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1832:29

1832:33

RDO-1

twenty six ninety seven, USAir four twenty seven, good day.

CLE2

USAir four twenty seven, cleared direct to uh, Akron, rest of route unchanged give me the best forward airspeed in-trail spacing.

direct Akron, best forward, you got it, four twenty seven USAir.

[interruption in CVR audio similar to passing of CVR tape splice]

USAir four twenty seven, contact Cleveland center one one niner point eight seven.

USAir four twenty seven Cleveland center roger and what is the indicated airspeed now?

1840:57

RDO-1

uh, we’re indicating uh, ‘bout uh, three hundred uh, assigned.

1843:23

USAir fourteen seventeen, contact Cleveland center one three three point three seven.

three three three seven, USAir’s uh, fourteen

seventeen. good day.

out of two nine oh for two four oh, USAir four twenty seven. 

there it is.

USAir four twenty seven contact Cleveland center one two eight point one five.

1847:38

Delta ten eighty three Cleveland center, roger. cross CUTTA at one zero thousand. Pit altimeter three zero one one.

1850:18

[aural tone similar to attitude alert]

CUTTA at ten thousand, Delta ten eighty three.

CUTTA at ten, thirty eleven, USAir four twenty seven.

its true.

HOT-1

alright.

..Pittsburgh tower arrival information Yankee. two one five two Zulu weather. two five thousand scattered. visibility one five. temperature seven five. dew point five one. wind, two seven zero at one zero. altimeter three zero one zero. multiple approaches ILS runway three two and ILS runway two eight right in use. notams, runway two eight right middle marker decommissioned. south entrance Air Force Reserve ramp closed. Morgantown vortac out of service. advise
on initial contact you have information Yankee.

1853:26

CAM-1

doya’ know what I’m thinkin’ about? pretzels.

uh, I could use a glass of somethin’, whatever’s open.

water uh, water, a juice.

I'll splita yeah, a water, a juice, whatever’s back there I'll split one with ‘im.

[sound similar to cockpit door being closed]

1854:07

[sound similar to person taking a deep breath]

CLE4

ten two fifty over CUTTA, USAir four twenty seven.

this thing’s gonna scream and holler. I can’t do that.

HOT-2

its gonna say it can’t.

1854:49

see, it’s callin’ me names like it did you.

twenty one twenty five, USAir four twenty seven, good day.

HOT-l

I may have misunderstood him.

APR

USAir fourteen ninety nine, turn left heading one zero zero. contact approach one two four point one five.

1857:09

(now ** be fooled) if you don’t like, I didn’t taste ‘em so I don’t know if they came out right.

USAir eighteen seventy four, descend and maintain six thousand.

CAM-3

yeah right. (can I get you something else?)

we’re, comin’ back to two ten and uh, one sixty heading down to ten, USAir four twenty seven, and uh, we have Yankee.

no. [sound of laughter]

yeah. you saw that from the color.

CAM-2

uh, sprite?

huh.

six thousand, ten eighty three.

oh jay?

1858:20

I always mix the cranberry and the grapefruit, I like that.

1858:21

USAir eighteen seventy four, reduce speed please to one niner zero then continue the descent to maintain six thousand.

[sound of aural tone similar to altitude alert]

HOT-2

I suspect we’re gonna get the right side.

cleared to six, USAir four twenty seven.

[sound of click similar to approach plate clip being
snapped]

oh my wife would like that [non-pertinent comment]

cranberry orange and sprite.

HOT-l

aah, where are we landing data is .

November two eight five Lima Mike, Pittsburgh
approach. direct Montour vector ILS runway two eight final approach course.

[sound of clicks similar to shoulder harness being
fastened]

1859:30

USAir three seventy four, contact approach one two three point niner five, good day.

plan two eight right. two seventy nine inbound, one
eleven seven.

[sound similar to deep inhale and exhale]

USAir three zero nine, Pittsburgh approach, heading zero five zero vector ILS runway three two final approach course.

ah, don’t do this to me.

HOT-2

[sound of chuckle] froze up did it?

HOT-1

I hate it when you don’t hear the other transmissions.

[chuckle] yeah.

OK, one four zero heading and one ninety on the
speed, USAir four twenty seven.

what was the temperature, ‘member?

1900:33

five Lima Mike contact Pittsburgh departure one two four point seven five.

[clicking sound similar to trim wheel turning at auto-pilot trim speed]

seatbelts and remain seated for the duration of the
flight.

1901:04

did you say two eight left for USAir four twenty seven?

[chime similar to seatbelt chime]

RDO-1

two eight right, thank you.

two eight right.

right, two eight right. that’s what we planned on.
autobrakes on one for it.

twenty four fifteen, good day.

USAir three zero niner, descend and maintain six
thousand then reduce speed to one niner zero.

seven for six.

USAir fourteen sixty two turn right heading zero eight zero.

[sound of chuckle] OK.

we’re looking for the traffic, turning to one zero zero, USAir four twenty seven.

oh ya, I see zuh Jetstream.

sheeez.

[sound of thump]

HOT-l

[sound similar to pilot grunting]

[sound of click and wailing horn similar to auto-pilot
disconnect]

CAM

HOT-l

[sound of aural tone similar to attitude alert]

1903:09.9

oh God.. oh God.

four twenty seven emergency.

no.

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