American Airlines Flight 587 (November 12, 2001)

Date: November 12, 2001
Passengers: 251
Crew: 9
Fatalities: 260
Ground fatalities: 5
Total fatalities: 265
Cause: “…in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by the first officer’s unnecessary and excessive rudder pedal inputs. Contributing to these rudder pedal inputs were characteristics of the Airbus A300-600 rudder system design and elements of the American Airlines Advanced Aircraft Maneuvering Program.


Legend:
CAM     Cockpit area microphone voice or sound source
HOT     Flight crew audio panel voice or sound source
RDO		Radio transmissions from accident aircraft
RMP		Radio transmissions from local ramp control
PA		Voice transmitted over aircraft public address system
INT		Voice transmitted over aircraft interphone system
GND		Radio transmission from JFK ground control
TWR		Radio transmission from JFK control tower
JAL47	Japan Airlines 47
-1		Voice identified as pilot-in-command
-2		Voice identified as co-pilot
-3		Voice identified as pushback crewman
-?		Voice unidentified
*		Unintelligible word
@		Non-pertinent word
#		Expletive
( )		Questionable insertion
(( ))	Editorial insertion
…		Pause
Times expressed in EST


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0910:51		PA-1	Well ladies and gentlemen, at long last, we are number two for takeoff. Uuh, toward the northwest today. Immediately after takeoff we’ll be in a left hand turn heading for the shoreline

0911:08		TWR		Japan Airlines forty seven heavy, wind three zero zero at one zero runway three one left, cleared for takeoff

0911:12		JAL47	Runway three one left, cleared for takeoff, Japan Air forty seven heavy

0911:27		HOT-1	Yeah, I guess that controller was bent outta shape, huh?

0911:29		HOT-2	Ticked

0911:33		HOT-1	Can’t hardly blame him

0911:35		HOT-2	Ah, I’m sure

0911:36		TWR		American five eighty seven heavy Kennedy tower, caution wake turbulence runway three one left, taxi into position and hold

0911:41		RDO-2	Position and hold three one left, American five eighty seven

0911:55		HOT-2	Takeoff briefing we got, PA?

0911:57		HOT-1	((sound of single chime))

0911:58		HOT-1	Complete

0912:00		HOT-2	Ignition

0912:05		HOT-1	Reach? Ignition’s off

0912:07		HOT-2	Bleeds?

0912:09		HOT-1	Bleeds are on

0912:12		HOT-1	He say Reach?

0912:13		HOT-2	Reach four oh one or something like that yeah

0912:16		HOT-1	Air Force is coming to Kennedy

0912:19		HOT-2	Is that a Reach, that’s the Air Force?

0912:20		HOT-1	Yeah, that’s the…
			HOT-2	Transponder?

0912:21		HOT-1	TARA?

0912:22		HOT-1	It’s a tanker

0912:24		HOT-1	The call sign. That looks like a seven four out there though

0912:30		HOT-1	All right, position and hold on the uh, left side

0912:36		HOT-1	Final appears clear, transponder is TARA

0912:38		HOT-2	Brake… thank you. Brake fans?

0912:39		HOT-1	Fans are off

0912:40		HOT-2	Lights to go. I’m gonna make… left turn two twenty. Go out the Bridge five thousand feet’s the top. If we have a problem, I’ll clean it up at six… ten… left traffic for this runway…

0913:05		TWR		Japan Air forty seven heavy, fly the Bridge Climb, contact New York departure, good morning

0913:10		JAL47	Bridge Climb, switch to departure, Japan Air four seven, good morning

0913:21		HOT-1	You have the airplane
			HOT-2	I got the brakes

0913:22		HOT-1	I have the radios

0913:27.6	TWR		American five eight seven heavy, wind three zero zero at niner, runway three one left, cleared for takeoff

0913:31.7	RDO-1	Cleared for takeoff, American ah, five eight seven heavy

0913:35.3	HOT-2	You happy with that distance?

0913:38.5	HOT-1	Aah, he’s… we’ll be all right once we get rollin’. He’s supposed to be five miles by the time we’re airborne, that’s the idea.

