CVR transcript Air Canada Flight 797 - 02 JUN 1983
Last updated: 16 October 2004
Cockpit voice recorder transcription of the June 2, 1983 crash of an onboard fire an emergency landing of an Air Canada DC-9 (Flight 797) at Cincinnati.
Source: NTSB/AAR-84/09
Source: NTSB/AAR-84/09
The reader of these transcripts is cautioned that the transcription of a CVR tape is not a precise science but is the best possible product from a group investigative effort. The transcript, or parts thereof, if taken out of context can be misleading. Therefore, the CVR transcripts 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.
Furthermore, this transcript is made available for educational purposes, so the reader is encouraged to read the accident description associated with the transcripts for better understanding of the circumstances.
Furthermore, this transcript is made available for educational purposes, so the reader is encouraged to read the accident description associated with the transcripts for better understanding of the circumstances.
Legenda
CAM = Cockpit Area Mike voice or sound source
RDO = Radio Communications
-1 = Voice identified as Captain
-2 = Voice identified as First Officer
-3 = Voice identified as male flight attendant
-4 = Voice identified as female flight attendant
-5 = Voice identified as male passenger
CTR = Indianapolis Center
* = Unintelligible word
# = non pertinent word
( ) = Questionable text
--- = pause
CAM = Cockpit Area Mike voice or sound source
RDO = Radio Communications
-1 = Voice identified as Captain
-2 = Voice identified as First Officer
-3 = Voice identified as male flight attendant
-4 = Voice identified as female flight attendant
-5 = Voice identified as male passenger
CTR = Indianapolis Center
* = Unintelligible word
# = non pertinent word
( ) = Questionable text
--- = pause
| time | source | content |
|---|---|---|
| 18.48:12 | CAM | [Sound similar to arcing] |
| 18.48:15 | CAM | [Sound similar to arcing] |
| 18.51:03 | CAM | [Two sounds similar to arcing] |
| 18.51:04 | CAM-1 | How is your sea food, nice? |
| CAM | [Sounds similar to arcing and snapping] | |
| CAM-2 | It's good | |
| CAM-1 | * steak nice? | |
| 18.51:09 | CAM-2 | Different, a little bit dry but okay |
| 18.51:14 | CAM | [Sounds similar to arcing and snapping] |
| CAM-2 | (What was that?) | |
| CAM-1 | # | |
| 18.51:19 | CAM-2 | It's right here, I see it |
| CAM-1 | Yeah | |
| CAM-1 | DC bus | |
| CAM-2 | Which one is that? | |
| CAM-1 | DC bus the, ah, left toilet, left toilet flushing | |
| 18.51:27 | CAM-1 | (I) better try it again, eh, push 'em in |
| CAM-2 | Push it in one more time, I guess | |
| 18.51:41 | CAM | [Sound of arcing] |
| CAM-2 | What! | |
| 18.51:42 | CAM | [Sound of arcing and snap] |
| CAM-1 | That's it | |
| 18.51:43 | CAM | [Sound of arcing and snap] |
| CAM-1 | Won't take it | |
| CAM-2 | No | |
| CAM-1 | See anything else? | |
| CAM-1 | (There's nothing) on the panel | |
| CAM-1 | Ha | |
| 18.52:08 | CAM-1 | Like a machine gun |
| CAM-2 | Yeah, zap, zap, zap | |
| CAM-1 | * put it in the book, there | |
| CAM-2 | Log it | |
| 18.52:26 | CAM-1 | Now I want to log it, eh |
| 18.53:16 | CAM-1 | Somebody must have pushed a rag down the old toilet or something eh? |
| 18.53:21 | CAM-1 | Jammed it, and it overheated |
| 18.53:25 | CAM-2 | Is it flushing you pushed? |
| CAM-1 | It's flushing yeah | |
| CAM-2 | (Motor) * | |
| 18.53:30 | CAM-1 | Toilet flushing, three breakers banged |
| 18.53:35 | CTR | Air Canada seven ninety seven, contact Indianapolis on one three three point zero five |
