise ratio) or by a mechanical or electrical failure of the CVR
system that severely distorts or obscures the audio information. 



Unusable 
Crew conversations may be discerned, but neither ordinary nor extraordinary
means made it possible to develop a meaningful transcript of the conversations.
This type of recording is usually caused by an almost total mechanical or
electrical failure of the CVR system.



INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
TIME and SOURCE                               CONTENT

1959: 40   Start of recording.

1959: 41   CAM-? got it.

1959: 42b  CAM-? an agent comin'.

1959: 43   CAM-? yeah right.

1959: 44   CAM-5 passenger's bag pulled, the passenger was on board the whole time.

1959: 49   CAM-5 all right.

1959: 50   CAM-1 is the bags back on?

1959: 52   CAM-5 huh?

1959: 53   CAM-? yes.

1959: 53   CAM-1 yeah he was on the whole time.

1959: 54   CAM-1 okay.

1959: 56   CAM-4 are we reconciled?

1959: 56   CAM-? let's go.

1959: 58   CAM-? push.

1959: 59   CAM (( sound similar to cockpit door closing)).

2000: 01   CAM-1 we won't bother telling them that.

2000: 03   CAM-? nope.

2000: 04   CAM-1 you don't mind, huh?

2000: 37   CAM-1 thank you.

2000: 53   CAM-2 tango.





AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
TIME and SOURCE                               CONTENT

2001: 02   INT-6 cockpit ground.

2001: 05   INT-1 hello ground

2001: 06   INT-6 all right every thing is shut down here you should have all door
           lights out and when you have clearance you can release the
           brakes.

2001: 13   INT-1 yeah we'll get the clearance we're waitin' on all the people to sit
down I'll be back with ya in just a second.



INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2001: 18   CAM (( sound of cabin chime)).


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2000: 40   INT-6 okay we're standing by.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2001: 23   CAM-3 hello darling.

2001: 24   CAM-3 everybody seated thanks.

2001: 25   CAM-1 amazing.

2001: 26   CAM-3 everybody's seated.

2001: 27   CAM-1 do we have push back clearance to move?

2001: 28   CAM-3 weÕre weÕre we cleared to push from FIC or -.

2001: 30   CAM-1 no not yet.

2001: 31   CAM-2 you have to call them.



AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2001: 32   RDO-3 FIC TWA eight hundred gate twenty seven.

2001: 37   FIC TWA eight hundred?

2001: 38   RDO-3 yeah we're ready to push.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2001: 39   CAM (( sound of electric seat adjustment)).


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2001: 42   FIC TWA eight hundred you're cleared to push gate twenty seven.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2001: 46   CAM-2 cleared to push.

2001: 47   CAM-1 cleared to push.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2001: 48   RDO-3 cleared to to push eight hundred.

2001: 50   INT-1 okay ground we are cleared to push yeah well wait a minute hang
on a minute.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2001: 53   CAM-1 did they say everybody was seated yeah they did.

2001: 54   CAM-3 yes.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2001: 58   INT-1 okay, we're cleared to push sorry.

2001: 57   INT-6 brakes released please.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2001: 58   CAM (( sound similar to parking brake being released)).


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2001: 59   INT-1 beacon on brakes released.

2002: 00   INT-6 thank you.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2002: 02   CAM-2 you got something else to do Ralph.

2002: 05   CAM-1 number one ADP-.

2002: 06   CAM-2 there you go.

2002: 07   CAM-1 and the electric.

2002: 08   CAM-2 it's a command.

2002: 09   CAM-1 electric's on.

2002: 10   CAM-2 right.

2002: 10   CAM-2 that's a command.

2002: 11   CAM-1 command.

2049: 27   CAM-1 number one ADP on and the electric.

2002: 16   CAM-2 before you release the brakes.

2002: 22   CAM-? *.

2002: 27   CAM-2 block's at oh two I assume.

2002: 29   CAM-3 I'm showin' oh two out. is that what you want?

2002: 32   CAM-2 that's fine.

2002: 33   CAM-1 yeah.

2002: 34   CAM-2 that's fine.

2002: 35   CAM-1 okay.