0913:45.5	HOT-2	So you’re happy. Lights?

0913:47.1	HOT-1	Yeah lights are on.

0913:47.8	HOT-2	Takeoff check’s complete, I’m on the roll. Thank you sir

0913:53.5	HOT-1	Thrust SRS, runway

0913:54.7	CAM		((sound similar to increase in engine RPM))

0914:03.8	HOT-2	You got throttles

0914:08.9	HOT-1	Eighty knots

0914:23.4	HOT-1	V one

0914:24.3	HOT-1	Rotate

0914:25.7	HOT-1	V two

0914:28.5	HOT-1	V two plus ten

0914:30.4	HOT-2	Positive rate, gear up please

0914:31.5	HOT-1	Gear up

0914:33.1	CAM		((sound of thump and two clicks))

0914:38.5	HOT-2	Heading select

0914:41.9	HOT-1	Clear left

0914:42.6	TWR		American five eight seven heavy, turn left. Fly the Bridge Climb. Contact New York departure. Good morning

0914:48.3	RDO-1	American five eighty seven heavy, so long

0914:51.4	HOT-1	Gear’s up

0914:52.5	HOT-2	Check speed, level change

0914:54.8	HOT-2	Flaps up

0914:56.5	HOT-2	Climb power

0914:57.1	CAM		((sound of click))

0915:00.0	RDO-1	Ah New York, American five eighty seven heavy, thirteen hundred feet, we’re climbing to five thousand

0915:04.7	DEP		American five eight seven heavy, New York departure. Radar contact. Climb maintain one three thousand

0915:10.2	RDO-1	One three thousand feet, American five eighty seven heavy

0915:14.6	HOT-2	One three I see, slats retract

0915:16.5	HOT-1	Slats

0915:17.2	CAM		((sound of several clicks))

0915:28.5	HOT-1	Clean machine
			HOT-2	((sound similar to yawn)) Thank you

0915:36.4	DEP		American five eighty seven heavy, turn left, proceed direct WAVEY

0915:37.3	HOT-1	((sound of brief squeak and a rattle))

0915:41.0	RDO-1	Uh, we’ll turn direct WAVEY, American five eighty seven heavy

0915:44.4	HOT-2	Left turn direct WAVEY…

0915:44.7	HOT-1	Little wake turbulence, huh?

0915:45.6	HOT-2	…yeah

0915:47.3	HOT-2	((sound similar to five sets of stabilizer trim switch clicks))

0915:48.2	HOT-2	Two fifty thank you

0915:51.8	CAM		((sound of a thump))

0915:52.3	CAM		((sound of click))

0915:52.9	CAM		((sound of two thumps))

0915:54.2	HOT-2	Max power ((spoken in strained voice))

0915:55.0	HOT-1	You all right?

0915:55.3	HOT-2	Yea, I’m fine

0915:56.3	HOT-1	Hang onto it, hang onto it

0915:56.6	CAM		((sound of snap))

0915:57.5	HOT-2	Let’s go for power please

0915:57.7	CAM		((sound of loud thump))

0915:58.5	CAM		((sound of loud bang))

0916:00.0	HOT-2	((sound similar to human grunt))

0916:00.2	CAM		((roaring noise starts and increases in amplitude))

0916:01.0	HOT-2	holy #
			CAM		((sound similar to single ECAM chime))

0916:02.0	CAM		((sound similar to single ECAM chime))

0916:04.4	CAM		((sound similar to stall warning repetitive chime for 1.9 seconds))

0916:06.2	CAM		((roaring noise decreases and ends))

0916:07.5	HOT-2	what the hell are we into *. We’re stuck in it
			CAM		((sound similar to continuous repetitive chimes for one second))

0916:09.6	CAM		((sound similar to continuous repetitive chimes for three seconds))

0916:12.8	HOT-1	Get out of it. Get out of it

0916:14.8			((end of recording))


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciMRqagnKFc --- ATC recording with the last communication of the flight to DEP. Includes pilot alerting KJFK of crash.