| 18.53:40 | RDO-2 | Air Canada seven nine seven, so long |
| 18.53:41 | CTR | So long |
| 18.53:53 | RDO-1 | Indianapolis Center, this is Air Canada seven nine seven maintaining three three zero direct Louisville on course |
| 18.53:59 | CTR | Air Canada seven ninety seven Indianapolis Center roger |
| 18.54:18 | CAM-1 | Don't see the ground too often, today eh? |
| CAM-1 | No, a lot of, a lotta cloud eh, the whole * * * the whole area | |
| RDO-? | * * * | |
| 18.56:56 | CAM-2 | Yeah, that feels good |
| 18.57:09 | CAM-1 | What the # does this mean |
| 18.57:12 | CAM-1 | (Reg a bail) |
| CAM-2 | I don't know | |
| CAM-2 | Regional examiner, regional * regional | |
| 18.57:36 | CAM-1 | We may be, I don't know, A.J. would be a three letter code if it was an airport, eh |
| CAM-2 | I don't know, it might be in the, ah, charts | |
| CAM-1 | Regional --- here's another regional A.J. | |
| CAM-1 | (Well it's) | |
| 18.58:16 | CAM-2 | That (one) is lettered D.G. * |
| CAM-1 | Oh I see, oh yeah, yeah * | |
| 18.58:27 | CAM-1 | Alternate, ah, must be out alternate here |
| CAM-1 | Ah who gives a # | |
| 18.58:43 | CAM-1 | Nothing to do with us |
| CAM | [Sound similar to cockpit door] | |
| CAM-3 | Yeah thank you sir | |
| 18.59:02 | CAM-? | UWX |
| 18.59:30 | CAM-1 | Twenty nine U, W, and X twenty nine, those are grid references |
| 18.59:37 | CAM-2 | Twenty nine, yeah |
| 18.59:42 | CAM-1 | Twenty nine UWX three --- the left toilet flushing |
| CAM-2 | Left | |
| 18.59:47 | CAM-1 | Yeah aft left toilet flush, and they wouldn't accept a reset |
| 18.59:58 | CAM | [Sound of first attempt to reset and sound similar to arcing] |
| 18.59:59 | CAM | [Sound of second attempt to reset and sound similar to arcing] |
| 19.00:00 | CAM | [Sound of third attempt to reset and sound similar to arcing] |
| CAM-1 | Pops as I push it | |
| CAM-2 | Yeah, right | |
| CAM-1 | Yeah | |
| 19.00;51 | CAM | [Sound of cough] |
| 19.01:12 | CAM-2 | Zero two seven set for ya Don |
| 19.01:33 | CAM-1 | Better --- have dinner here |
| 19.01:42 | CAM | [Sound of a chime] |
| CAM-3 | Yes | |
| 19.01:49 | CAM-1 | Sergio could I try for mine now please |
| CAM-3 | Sure | |
| CAM-1 | Thank you very much | |
| 19.01:59 | CAM-1 | Do you want any of that fruit or should we give it to the girls -- as far as I'm concerned |
| CAM-2 | No | |
| CAM-1 | I don't want it | |
| 19.02:13 | CAM-1 | There you go |
| CAM-2 | Thanks | |
| 19.02:15 | CAM-1 | You're in a left turn here to pick up oh two seven |
| CAM-2 | So okay twenty seven | |
| CAM-1 | Louisville to Rosewood | |
| 19.02:28 | CAM-1 | The next chart yeah that's it |
| CAM-2 | Yeah | |
| 19.02:34 | CAM-1 | We're just over Louisville here |
| CAM-2 | [Sound of whistling] | |
| CAM-2 | Louisville --- Rosewood, okay | |
| 19.02:40 | CAM-4 | Excuse me, there's a fire in the washroom at the back, they're just oh # went back to go to put it out |
| CAM-1 | Oh yeah | |
| CAM-4 | They're still, well they're just gonna go back now | |
| CAM-2 | Want me to go there | |
| 19.02:50 | CAM-1 | Yeah go |
| CAM-2 | * the brakers # up | |
| CAM-1 | Leave my, leave my, leave my dinner in the thing there for a minute | |
| CAM-4 | Okay | |
| CAM-5 | (Can I buy you a drink cause there's something going on, drink or a shot) | |
| CAM-? | Ah, wouldn't say that | |
| 19.03:06 | CAM-5 | Yeah okay |
| CAM-? | Still there huh? | |
| CAM-5 | Yeah | |
| 19.03:10 | CAM-2 | Got the, ah, breakers pulled |
| CAM-1 | It's the motor | |
| 19.03:15 | CAM-4 | Pardon me |
