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CVR transcript Air Transport International, N782AL - 16 FEB 1995
Cockpit voice recorder transcript of the Air Transport International McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63F (N782AL) accident at Kansas City, February 16, 1995.
Sources used: Flight Safety Foundation - Accident Prevention May 1996

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:
CAPT = Captain
FO = First officer
FE = Flight engineer
CAM = Cockpit area microphone
CAM? = Unidentified voice in cockpit
time source content
2026:12 CAPT: Okay, and we're cleared for takeoff, lights are extended and on. Checklist is complete?
2026:24 FE: Checklist is complete.
2026:24 CAPT: Okay.
2026:25 CAM: (Sound of increasing engine noise.)
2026:33 CAPT: Make sure that, ah, two and three is, ah... .
2026:37 FE: At max power?
2026:37 CAPT: Yeah.
2026:39 FE: Okay.
2026:40 FE: I'll set max power.
2026:46 FE: One one.
2026:49 FE: One two.
2026:50 FE: One three.
2026:52 FE: One four.
2026:54 FE: One five.
2026:58 FE: One six.
2026:59 FO: Airspeed's alive.
2026:59 FE: One seven.
2027:01 CAPT: God bless it.
2027:05 CAPT: Keep it goin'.
2027:06 CAM: (Sound of engine noise increasing.)
2027:07 FE: Keep it goin'?
2027:07 CAPT: Yeah.
2027:07 FO: Eighty knots.
2027:11 FO: Ninety knots.
2027:13 FO: One hundred knots.
2027:17 CAPT: Okay.
2027:17 CAM: (Sound of loud crash.)
2027:20 FO: We're off the runway.
2027:21 CAPT: Go max power.
2027:26 CAPT: Max power.
2027:27 FO: Get the nose down.
2027:28 CAPT: Max power.
2027:29 FO: You got it.
2027:30 CAM?: We're gunnar' go... .
2027:30 CAM: (Sound of loud crash.)
2027:30 CAM: (Sound of screams.)
2027:32 (End of recording.)
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