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- Date: March 24, 2017
- Crew: 1
- Fatalities: 1
- Cause: "The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while manually flying the airplane, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inability control the airplane without the aid of the autopilot.."
- Legend:
- CAM Cockpit area microphone or sound source
- HOT Flight crew audio panel voice or sound source
- RDO Radio transmission from accident aircraft
- CTR Radio transmission from Atlanta Center controller
- EGPWS Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System
- -1 Voice identified as pilot
- * Unintelligible word
- @ Non-pertinent word
- # Expletive
- ( ) Questionable insertion
- (( )) Editorial insertion
- ... Pause
- Times expressed in EDT
- ---
- 1906:45.6 HOT-1 Jesus Christ * #...
- 1907:42.2 CTR November eight delta x-ray descend and maintain six thousand
- 1907:45.5 RDO-1 Out of thirteen one for six. Eight D-X
- 1910:26.4 HOT-1 ((sound similar to autopilot disconnect tone, 1s 4000Hz))
- 1911:01.0 RDO-1 Hey center eight delta x-ray we're down to eight thousand going down to six and we're having a steering problem now. Uh can't steer the aircraft very well
- 1911:13.0 CTR November eight delta x-ray roger uh if able uh fly heading one seven five and when able uh direct Fulton County
- 1911:27.1 HOT-1 Well it's turning to the left
- 1911:33.0 HOT-1 Oh what is the ceiling in this area over?
- 1911:38.5 CTR November eight delta x-ray do you copy? Uh fly heading of one seven five * uh this is vectors uh to Fulton County
- 1911:45.9 HOT-1 I'm doing the best...
- 1911:46.9 RDO-1 I'm doing the best I can. What is the ceiling in this area? I'm at seventy three hundred in...in clouds
- 1911:53.5 CTR Alright delta x-ray roger. Uh descend and maintain uh five thousand eight hundred
- 1911:58.6 RDO-1 Five thousand eight...
- 1912:41.8 CTR November eight delta x-ray descend and maintain five thousand
- 1912:43.1 HOT ((sound similar to altitude alert, 0.75s 2600Hz))
- 1912:46.4 RDO-1 Okay down to five. We're in the clouds at sixty eight
- 1913:30.9 HOT ((sound similar to altitude alert, 0.75s 2600Hz))
- 1914:21.8 CAM ((sound of increased background noise similar to landing gear extension))
- 1914:21.8 HOT-1 ((sound of 2600Hz tone, 0.4s))
- 1914:23.7 HOT-1 ((sound of 2600Hz tone, 0.4s))
- 1914:29.0 CTR November eight delta x-ray descend and maintain four thousand one hundred now
- 1914:34.8 HOT-1 ((sound of 2600Hz tone, 0.4s))
- 1914:36.0 HOT-1 ((sound of 2600Hz tone, 0.3s))
- 1914:36.7 HOT-1 ((sound of 2600Hz tone, 0.3s))
- 1914:39.2 CTR November eight delta x-ray maintain four thousand one hundred
- 1914:39.2 HOT-1 ((sound of 2600Hz tone, 0.25s))
- 1914:40.5 HOT-1 ((sound of 2600Hz tone, 0.5s))
- 1914:45.4 RDO-1 Four thousand one hundred but I'm not sure if I can maintain that
- 1914:49.9 CTR Alright delta x-ray uh I need you to maintain that. My minimum IFR vectoring altitude is four thousand one hundred in that area. Maintain four thousand one hundred.
- 1914:59.1 RDO-1 Okay maintain four thousand one hundred
- 1915:01.7 RDO-1 How's my heading? Is my heading okay?
- 1915:05.6 CTR November eight delta x-ray uh fly heading of uh one eight five now
- 1915:11.4 RDO-1 Heading of one eight five
- 1915:25.2 HOT-1 ((sound of 2600Hz tone, 1.2s))
- 1915:43.8 CTR November eight delta x-ray uh maintain four thousand one hundred. I show you at three thousand six hundred now. Uh five hundred feet below my minimum IFR vectoring altitude
- 1915:52.6 RDO-1 Yeah I understand. I'm going back up but uh I have no...I have very little steering on here and I have mountains around me. Atlanta doesn't have mountains
- 1916:21.0 CTR November eight delta x-ray low altitude warning show you at three thousand four hundred now. Maintain four thousand one hundred when able.
- 1916:34.7 RDO-1 Eight delta x-ray is going up to four thousand one hundred
- 1916:42.6 RDO-1 Well strangely it looks like I have my autopilot back for some reason so...it gives me stability
- 1916:53.0 CTR Alright delta x-ray roger. I show you uh three thousand five hundred now. Uh if you're able main...climb and maintain four thousand one hundred for terrain
- 1917:19.4 HOT-1 Uhhhh
- 1917:29.3 RDO-1 Okay delta x-ray up to four thousand one hundred
- 1917:39.7 CTR Alright delta x-ray roger I show you four thousand one hundred now. Contact Atlanta Approach on one two one point zero. Good day
- 1917:46.3 RDO-1 One two one point zero. Good day
- 1917:53.3 CTR November eight delta x-ray I show you at four thousand one hundred level now. Contact Atlanta Approach on one two one point zero
- 1917:58.9 RDO-1 I'm trying to do that. I can't do it
- 1918:10.4 RDO-1 I can't...I can't...I cannot get to one thous...one hundr...one twenty one zero
- 1918:16.2 CTR * delta x-ray one two one point zero for Atlanta Approach
- 1918:20.6 RDO-1 I can't get to one two one point zero
- 1918:25.8 RDO-1 I'm having a problem with my uh Garmin and so evidently the whole thing is kind of messed up
- 1918:33.6 RDO-1 Can you take me in?