2002: 38   CAM-2 that's a minute over kill.

2002: 40   CAM-1 yeah well that was because they weren't seated they probably had
           people standing up and they were *.

2002: 46   CAM-2 * down.

2002: 48   CAM-2 exactly.

2002: 50   CAM-1 you can bet on it.

2002: 54   CAM-1 I still think I'm sittin' too high in this thing.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2003: 10   FIC eight hundred.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2003: 11   CAM-1 somebody calling us.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2003: 12   RDO-3 go ahead.

2003: 13   FIC tell your mechanic to pull you back push you back
far enough so we can get an arrival into your gate.

2003: 18   RDO-3 okay.

2003: 21   INT-1 and ah ground FIC wants you to push us back far enough so they
           can bring somebody in our gate.

2003: 27   INT-6 okay we'll do that.

2003: 30   INT-1 thank you.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2003: 32   CAM-? * where's this thing.

2004: 07   CAM-1 ah there's that ah new airplane.

2004: 10   CAM-2 one twenty nine yes sir.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2004: 43   INT-6 okay this looks far enough.

2004: 45   INT-1 okay if you say so.

2004: 47   INT-6 brakes parked please.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2004: 48   CAM (( sound of parking brake being set)).


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2004: 50   INT-1 brakes parked.

2004: 51   INT-6 thank you cleared to turn your engines.

2004: 54   INT-1 okay we'll turn one two and four today.

2004: 56   INT-6 (( sound of two mike clicks)).


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2004: 59   CAM-1 turn one please.

2005: 12   CAM-2 (( sound of cough)).

2005: 19   CAM-1 contact.

2005: 22   CAM-2 you got N- 1?

2005: 26   CAM-1 I do now.

2005: 27   CAM-2 you do now.

2005: 29   CAM-3 four fifty.

2005: 30   CAM-1 it bobbled but not much.

2005: 42   CAM-1 and turn two please.

2005: 44   CAM-4 ***.

2006: 00   CAM-1 N- one.

2006: 01   CAM-3 turning.

2006: 04   CAM-1 two.

2006: 07   CAM-3 four hundred.

2006: 24   CAM-1 turn four.

2006: 25   INT-1 turning four.

2006: 27   INT-6 * four.

2006: 45   CAM-1 contact.

2006: 51   CAM-3 four hundred.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2006: 56   INT-1 disconnect ground equipment stand by for hand signals thank you.

2006: 58   INT-6 okay.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2007: 13   CAM-1 okay and after start checklist when you have a moment.

2007: 14   CAM (( sound of momentary power interruption to the CVR)).

2007: 15   CAM (( sound of altitude alert tone)).

2007: 20   CAM-3 stand by.

2007: 29   CAM-1 after start.

2007: 30   CAM-3 after start checklist. flight recorder?

2007: 33   CAM-1 on.

2007: 34   CAM-3 start switches?

2007: 35   CAM-1 off.

2007: 36   CAM-3 beacon lights?

2007: 37   CAM-1 are on.

2007: 38   CAM-3 brake pressure?

2007: 41   CAM-1 checked.

2007: 42   CAM-3 start levers?

2007: 44   CAM-1 idle detent.

2007: 45   CAM-3 engine anti- ice?

2007: 46   CAM-1 off.

2007: 50   CAM-1 you need to get taxi clearance.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2007: 52   RDO-2 Kennedy gate hold TWA's eight hundred heavy we're lifeguard ah
           we're ready to taxi out delta alpha with tango.

2008: 01   GH TWA eight hundred all right contact ground one two one point
           niner for the taxi inform them that you are lifeguard.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2008: 04   CAM-3 after start checklist complete.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2008: 07   RDO-2 roger.

2008: 13   RDO-2 Kennedy ground TWA's eight hundred heavy lifeguard comin' out
           delta alpha with tango.

2008: 19   GND ah TWA eight hundred heavy ah you're a life guard today?

2008: 24   RDO-2 yes sir.

2008: 25   GND you know every day you come out and we don't know that you're a
           lifeguard and then you tell us you are and ah if you could tell
           company to ah you know ah put that in their flight plan ah it would
           help us out alot.

