Bombardier, Inc. CRJ-100COMAIR INC
356 lines · 05:36:07.7 – 06:06:36.2 · Lexington, KY, 2006-08-27
- 06:06:32.6HOT-1#.
- 06:06:33.0CAM[sound of impact]
- 06:06:33.3HOT-?[unintelligible exclamation]
- 06:06:33.8CAM[sound similar to stick shaker]
- 06:06:34.7CAM[sound of chime]
- 06:06:34.7CAM[sound similar to stall warning starts and continues to end of re- cording]
- 06:06:35.1HOT-?#.
- 06:06:35.7HOT-1[unintelligible exclamation]
- 06:06:36.2ENDof RECORDING
- 06:06:36.2ENDof TRANSCRIPT
Crew communication
356 lines readobservations a human-factors reviewer takes from a transcript — the sterile cockpit, the Board's own notations, rhythm, CRM markers. Not emotions, not scores: the affect is in the audio, and the audio is sealedWindow: 05:59:02–06:06:34 · basis: recorder pressure altitude below 10,000 ft. Candidate non-pertinent lines below are a first reading for the investigator, not a finding; “@” marks the Board's own non-pertinent-word notation.
- 05:59:45.4“that's pretty cool the family got to come down.”
- 06:00:09.4“both kids were sick though, they, well they all got colds. it was an interesting br, dinner last night.”
- 06:01:07.1“yeah, it's especially being on reserve it, it's gotta be tough being away.”
- 06:01:12.2“ah, tough on her, oh my God. that's why she came down yester- day. she's like, I just need to get out of this house.”
- 06:01:32.1“yeah it would just be like being at home.”
- 06:01:35.5“yeah, she's like you know, I don't know, she's like I'll....”
- 06:01:38.5“instead of having her rush back and drive....”
- 06:01:40.6“and we got a dog.”
- 06:01:42.9“aah, trust me the dog *. be on the @ slim-fast diet * for a night.”@
- 06:03:37.2“what do you do the uh, these tests.... and he didn't, and that's as far as he got.”
- 06:03:49.3“and then @@ he actually got offered the position.”@
Delivery and physiological notes the transcribers added in brackets, plus # expletives. 91 words are marked unintelligible (*).
- spoken at a very fast speed05:58:35.1“V speeds, takeoff data fifty temp. V one, V r is thirty-seven forty- two * forty-five ********. [spoken at a very fast speed] you got normal thrust ** point two.”
- spoken in a yawning voice06:03:02.2“radar terrain displays. [spoken in a yawning voice]”
- spoken in a yawning voice06:03:04.0“all the taxi check's complete. [spoken in a yawning voice]”
- whispered06:04:54.4“**, six seven, **. [whispered]”
- at your leisure spoken very fast06:05:15.1“"churliser" [at your leisure spoken very fast] Comair one twenty one ready to go.”
- #06:06:32.6“#.”
- 78 s05:48:24.4 → 05:49:42.2
- 49 s05:55:24.9 → 05:56:14.0
Hedged or questioning lines from one pilot in the critical window, with the other pilot’s next words.
- 06:06:16.3“dat is weird with no lights.”→ 06:06:18.0“yeah.”
- 06:06:33.0[sound of impact]→ no crew words within 5 s
- 06:06:33.8[sound similar to stick shaker]→ no crew words within 5 s
- 06:06:34.7[sound similar to stall warning starts and continues to end of re- cording]→ no crew words within 5 s
- 05:51:33.3“hey good, how you doin'?”
- 05:58:06.0“that's about it. anything for me?”
“Not in transcript” never means “not said”: a line may be unintelligible, or the recording may not cover that phase.
| Speaker | words | questions | hedges | exclamations | expletives | checklists | non-pertinent lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | 1,331 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| First officer | 1,257 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| Observer / jumpseat | 133 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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