- 1918:39.8 CTR November eight delta x-ray stand by
- 1918:56.6 CTR November eight delta x-ray you...you're physically unable to switch to one two one point two?
- 1919:00.8 RDO-1 Negative. I cannot switch to one two one point zero
- 1919:03.7 CTR Alright delta x-ray roger. Maintain this frequency
- 1919:19.1 CTR Alright delta x-ray report the uh Fulton County Airport in sight. I show you uh...I show it at your twelve o'clock now and about uh two eight miles uh at your uh eleven to twelve o'clock and two eight miles now
- 1919:30.9 RDO-1 Okay let me tell you the problem I'm having. I'm having...I'm just barely able to keep straight on this and wings level. I cannot get to two...one twenty one point zero. And I don't know if I can make a right turn in to the airport
- 1919:46.2 CTR Alright delta x-ray roger stand by
- 1919:58.1 CTR Alright delta x-ray are you able to...to change to any other frequency or are you able...do you just need to stay on this frequency?
- 1920:09.9 RDO-1 I can change only to one thirty three six or one thirty three ten
- 1920:38.9 CTR November eight delta x-ray are you uh currenty VFR or are you still in the clouds?
- 1920:44.2 RDO-1 I'm uh VFR but it's hazy
- 1920:47.0 CTR Alright delta x-ray roger if able uh turn left and uh fly heading of one seven seven vectors for the airport
- 1920:56.0 RDO-1 Left to one seven seven eight D-X
- 1921:01.5 CTR November eight delt... november eight delta x-ray report the uh Fulton County Airport in sight
- 1921:13.3 RDO-1 Uh eight D-X should I have it in sight now?
- 1921:16.5 CTR November eight delta x-ray uh negative uh the airp...the airport is now at your eleven oh clock and about two three miles and uh about a one seven seven heading for the airport
- 1921:30.7 RDO-1 Okay I think I have a one seven seven heading...but I do not have the airport in sight
- 1922:08.5 CTR November eight delta x-ray uh do you need to declare an emergency at this time or you need special assistance at the field?
- 1922:13.6 RDO-1 Uh I'm not sure and I think that I ought to declare an emergency just in case
- 1922:18.6 CTR Alright delta x-ray roger uh declar...declaring an emergency for you uh looks like that heading will be good um twelve oh clock and uh let's see about uh one niner miles now uh for the airport uh uh looks like that heading's good for you
- 1922:34.6 RDO-1 Okay could you have the tower turn the landing lights full?
- 1922:39.5 CTR Alright delta x-ray I'll see if I can get them to uh to turn the lights on
- 1922:58.4 CTR November eight delta x-ray do you have the notams uh for uh Fulton County?
- 1923:02.4 RDO-1 I don't have anything at this point in time for Fulton County
- 1923:08.4 RDO-1 Well what runway am I running into? Am I...is there a runway going sideways?
- 1923:22.4 CTR November eight delta x-ray looks like it's uh runway uh...runway eight is in use right now I'm just told. There is a runway uh...
- 1923:32.1 HOT-1 Oh just a minute
- 1923:35.9 CTR Runway one four and three two
- 1923:38.6 CAM ((sound similar to decrease in engine power))
- 1923:44.0 RDO-1 Well I've got my landing gear down but I don't know
- 1923:51.1 HOT-1 Oh this...
- 1923:55.9 HOT-1 Just uh ohh... ((straining))
- 1923:58.2 HOT-1 Oh God. #
- 1924:00.1 HOT-1 Oh. Ahh. Ahh. Bad. Ahh. ((shouting)) It's going down. It's going down
- 1924:02.5 HOT-1 ((sound similar to autopilot disconnect tone, 4000Hz 1.2s))
- 1924:05.4 HOT ((sound similar to altitude alert, 2600Hz 1.2s))
- 1924:07.4 HOT-1 #
- 1924:07.7 EGPWS Sink rate. Sink rate.
- 1924:11.6 EGPWS Pull up. Pull up.
- 1924:11.9 HOT-1 Oh uh... ((straining))
- 1924:14.6 EGPWS Pull up. Pull up.
- 1924:15.7 CTR Alright delta x-ray say souls on board and fuel remaining please
- 1924:16.3 HOT-1 Oh uh... ((straining))
- 1924:17.7 EGPWS Pull up. P-
- 1924:19.6 ((end of recording))
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