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CVR transcript United Flight 585 - 03 MAR 1991
Cockpit voice recorder transcript of the March 3, 1991 crash of a United Airlines Boeing 737 (Flight 585) at Colorado Springs, CO.
Accident details: 1990 database
Source: NTSB Aircraft accident report; United Airlines Flight 585 Boeing 737-291, N999UA Uncontrolled collision with terrain for undetermined reasons 4 miles South of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado March 3, 1991 (NTSB/AAR-92/06)

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
RDO = Radio transmission from accident aircraft
CAM = Cockpit Area Microphone sound or source
-1 = Voice identified as Captain
-2 = Voice identified as First Officer
COSTWR = Colorado Springs Tower
* = Unintelligible word
# = Expletive deleted
() = Questionable text
- = Pause
time source content
09.41:20 CAM-1 Twenty five flaps.
09.41:23 COSTWR United five eighty five after landing hold short of runway three zero for departing traffic on runway ... three zero.
09.41:25 CAM [Sound similar to that of an engine power increase]
09.41:30 CAM-1 Starting on down.
09.41:31 RDO-2 We'll hold short of three zero United five eighty five.
09.41:33 CAM-2 That's all the way to the end of our runway not * soesn't mean a thing
09.41:39 CAM-1 No problem
09.41:51 CAM [sound similar to that of stabilizer trim actuation]
09.42:05 NAV [Sound of "CO" ident on radio channel two]
09.42:08 CAM-2 The marker's identified now it's really weak.
09.42:11 CAM-1 No problem.
09.42:29 CAM-2 (We had a) ten knot change here.
09.42:31 CAM-1 Yeah, I know ... awful lot of power to hold that ... airspeed.
09.43:01 CAM-2 Another ten knot gain.
09.43:03 CAM-1 Thirty flaps.
09.43:08 CAM-2 Wow.
09.43:09 CAM [Sound similar to that of an engine power reduction]
09.43:28.2 CAM-2 We're at a thousand feet.
09.43:32.6 CAM-2 Oh, God (flip)-
09.43:33.5 CAM-1 Fifteen flaps.
09.43:34 CAM-2 Fifteen.
09.43:34.4 CAM-2 Oh
09.43:34.7 CAM-1 Oh! [exclaimed loudly]
09.43:35.5 CAM [Click sound similar to that of a flap lever actuation]
09.43:34.7 CAM-1 #.
09.43:36.1 CAM [Click sound similiar to that of a flap lever actuation]
09.43:36.5 CAM-1 No! [very loud]
09.43:37:4 CAM [Click sound similiar to that of a flap lever actuation]
09.43:38.4 CAM-2 Oh my God... [unidentifiable click sound] Oh my God! [a scream]
09.43:40.5 CAM-1 Oh no (#) [exclaimed loudly]
09.43:41.5 CAM [Sound of impact]
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