2008: 38   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred understand I don't think they knew it either
until the last minute.

2008: 41   GND all right TWA eight hundred taxi right on alpha and hold short of
echo.

2008: 47   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred right alpha hold short of echo.

2008: 49   RDO-3 and a load TWA eight hundred.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2008: 52   CAM-1 right on alpha and hold short of echo.

2008: 53   CAM-1 clear right?

2008: 54   CAM-2 clear right.

2008: 55   CAM (( sound of parking break being released)).

2008: 57   CAM-2 clear left.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2009: 05   RDO-3 and load TWA eight hundred.

2009: 07   LOAD eight hundred stand by.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2009: 19   CAM-2 watch number one it's too high.

2009: 26   CAM-1 forty five percent.

2009: 28   CAM-1 you got a guy over there.

2009: 30   CAM-2 yup.

2009: 34   CAM-1 right on alpha huh?


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2009: 36   LOAD eight hundred ready to copy?

2009: 37   RDO-3 ready to copy.

2009: 38   LOAD on board twenty nine up front one eight three in the rear takeoff
           fuel is one seven six decimal six your gross takeoff weight is five
           nine zero seven seven one trim six decimal one and no reported
           GSI's. copy?


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2009: 41   CAM-1 clear.

2009: 42   CAM-2 yeah.

2009: 43   CAM-2 keep it comin'.

2009: 51   CAM-1 does he look clear?

2009: 52   CAM-2 yup it's no problem.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2009: 56   RDO- 3 okay twenty nine in the front one eighty three in the back one
           seven six decimal six on the fuel five nine zero decimal seven
           seven one on the takeoff weight six point one on the trim and no
           GSIs TWA eight hundred out.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2010: 01   CAM-1 one two three --.

2010: 09   CAM-1 ya think he's gunna try and get us out being a lifeguard?


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2010: 10   LOAD okay read back. * both times?

2010: 12   RDO- 3 yeah we're out at ah zero zero zero two and ah expecting off here
           probably about ah thirty five.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2010: 15   CAM-2 I think he just *.
2010: 19   CAM-2 that's your undershoot problem huh.
2010: 21   CAM-1 * it is
?


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2010: 24   LOAD copy zero two and three five have a good flight eight hundred.

2010: 25   RDO-3 see ya.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2010: 26   CAM-1 how's that look?

2010: 27   CAM-2 better.

2010: 50   CAM-3 six point one on the trim.

2010: 53   CAM-2 okay set up here.

2011: 58   CAM-1 well we lost a little bit of weight huh? payload.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2012: 04   GND TWA eight hundred make a left turn on um taxi way echo behind
Carnival and hold short of runway three one right and you can
monitor tower now on one two three point niner.

2012: 17   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy left echo hold short of three one right
over to the tower, bye.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2012: 24   CAM-1 left on echo behind carnival hold short of three one right.

2012: 35   CAM-2 (( sound of cough)).

2012: 38   CAM (( sound of parking brake release)).

2012: 41   CAM-2 can I have the weight slip if you are done with it, Ollie?

2013: 22   CAM-2 notice that's going to be an undershoot too.

2013: 24   CAM-1 what's that?

2013: 25   CAM-2 good.

2013: 27   CAM-1 well then someone's given me the wrong poop cause I was tryinÕ to
           turn like on the L ten eleven they said I was over- turning.

2013: 33   CAM-2 ah.

2013: 38   CAM-1 how much past center then?

2013: 40   CAM-2 nose wheel is back by the emergency exit door. right?



AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2013: 41   TWR and lifeguard TWA eight hundred heavy Kennedy tower good
           evening you with me?


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2013: 42   CAM-1 right, right.

2013: 45   CAM-? (sound of cough).

2013: 46   CAM-2 so you really can't start the turn until the nose wheel is past there
           the center taxi line and whatever it takes as far as -.

2013: 54   CAM-1 the angle but *.

2013: 56   CAM-2 as far as comin' out with the main gear you just want to play with it
           a little bit a few times to find out.

2014: 04   CAM-1 okay.

2014: 07   CAM-2 but that first turn would have been a very dirty *.

2014: 10   CAM-1 *.

