Air Florida Flight 90 (January 13, 1982)

Date: January 13, 1982
Passengers: 74
Crew: 5
Fatalities: 74
Ground fatalities: 4
Total fatalities: 78
Cause: "...flightcrew’s failure to use engine anti-ice during ground operation and takeoff, their decision to take off with snow/ice on the airfoil surfaces of the aircraft, and the captain’s failure to reject the takeoff during the early stage when his attention was called to anomalous engine instrument readings. Contributing to the accident were the prolonged ground delay between deicing and the receipt of ATC takeoff clearance during which the airplane was exposed to continual precipitation, the known inherent pitchup characteristics of the B-737 aircraft when the leading edge is contaminated with even small amounts of snow or ice, and the limited experience of the flightcrew in jet transport winter operations."


Legend:
CAM     Cockpit area mic voice or sound source
RDO     Radio transmission from accident aircraft
-1      Captain's voice
-2      First officer's voice
-?      Voice unidentified
LC		Tower (Local Control)
PA		Public address system
*       Unintelligible word
#       Nonpertinent word
%		Break in continuity
( )     Questionable text
(( ))   Editorial insertion
---     Pause
###     Denotes lengthy break in transcript
All times expressed in local time (24 hour clock)


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1558:55		LC		Palm ninety taxi into position and hold, be ready for an immediate

1558:56		CAM-2	Oh, he pranged it on there

1558:58		RDO-2	Palm ninety position and hold

1558:59		CAM		((Sound similar to parking brake being let off))

1559:00		CAM		((Sound of takeoff warning))
			CAM		((Sound similar to flap lever activation))

1559:03		CAM		((Sound of takeoff warning ceases))

1559:06		PA		Ladies and gentlemen, we have just been cleared on the runway for takeoff, flight attendants please be seated

1559:15		CAM-P	Flight attendant alert

1559:16		CAM-1	Given
			CAM-2	Bleeds

1559:17		CAM-1	They're off

1559:18		CAM-2	Strobes, external lights
			CAM-1	On

1559:19		CAM-2	Anti skid
			CAM-1	On

1559:21		CAM-2	Transponder
			CAM-1	On

1559:22		CAM-2	Takeoff's complete

1559:24		LC		Palm ninety cleared for takeoff

1559:26		RDO-2	Palm ninety cleared for takeoff

1559:32		CAM-1	Okay

1559:45		CAM-1	Your throttles

1559:46		CAM-2	Okay

1559:48		CAM		((Sound of engine spoolup))

1559:49		CAM-1	Hollar if you need the wipers

1559:51		CAM-1	It's spooled

1559:53		CAM-?	Ho
			CAM-?	Whoo

1559:54		CAM-?	Really cold here

1559:55		CAM-2	Got 'em?

1559:56		CAM-1	Real cold

1559:57		CAM-1	Real cold

1559:58		CAM-2	God, look at that thing

1600:02		CAM-2	That don't seem right does it?

1600:05		CAM-2	Ah, that's not right

1600:07		CAM-2	(Well)...

1600:09		CAM-1	Yes it is, there's eighty

1600:10		CAM-2	Naw, I don't think that's right

1600:19		CAM-2	Ah, maybe it is

1600:21		CAM-1	Hundred and twenty

1600:23		CAM-2	I don't know

1600:31		CAM-1	Vee one

1600:33		CAM-1	Easy

1600:37		CAM-1	Vee two

1600:39		CAM		((Sound of stickshaker starts and continues to impact))

1600:45		CAM-1	Forward, forward

1600:47		CAM-?	Easy

1600:48		CAM-1	We only want five hundred

1600:50		CAM-1	Come on, forward

1600:53		CAM-1	Forward

1600:55		CAM-1	Just barely climb

1600:59		CAM		(Stalling) we're (falling)

1601:00		CAM-2	Larry, we're going down, Larry

1601:01		CAM-1	I know it

1601:01				((Sound of impact))


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djogMSZMtno --- Audio from parts of the CVR, including the last 20 seconds.