| CAM-2 | You got all the breakers pulled out? | |
| CAM-1 | The breakers are all pulled yeah | |
| 19.03:21 | CAM-4 | (* * make 'em all seat?) |
| CTR | Republic two eighty eight Indianapolis, Memphis one three three point eight five three three eight five, goodbye | |
| 19.03:31 | CAM-4 | Captain is it okay to move everybody up as far forward as possible |
| 77L | * * seven seven lima (Knoxville) * * two none zero -- | |
| CTR | Seven seven lima (Knoxville) roger | |
| 19.03:54 | CTR | Delta sixteen twenty six continue descent to flight level two four zero, Indianapolis |
| 19.04:00 | CTR | Center one two eight five five on two four zero at twenty eight fifty five so long |
| 19.04:07 | CAM-2 | Okay I eh, you don't have to do it now, I can't go back now, it's too heavy, I think we'd better go down |
| RDO-? | (Cleared) ah okay | |
| 19.04:16 | CAM-3 | I got all the passengers seated up front, you don't have to worry I think it's gonna be easing up |
| 19.04:23 | CAM-2 | Okay, its starting to clear now |
| CAM-1 | Okay | |
| 19.04:25 | CAM-1 | Well I want --- hold on then |
| CAM-3 | (Mike) I just can't go back it too | |
| CAM-2 | I will go back if that's appears better, okay | |
| CAM-1 | Yeah that's okay | |
| CAM-? | That's okay, yeah | |
| CAM-2 | So --- | |
| CAM-1 | Take the, take the smoke mask | |
| CAM-2 | You have control | |
| CAM-1 | Take the goggles | |
| 19.04:36 | CAM-1 | I'll leave the mask on |
| CAM-2 | Okay | |
| 19.04:46 | CAM-1 | Okay go back whenever you can but don't get yourself incapacitated |
| CAM-2 | No problem, no problem | |
| CAM-1 | Okay | |
| 19.05:15 | 268G | Indianapolis good evening Citation two eight six golf, three one oh |
| 19.05:18 | CTR | Citation two eight six gold Indianapolis |
| 19.05:35 | CAM | [Electric pulse appears on tape radio channels] |
| 19.05:36 | CAM-4 | Captain, your first officer wanted me to tell you that Sergio has put a big discharge of CO2 in the washroom, it seems to be subsiding, all right |
| 268G | Okay we're proceeding direct Pocket City | |
| CTR | Affirmative sir, direct Pocket City direct Evensville | |
| 268G | Six gold | |
| 19.05:48 | B747 | Center Poca seven four seven level four three zero |
| CTR | Poca seven four seven Indianapolis roger | |
| RDO-1 | Memphis Center this is Air Canada seven nine seven | |
| 19.06:09 | CTR | Canada seven ninety seven Indianapolis Center, go ahead |
| 19.06:12 | RDO-1 | Yeah, we've got an electrical problem here, we may be off communication shortly ah stand by |
| CAM-1 | (Coming along okay) | |
| CAM-3 | Getting mush better, okay | |
| 19.06:42 | CAM-3 | I was able to discharge half of the CO2 inside the washroom even though I could not see the source but its definitely inside the lavatory |
| 19.06:50 | CAM-1 | Yeah, it's from the toilet, it's from the toilet |
| 19.06:52 | CAM-3 | CO2 it was almost half a bottle and it now almost cleared |
| 19.06:54 | CAM-1 | Okay, thank you |
| 19.06:55 | CAM-3 | Okay, good luck |
| CAM | [Sound similar to cockpit door] | |
| CAM-2 | Okay, you got it * | |
| CAM-1 | Yeah | |
| CAM-1 | Okay | |
| 19.07:11 | CAM-2 | I don't like what's happening, I think we better go down, okay? |
| CAM-1 | Okay | |
| 19.07:14 | CAM-2 | Okay, I'll be back there in a minute |
| 19.07:28 | P362 | Hello Center, Piedmont three sixty two we're level at flight level three three zero |
| 19.07:32 | CTR | Three sixty two Indianapolis Center roger |
| 19.07:35 | P362 | We'll take direct Holston Mountain if you can do that |
| 19.07:41 | Recorder goes off |