2014: 11   CAM-2 there's no way you could - .



AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2014: 13   RDO- 2 TWA's eight hundred heavy lifeguard go ahead.

2014: 16   TWR I'm gunna put you behind British Airways so the company heavy
           seven six knows to follow you so make a right on the runway a left
           at Zulu alpha and follow British.

2014: 23   RDO- 2 TWA eight hundred heavy okay right on ah thirty one ah correction
           thirteen left and follow British.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2014: 29   CAM-1 start the number three motor.

2014: 31   CAM-2 let's.

2014: 33   CAM-2 start taxi.

2014: 36   CAM-1 okay.

2014: 37   CAM-2 are you ready?

2014: 37   CAM-3 okay.

2014: 43   CAM-2 just let me have one engine.

2014: 39   CAM-3 there you go.

2014: 40   CAM-? if you need it.

2014: 41   CAM-3 all right we got enough pressure.

2014: 42   CAM-2 okay here we go I'll get the engine for ya.

2014: 53   CAM-2 watch your feet just steer it.

2014: 56   CAM-2 just leave 'em alone for a little bit.

2014: 58   CAM-1 you want number three back?

2014: 59   CAM-2 yup.

2015: 01   CAM-2 don't touch the engines.

2015: 02   CAM-1 okay.

2015: 04   CAM-2 start lever.

2015: 08   CAM-3 four hundred.

2015: 23   CAM-2 okay you can have 'em now.

2015: 29   CAM-2 here you got no problems.

2015: 33   CAM-1 delayed engine -.

2015: 34   CAM-2 wide runway you don't need to worry about it.

2015: 36   CAM-1 yeah delayed engine start.

2015: 39   CAM-3 delayed engine start checklist. start switches?

2015: 42   CAM-1 off.

2015: 43   CAM-3 start levers?

2015: 45   CAM-1 idle detent.

2015: 47   CAM-3 engine anti- ice?

2015: 47   CAM-1 off.

2015: 51   CAM-3 delayed engine start checklist is complete.

2015: 53   CAM-1 taxi checklist.

2015: 55   CAM-3 taxi checklist. Flaps and runway?

2015: 58   CAM-1 flaps are ten and green for runway two two right Kennedy.

2016: 04   CAM-3 ten eight green two two right Kennedy. take off data EPR and
           airspeed bugs?

2016: 08   CAM-1 five hundred and ninety thousand seven seventy one takeoff
           EPR's set at point three three bugs set and cross checked at one
           fifty three.

2016: 16   CAM-2 set and cross checked.

2016: 17   CAM-3 stabilizer trim?

2016: 18   CAM-1 is set at six point one.

2016: 21   CAM-3 probe heat?

2016: 22   CAM-1 on.

2016: 23   CAM-3 flight controls?

2016: 25   CAM-1 checked.

2016: 26   CAM-3 auto- brakes?

2016: 28   CAM-1 armed.

2016: 29   CAM-2 now you can start it.

2016: 31   CAM-3 yaw dampers?

2016: 32   CAM-1 on.

2016: 34   CAM-2 wrong answer checked.

2016: 35   CAM-1 checked.

2016: 37   CAM-2 right here don't roll out start rollin' out you're beside the line.

2016: 43   CAM-3 seat belt shoulder harnesses?

2016: 44   CAM-1 checked.

2016: 51   CAM-1 okay gentlemen standard TWA crew coordination you call out
           eighty Vee one Vee R please.

2016: 58   CAM-2 that's the first officers -.

2017: 00   CAM-1 we're going to fly headings, huh.

2017: 02   CAM-2 I say that's standard first officer duties.

2017: 06   CAM-1 well.

2017: 07   CAM-3 taxi checklist is complete.

2017: 08   CAM-1 two hundred five degree on the heading five thousand.

2017: 10   CAM-2 that's it.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2017: 18   TWR TWA eight hundred heavy caution wake turbulence from a seven
           fifty seven runway two two right taxi into position and hold.

2017: 24   RDO- 2 TWA's eight hundred heavy lifeguard position and hold two two
           right.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2017: 24   CAM-1 position and hold two two right.

2017: 31   CAM-1 will you alert the cabin please.

