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CVR transcript KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 - 04 APR 1994
Cockpit voice recorder transcript of the April 4, 1994 crash of KLM Cityhopper Flight 433, a Saab 340B at Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands.
Source: Aircraft Accident report 94-05 / Netherlands Aviation Safety Board

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.

Legenda: CPT = Captain
COP = Co-pilot
Translated version of relevant parts of the CVR transcript
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12.30:58 CPT: Take action
12.31:00 COP: Take action. Emergency checklist... Engine and propeller engine oil pressure low ... 15B
12.31:16 COP: 15B... engine oil pressure low, engine oil and prop oil pressure ... checked. Well, engine oil pressure uh, that is this one, this one is slightly lower than the other one, but...
12.31:32 COP: It's decreasing.
12.31:33 CPT: Yes..
12.31:34 COP: Yes, it's decreasing.
12.31:37 COP: If only prop oil pressure, apply uh ... uh .. if only prop oil pressure low, apply propeller oil pressure low procedure, well... that is not the case...
12.31:43 COP: Then next... engine oil pressure control warning panel light on ... or, engine oil pressure below thirty psi.
12.31:54 CPT: That is not the case.
12.31:57 CPT: But it is still normally in the green, that is what's so strange.
12.31:59 COP: That's funny, isn't it?.
12.32:00 CPT: Yes.
12.32:01 COP: It is decreasing uh ... [captain's first name] engine oil pressure light on, or ....
12.32:12 CPT: Yes, but we are not going to continue with this...
12.32:13 COP: No, no, no, no, no, engine oil pressure..., well light or below thrity psi, that is not the case. So of two things ... if so, than you may continue, but if they are both on, so if the light os on and the pressure is below thrity psi, then it must be shut down.
12.32:33 CPT: OK.
12.32:37 CPT: Well, what do we have? It is an, above fifty?.
12.32:41 COP: Yes.
12.32:42 CPT: And we... [set] the warning pressure is ....
12.32:43 COP: Yes, the light is on. So the light is on, or below thirty, well....
12.32:50 CPT: Continue normal operation.
12.32:51 COP: Yes.
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12.42:21 COP: I also think, that because you are flying in flight idle, that because of that you have less problems than you might have had otherwise..
12.42:26 CPT: Yes.
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12.44:38 ??: Trim is all the way to the left.
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12.45:10 ??: Five hundred.
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12.45:41 COP: Watch your speed.
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12.45:53 ??: Going around.
12.45:58 Start of stall-warning.
12.46:00 End of stall-warning.
12.46:03 Start of stall-warning.
12.46:09 Impact.
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