Royal Air Freight Flight 988 (January 5, 2010)

Date: January 5, 2010
Passengers: 2 (both crew)
Fatalities: 2
Cause: “A loss of control for undetermined reasons"


Legend:
CAM     Cockpit area microphone or sound source
RDO     Radio transmission from accident aircraft
CTR		Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center
ATIS	Automated Terminal Information System (Chicago Executive Airport)
APP		Chicago Approach
TWR     PWK Airport Tower
-1      Voice identified as (check & training) pilot
-2      Voice identified as co-pilot
-?      Voice unidentified
*       Unintelligible word
@       Non-pertinent word
#       Expletive
( )     Questionable insertion
(( ))   Editorial insertion
...     Pause
Times are expressed in UTC


---


1923:03.0	APP		Air Royal nine eighty eight the airport is ten o'clock and one two miles

1923:07		RDO-2	In sight, (Air Royal) nine eighty eight

1923:08		APP		Air Royal nine eighty eight cleared visual one six, contact Executive tower

1923:12		RDO-2	Cleared visual one six, going to Executive... nine eight eight

1923:26		CAM-?	* * *

1923:34.0	RDO-2	Executive tower Air Royal nine eighty eight visual one six, (will) circle three four

1923:38		TWR		Air Royal nine eighty eight Executive tower report cancelling IFR, (advise) circling uh east to right downwind for runway three four

1923:45		CAM-2	What do you want?

1923:46		CAM-1	We can cancel it

1923:47.1	RDO-2	We can cancel at this time...doesn't matter which side you want us on

1923:52		TWR		Air Royal nine eighty eight squawk one two zero zero and continue uh right traffic for runway three four

1923:59.0	RDO-2	One two zero zero right traffic three four Royal nine eighty eight

1924:02		CAM		((sound similar to change in engine frequency/noise))

1924:13		CAM-1	Pretty sure that's what I'm lookin at right there

1924:16		CAM-?	* * *

1924:18.8	CAM-1	Ahh give me flaps eight

1924:24		CAM-?	* * *

1924:25		CAM		((sound of click))

1924:28		CAM		((sound similar to change in engine frequency/noise))

1924:30		CAM-2	You're headed right at it, right?

1924:31		CAM-1	Yeah * *

1924:35		CAM-1	What's the elevation here again?

1924:36		CAM-2	Six forty three

1924:39		CAM-1	Six forty three, huh

1924:41		CAM-2	Five thousand * *

1924:43		CAM-1	Two thousand...twenty one hundred technically

1924:46		CAM-?	* (four)

1924:57		CAM-?	*

1925:02		CAM-1	Yaw is gone

1925:03		CAM		((sound similar to change in engine frequency/noise))

1925:07		CAM-?	*

1925:34		CAM		((sound similar to change in engine frequency/noise))

1925:43		CAM-1	What were the winds?

1925:45		CAM-2	Three one zero (at) nine

1925:49		TWR		Air Royal nine eighty eight runway three four cleared to land

1925:52.0	RDO-2	Cleared to land three four Royal (ninety) eight

1925:53.4	CAM-1	Gear down before landing

1925:56.4	CAM		((sound similar to landing gear operating followed by increased ambient noise))

1926:00		CAM		((sound similar to landing gear doors closing))
			CAM		((sound similar to altitude alerter))

1926:05		CAM-2	Three green doors closed

1926:09		CAM-2	Anti-skid's on, no lights

1926:12		CAM-2	Thrust reversers (pinned, autopilot)

1926:21		CAM-2	Yaw's gone

1926:23		CAM-2	(forty)...flaps to go

1926:27.5	CAM-1	Flaps twenty

1926:32		CAM		((sound of click))

1926:38		CAM		((sound of thump))

1926:41		CAM		((ambient noise level decreases))

1927:02.5	CAM-1	Full flaps

1927:03.8	CAM-2	Plus twenty

1927:10.1	CAM-?	What the # going on up here

1927:12.6	CAM-1	That was # weird

1927:18.3	CAM-2	Advance the power * ((sound of laughter))

1927:21.1	CAM-1	(Is) autopilot off?

1927:26.0	TWR		Wind three three zero at eight

1927:30		CAM-?	(I don't like this at all...what the # going on)

1927:34.5	CAM-1	Check the balance on the fuel

1927:38.4	CAM-2	Looks good. I don't think that spoileron thing is working for some reason

1927:41.8	CAM		((sound of click))

1927:42.5	CAM		((sound of click))

1927:42.7	CAM-2	Add full power. Add full power

1927:44.3	CAM-2	oh (Jesus)

1927:45		CAM		((increase in air noise for remainder of recording))

1927:45.0	CAM-1	# we're dead

1927:46		CAM-1	((sound of screams))

1927:48.5			((end of recording))