2017: 40   CAM-3 flight attendants please be seated for takeoff.

2017: 55   CAM-4 ****.

2018: 03   CAM-2 now that's better.

2018: 04   CAM-3 now it's coming on *.

2018: 06   CAM-1 I'll just extend it out to that line.

2018: 07   CAM-3 * sure *.

2018: 09   CAM-2 yeah that's one of the ways you test yourself too is whether when
           you get rolled out is the whole airplane longitudinally lined up.

2018: 15   CAM-1 yeah.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2018: 21   TWR TWA eight hundred heavy lifeguard wind's two four zero at eight
           runway two two right cleared for takeoff.

2018: 27   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy lifeguard cleared for takeoff two two
           right.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2018: 31   CAM-1 before takeoff checklist.

2018: 33   CAM-3 before takeoff checklist. icing considerations?

2018: 34   CAM-1 checked.

2018: 35   CAM-3 cabin alert?

2018: 36   CAM-1 checked.

2018: 36   CAM-3 transponder?

2018: 37   CAM-1 that's checked.

2018: 39   CAM-3 ignition?

2018: 40   CAM (( sound of click)).

2018: 41   CAM-1 flight start.

2018: 42   CAM-3 body gear steering?

2018: 43   CAM-1 disarmed.

2018: 44   CAM-2 clocks.

2018: 46   CAM-3 before takeoff checklist is complete.

2018: 48   CAM-1 thank you.

2018: 49   CAM-4 get right up in there.

2018: 51   CAM (( sound of increasing engine noise)).

2018: 59   CAM-1 trim throttles.

2019: 14   CAM-2 eighty knots.

2019: 23   CAM-2 Vee one.

2019: 35   CAM-2 Vee R.

2019: 41   CAM (( sound of two clicks)).

2019: 43   CAM-1 gear up.

2019: 44   CAM-2 gear up.



AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2020: 00   TWR TWA eight hundred heavy contact New York departure one three
           five point niner good evening.

2020: 05   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy good night.

2020: 14   RDO-2 Kennedy departure TWA's eight hundred heavy lifeguard leaving
           nine hundred climbing five thousand.

2020: 19   DEP lifeguard TWA eight hundred heavy New York departure radar
           contact climb and maintain one one thousand.

2020: 24   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy climb and maintain one one thousand.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2020: 29   CAM-1 climb to one one thousand and maintain.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2020: 44   DEP TWA eight hundred heavy turn left heading one five zero.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2020: 47   CAM-1 left to one five zero.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2020: 48   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy turn left heading one five zero.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2020: 51   CAM-1 flaps five.

2020: 53   CAM-2 flaps five.

2021: 11   CAM-1 flaps one.

2021: 12   CAM-2 flaps one.

2021: 26   CAM-1 flaps up.

2021: 29   CAM-2 say what?

2021: 29   CAM-1 flaps up.

2021: 30   CAM-2 flaps up.

2021: 48   CAM-1 climb thrust.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2022: 01   DEP TWA lifeguard TWA eight hundred heavy turn left heading zero
           seven zero.

2022: 07   RDO-2 TWA's lifeguard eight hundred heavy turn left heading zero seven
           zero.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2022: 11   CAM-1 left zero seven zero.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2022: 29   DEP TWA eight hundred heavy or lifeguard TWA eight hundred heavy
           turn left heading zero five zero vector climbin' around traffic.

2022: 35   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy turn left heading zero five zero.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2022: 41   CAM-1 left zero five zero climb vector.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2022: 44   DEP TWA eight hundred heavy the traffic in the turn will be three
           o'clock and five miles northeast bound four thousand nor- is a
           company seven two five five in trail will be a Saab- Fairchild when
           you're out of five I'll have on course.

2022: 54   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy understand.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2022: 58   CAM-1 he's at three o'clock?

2023: 00   CAM-2 yeah.

2023: 02   CAM-2 that's the problem.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2023: 19   DEP TWA eight hundred heavy direct Betty resume own navigation.

2023: 22   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy direct Betty own navigation.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2023: 26   CAM-1 direct Betty and our own nav.

2019: 52   CAM-1 that's alive.



AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2023: 37   DEP TWA lifeguard TWA eight hundred heavy contact Boston one
           three two point three.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2023: 38   CAM-2 huh.

2023: 39   CAM-1 direct Betty. correct?


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2023: 42   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy ah say again the frequency.

2023: 44   DEP one three two point three.

2023: 46   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy good day.



INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2024: 01   CAM (( sound of noise of recording tape)).

2024: 30   CAM-1 seems like a home sick angel here (*/ awesome).

2024: 36   CAM-2 it's bleeding off airspeed that's why.

2024: 38   CAM-1 yeah *.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2024: 41.7   RDO-2 New York center TWA's lifeguard eight hundred heavy eight
             thousand two hundred climbing one one thousand.

2024: 48     CTR TWA eight hundred Boston center roger climb and maintain one
             three thousand.

2024: 53.4   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy climb and maintain one three
             thousand.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2024: 57   CAM-1 climb and maintain one three thousand.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2025: 31     CTR TWA eight hundred what's your rate of climb?

2025: 34.5   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy ah about two thousand feet a minute
             here until accelerating out of ten thousand.

2025: 41     CTR roger sir climb and maintain flight level one niner zero and
             expedite through fifteen.

2025: 47.1   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy climb and maintain one niner zero and
             expedite through one five thousand.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2025: 53   CAM-1 climb to one nine zero expedite through one five thousand.

2025: 57   CAM-3 pressurization checks.

2025: 59   CAM-3 (takeoff) thrust go on cross feed?

2026: 02   CAM-? ah.

2026: 04   CAM-1 yeah.

2026: 07   CAM-3 I'll leave that on for just a little bit.

2026: 12   CAM-3 is that right?

2026: 13   CAM-4 yes.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2026: 24   CTR TWA eight hundred amend the altitude maintain ah one three
           thousand thirteen thousand only for now.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2026: 29   CAM-1 thirteen thousand.


AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2026: 30.3   RDO- 2 TWA's eight hundred heavy okay stop climb at one three
             thousand.


INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2026: 35   CAM-1 stop climb at one three thousand.

2026: 51   CAM-1 *.

2026: 59   CAM-2 twelve for thirteen.

2027: 35   CAM (( sound of click)).

2027: 47   CAM (( sound of altitude alert tone)).



AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2028: 13   CTR TWA eight hundred you have traffic at one o'clock and ah seven
           miles south bound a thousand foot above you he's ah Beech
           nineteen hundred.

2028: 20.6   RDO-2 TWA's ah eight hundred heavy ah no contact.

2028: 22.5   RDO-3 FIC TWA eight hundred.

2028: 25     FIC TWA eight hundred.

2028: 25.7   RDO-3 Eight hundred with an off report ah plane number one seven one
             one nine we're out at zero zero zero two, and we're off at zero zero
             one nine, fuel one seven nine decimal zero, estimating Charles
             De' Gaul at zero six two eight.

2028: 42     FIC TWA eight eight hundred got it all.

2028: 44.8   RDO- 3 Thank you.



INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2029: 15   CAM-1 look at that crazy fuel flow indicator there on number four.

2029: 23   CAM-1 see that.

2029: 35   CAM-1 some where in here I better trim this thing (in/ up).

2029: 39   CAM-2 huh?

2029: 39   CAM-1 some place in here I better find out where this thing's trimmed.




AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2030: 15   CTR TWA eight hundred climb and maintain one five thousand.



INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2030: 18   CAM-1 climb thrust.



AIR-GROUND COMMUNICATION
2030: 19.2   RDO-2 TWA's eight hundred heavy climb and maintain one five thousand
             leaving one three thousand.



INTRA-COCKPIT COMMUNICATION
2030: 24   CAM-1 Ollie.

2030: 24   CAM-3 huh.

2030: 25   CAM-1 climb thrust.

2030: 28   CAM-1 climb to one five thousand.

2030: 35   CAM-3 power's set.

2030: 42   CAM (( sound similar to a mechanical movement in cockpit))

2031: 03   CAM *.

2031: 05   CAM (( sounds similar to recording tape damage noise)).

2031: 12   end of recording.

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